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[Catholic Caucus] Pope leads penitential service on eve of Synod with cardinals confessing list of new sinsJoining members of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis presided over a penitence ceremony in the Vatican during which cardinals read out a list of petitions for forgiveness which the pope had written.Pope Francis and leading cardinals of the Roman Curia have led a penitential ceremony on the eve of the Synod on Synodality, asking forgiveness for failings towards creation, towards women, in the area of abuse, for using doctrine as “stones,” for “adorning the altar” instead of feeding the poor, and for not...

30 minute YouTube Video Analysis ; Beloved; the only way to see American politics today; is to have regenerate eyes which only come from a saving relationship with Jesus Christ in RIGHTEOUSNESS (John 3:3-7; Romans 8 etc); one must possess this regenerate perspective and biblical light to understand and comment on our EXPONENTIALLY deteriorating day; Mark does a great job in this brief YouTube video on spitting out the insight and facts; Believers must be informed and must vote; May God’s redeemed children today be men and women of biblical understanding and seeking to advance first most of the ETERNAL...

Christians should reject the backward theology of teachers who twist the character of Christ to punish their political enemies.“Never Trump. This time Harris. Always Jesus.” These were the words not of Taylor Swift or Pete Buttigieg but of Ray Ortlund, a card-carrying member of “Big Eva,” in a recent Threads post.In his opinion, following Jesus means rejecting Donald Trump and embracing Kamala Harris this election.Ortlund is the founder of and pastor at Immanuel Church in Nashville, where Christianity Today editor-in-chief and outspoken ex-Southern Baptist Russell Moore is coincidentally the minister in residence. Ortlund recently joined a webinar from the left-wing...

Iran has directly fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at every corner of Israel. How will the IDF respond to this massive attack from the Iranian regime? Is a full-scale, Middle East war between Iran and Israel now a distinct possibility? Meanwhile, a deadly terrorist attack shatters the Jaffa area of Tel Aviv. Watch now.

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland calls on ‘all of the shepherds of the Church’ to defend the faith as Synod loomsBishop Joseph Strickland implored the Church’s shepherds ‘to stand firmly for Christ’ ahead of the Synod on Synodality and urged the faithful not to accept ‘any synodal process that contradicts the Deposit of Faith of the Catholic Church.’The following is Bishop Joseph Strickland’s open letter to the participants of the Synod on Synodality.September 30, 2024The Feast Day of St. JeromeAn open letter to the participants of the final session of the Synod on Synodality, as well as to the Faithful who...

Theologian participating in Synod on Synodality heralds heterodox viewsSpanish theologian Cristina Inogés, appointed by Pope Francis to participate in the Synod on Synodality, argues in a recently released document that “Christianity should never have become a religion.”In a September article titled “Del Sínodo al jubileo: construyendo comunidad en diálogo” (“From the Synod to the Jubilee: Building Community in Dialogue”), Inogés argues that Jesus sought to hand on a way of life and human relationships based on fraternity, not to found an institutionalized religion with hierarchies and “to separate a small part from the rest, the priests — the clergy —...

[Catholic Caucus] Homeschoolers vs. GoliathIt is apparent that there is real division in the Church; banning the homeschoolers from church property has revealed that division far more than allowing them to use the space ever could have.What is interesting about the recent statement in the San Diego diocese banning homeschoolers from using parish facilities is that it opens with, “parents are the first teachers of their children,” yet it concludes with, “homeschooling is not inherently a ministry of the parish.” If parents are the first teachers of their children, shouldn’t that all-important and sacred duty be a ministry of the...

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[Catholic Caucus] Report: Political Donations by “Professional” Catholics Heavily Favor DemocratsIn 2016, the Lepanto Institute conducted a review of political contributions from employees of Catholic Relief Services, finding that 98% of those employees contributed to pro-abortion candidates and causes.A new analysis of political campaign contributions, conducted by the Lepanto Institute and Complicit Clergy, updated and expanded this initial research to include individuals working for various other Catholic charitable institutions, namely Catholic Charities, Covenant House, St. Vincent de Paul, Catholic Relief Services, the Knights of Columbus, Cross Catholic Outreach and Jesuit Refugee Service.We examined 47,000 public records for employees of those...

Tensions along Israel’s northern border continue to ramp up as the IDF readies its troops for a ground operation in Lebanon. The Israeli military is currently entering Hezbollah tunnels, as the Middle East braces for war. What will the Iranian regime in Tehran do to aid its beleaguered, yet most valuable and deadly proxy? What prophetic implications does this impending cross border war carry? Join us today at 5:20pm Eastern time on our YouTube channel as we break down all the latest news out of Israel and what comes next.

