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[Catholic Caucus] A Funeral Fit for Vatican II: Francis’s Funeral ReformsEven in death, Francis seems intent on mocking the papacy.In what is erroneously described as yet another act of humility, the Vatican announced this week that the rubrics for pontifical funerals are being “simplified.”The reforms are intended to “emphasize even more that the Roman Pontiff’s funeral is that of a shepherd and disciple of Christ and not of a powerful man of this world,” Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the Vatican’s Master of Ceremonies, has said. They are meant to “better express the faith of the Church in the Risen Christ.”The previous...

Russia rejected Western claims that a ceasefire would improve the situation in Ukraine, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stating that such an action would not lead to lasting peace, News.az reports citing TASS. "We are growing more and more concerned about what we are hearing from the West lately. The West - Brussels, London, Paris, Washington are starting to float the idea of a ceasefire as a means to give a respite to Ukraine and hence grant themselves a possibility to flood Ukraine with advanced long-range weapons again. Of course, this is not a path to peace," he said...

Conservative political commentator Dinesh D’Souza issued an apology Monday to a man who appeared in his documentary 2000 Mules for inaccurately depicting him as an election fraud mule. The documentary, released in 2022, alleged that the 2020 election results were affected by thousands of people who were paid to collect ballots in swing states, including Georgia, where Mark Andrews was filmed dropping off five ballots in a box. While Andrews was dropping off the ballots of his household, which included his three adult children and his wife, his face was blurred in the film as he was implied to be...

Trump’s MAGA administration just dropped a nuclear bomb on Washington’s corrupt establishment. By rejecting taxpayer-funded GSA tools and launching a fully private transition, Trump is cutting the deep state out of the equation. This isn’t just a handoff—it’s a full-scale revolution. NO TAXPAYERS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LEAKS! In a jaw-dropping move,

President Biden’s pardoning of his son shatters the moral pretensions of the establishment.And just like that, the virtuous come crashing back down to Earth. For months, US president Joe Biden said he would not pardon his son, Hunter. We the high-minded do not play such low games, he said. We respect juries. We respect the law of the land. Look how different we are to Donald Trump, how so much more morally spotless, cried the Dems’ acolytes in the legacy media. Where Trump handed out pardons like candy to his crooked associates, we the righteous few, the ‘adults in the...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated This is even after Tesla shareholders approved it again in June 2024 after 2018 vote.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Monday, Dec. 2, Heather Hadwick was officially sworn in as a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 1. The ceremony took place on the Assembly floor at the California State Capitol, attended by family, friends and local leaders.

Most Catholics in all seven countries want the church to allow Catholics to use birth control. In most of the countries surveyed, majorities of Catholics also say the church should allow women to become priests.Opinion is more divided on whether the church should allow priests to get married. Views on whether the church should recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples vary among Catholics in the countries surveyed. Ten years ago, nearly all Catholics surveyed there (98%) expressed a favorable opinion of Francis, compared with 74% today.

President Trump's call for 10,000 new Border Patrol agents is precisely what our border security needs, but there's a crucial question: where exactly are we supposed to find these people? The answer is staring us right in the face. Every year, about 200,000 service members transition out of the military. These aren't just numbers on a page – these are trained professionals looking for their next mission, and we desperately need them not just for Border Patrol but for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s31jNrsa7lQChuck is a former US Army Ranger and experienced war correspondent.

Kostas Moros@MorosKostasAmericans with CCW Permits Almost Never Commit Crime. When the landmark Bruen ruling was first published in June of 2022, politicians in the few remaining holdout states that did not issue concealed carry permits ("CCW permits") to regular citizens had a meltdown. New York Governor Kathy Hochul called it "outrageous", California Governor Gavin Newsom saidit was a "radical decision", and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin described it as "bad constitutional law and even worse for public safety." Gun control groups were also apoplectic. Giffords claimed the ruling would would "escalate gun violence", "spur unlawful militia activity", "embolden those...

Sarah Boone, 47, was convicted of second-degree murder in October for the 2020 death of Jorge Torres The Florida woman convicted of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him to suffocate to death while trapped inside has been sentenced to life in prison. Sarah Boone, 47, learned her fate in an Orlando courtroom on Monday, Dec. 2, more than a month after she was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Jorge Torres, Jr., 42.

A federal court is expected to rule this week whether to uphold the federal ban on TikTok, as both sides have asked for a ruling by Friday before the law is scheduled to take effect in January—though Donald Trump’s election has further complicated the ban’s fate. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is now deliberating on TikTok’s lawsuit against the federal government, which seeks to strike down the law forcing TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or else be banned from U.S. app stores. TikTok argues the ban infringes on the company’s First Amendment rights,...

Let's be honest here. The only thing shocking about Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter, was the timing. He was always going to do it. I think most people, myself included, figured he'd wait until January. Now, this pardon will cast a shadow over the final weeks of Biden’s presidency, but let’s face it: Joe does not care. Predictably, some on the left are already applauding him, hailing it as the act of a “good father,” and so on. However, it's time to cut through the noise. While the pardon was technically on Hunter's behalf, it’s clear that this move...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to spin President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter after months of claiming that he would not do so. Jean-Pierre took questions from reporters traveling with Biden to Angola on Monday, less than 24 hours after the 82-year-old issued a statement announcing that he would be pardoning his son. Both the president and his staff, including Jean-Pierre, have insisted for months that Biden had no plans to clear his son of his crimes. The press secretary dodged questions on whether the president was previously lying about the pardon. She also claimed...

They fired a rocket at an Israeli military base from out of a church in Lebanon. Israel fired back with ground troops so as to avoid destroying the church, target the squad firing from it. May escalate. May just be testing the waters. Civilians are leaving southern Lebanon regardless, just in case. Transcript linked below video.

In Shasta County, California, the people have had enough of corrupt elections and demand their right to a certifiable election. In Shasta County, California, the results of their elections are not legitimately certifiable.

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office there will be “HELL TO PAY.”“Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth...

A Comanchero outlaw bikie gang leader has been charged over Australia's largest ever cocaine seizure, police say. A transnational organised crime syndicate with links to the Comancheros is alleged to have attempted to bring 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into Australia. Eleven men and two juveniles were arrested on Saturday night and in the early hours of Sunday morning, in a joint investigation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Queensland police. The arrests include the vice president of the Comancheros Brisbane chapter, and a patched member. Authorities allege the group attempted to import the drugs into Queensland by sea. Two...

Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide have eased the discipline for youth members after “serious wrongdoing”. The new guideline came within two weeks after the decision of the Oslo District Court in Norway to strip the Jehovahs of their official status as a registered faith community. The faith community seems to be trying to get a better position in the appeal case in Norway. The community came under attack for its rigid rules regarding discipline to “baptised minors”. Among Jehovah’s Witnesses, it is usual that children choose for baptism between 12 and 16 years. Religiously, they are seen as responsible members than, who...