YouTube Video🔥🔥 Beloved; for us who eat, drink and consume Biblical prophecy; these days in which we presently live in today are the days we use to talk about and knew would be; Israel is this days last days sign to all the earth that; Almighty God’s Kingdom is coming; with Jesus Messiah’s return; (Dan. 2:43-44; 7:13-14; Dan. 9:27; Zech. 12:10-14; Matt. 24; Rev. 19:11-21). In the last year; Israel has decimated her border enemies leadership and is presently bringing security into that region; thus setting the stage for the Gog/Magog war against her; Ezek. 38-39. This video; by Jack...

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital promotes contraception, LGBT lifestyle: reportFormerly focused on pediatric healthcare, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by Catholic entertainer Danny Thomas, now advocates for the use of contraception and pushes the homosexual lifestyle.What does celebrating, promoting, and supporting the open practice of sodomy have to do with helping kids fight childhood cancer? That’s the question donors need to be asking St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.St. Jude was founded in 1962 by the famous actor and comedian, Danny Thomas. A Maronite Catholic, Thomas had a great devotion to St. Jude Thaddeus and made a promise that if...

[Catholic Caucus] The Infernal Synod on SynodalityAs the three-year synodal process on synodality for a synodal Church limps into its final three weeks of meetings in Rome, even poking fun at it has become a bit tedious.Originally ridiculed by many as a “meeting about meetings,” it never managed to demonstrate that it wasn’t. Way back in November 2021, still flush with excitement over the synodal process—with meetings at the parish, diocesan, national, continental, and planetary level still beckoning enticingly—Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio in the United States, said that if synodality was a “meeting about meetings,” it would be a...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope faces abuse scandals, lays out template for Catholicism in a secular milieuROME – In a country still reeling from a deep clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis on Saturday bitterly acknowledged that such abuse “generates atrocious suffering and wounds,” vowing that the path of reform includes learning from survivors.The realities of abuse, the pontiff said, can even “undermine the path of faith.”“There is a need for a great deal of mercy, to keep us from hardening our hearts before the suffering of victims, so that we can help them feel our closeness and offer all the help...

A pastor's daughter thought she had escaped a childhood of sexual abuse by moving out and getting married only to see her father break into her house and sodomize her weeks after she had a baby. Bertheophilus 'Judge' Bailey, a respected minister at St Andrew Christian Church in Tulsa began abusing Harmony Oates when she was in sixth grade, court documents claim. He told his daughter he was her 'boyfriend' and that the little girl would unleash a 'total catastrophe to the whole kingdom of God' if she ever revealed what he was doing to her. But he was arrested...

Israel has confirmed that it eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive airstrike against the terror group’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday evening, along with a top commander for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. With Hamas in its death throes in Gaza and Hezbollah reeling in Lebanon, is Iran’s “Ring of Fire” strategy being smashed, even as the Yemen-based Houthis launch another missile at Israel today? And how will the Iranian regime react to these massive setbacks? Could we see a broader war? Watch now!

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Newspaper Publishes Gay-Positive Essay from Synod’s Spiritual AssistantParticipants in the Synod on Synodality’s General Assembly are on retreat Monday and Tuesday to prepare spiritually for their deliberations, which formally begin October 2nd. Throughout the month-long assembly, the delegates will be guided by two spiritual assistants , one of whom recently made some LGBTQ-positive remarks.Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP, and Mother Maria Ignazia Angelini, OSB, to be the Synod’s spiritual assistants. Radcliffe, the former head of Dominicans worldwide, has been welcoming of LGBTQ+ people for decades. Most recently, he wrote on these issues for the...

Beloved; I am absolutely astounded at this EXPONENTIAL texh age we live in; in which godlessness and lawlessness are EXPONENTIALLY abounding in every facet of life; just as Almighty Go stars through His prophets and His ETERNAL beloved Son; Israel is a sign to all the nations in these last EXPONENTIAL Harvest Days that Jesus is coming and so is the Day of the Lord! Here is an amazing update by Amir Tsfahti of Behold Israel Ministries in n the elimination of Hezbollah and Iranian leaders: as BB gave his amazing spear to the demonic UN thugs; The truth behind...

Massive breaking news out of the Middle East is sending shockwaves around the world, as Israel blasts Hezbollah’s headquarters in the heart of Beirut, potentially killing the terror group’s notorious leader Hassan Nasrallah. What would his death mean for the Iranian regime’s ring of fire that encircles the Jewish State? Will we look back on this day as the prophetic moment that local conflicts turned into a full-scale regional war in the Middle East? Watch now.

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis meets with four ‘transgender’ men who attended Fr. James Martin’s LGBT conferenceOne gender-confused man told how it was confirmed that Pope Francis ‘received the email with our bios,’ which meant he ‘was aware of whom he would be meeting: a group of four transgender women [sic] from the U.S.’Pope Francis met with four gender-confused men who present as “women,” in one of many such pre-approved meetings with so-called “transgender” individuals.One of the men, who now goes by “Christine Zuba,” wrote about the encounter in a piece for the so-called “LGBTQ Catholic resource” and activist group Outreach,...