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Blood on His Hands Pope Francis' betrayal of Chinese Catholics While, for the most part, it's been high-level cardinals and archbishops who made a back-door, secret agreement with the Communist Chinese government regarding China's growing Catholic population, Pope Francis bears ultimate responsibility for their betrayal. Details of the negotiation between the Vatican and the Chinese government have been kept secret by the man directly under Pope Francis, Cdl. Pietro Parolin. Hong Kong's retired archbishop, Cdl. Joseph Zen, has been petitioning Pope Francis to review the agreement. Zen met with the Pope in July 2019 and handed him a letter outlining...

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Goldman Sachs surveyed dozens of its clients and found that 87% expect President Trump to win the election this year. The bank’s strategists polled attendees at a conference this week and received an average of 160 responses to their questions. Only 5% of respondents expect a US recession this year, 45% expect a bear market in 2021, and 67% expect the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady this year. The banking titan’s investment researchers polled attendees of its Global Strategy Conference in London this week, garnering an average of 160 responses to each of their questions. Asked whether Trump...

Ken Starr, Robert Ray and Democrat law professor Alan Dershowitz were selected to defend President Trump at the Senate impeachment trial starting next week.

Construction of new homes surged in December to the highest level in 13 years, capping a year in which falling mortgage rates and a strong labor market helped lift the prospects of the housing industry. The Commerce Department reported Friday that builders started construction on 1.61 million homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in December, up 16.9% from the November pace of home building. Housing construction has been rising since July, helped by falling mortgage rates and increased demand as the unemployment rate approached a half-century low. For the year, builders started work on a total of 1.29 million...

The presidential election in November 2020 will be close, at least from a popular vote standpoint. Even if President Trump handily defeats his Democratic challenger in the Electoral College -- whoever that challenger ends up being -- the popular vote is likely to be within a very few percentage points, one way or the other. At first blush, the notion that President Trump would be anything other than an overwhelming victor in November seems illogical. Consider all the usual factors that determine whether or not a president is re-elected: The EconomyBy any measure, the economy is extremely strong. Unemployment is...

The 1619 Project on slavery is a program organized by The New York Times in 2019 under the auspices of one of its chief staff writers, Nikole Hanna-Jones, with the goal of re-examining the legacy of slavery in the United States -- and timed for the 400th anniversary of the arrival in America of the first enslaved people from West Africa. The goal of the project is to reframe the country’s history, and to establish 1619 as true a founding of America as was the formal 1776 creation of the United States of America. The essays range in scope from attempting to prove...

Cardinal Müller: Benedict XVI could not keep silent because he saw the ‘danger’ ROME, January 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Benedict XVI said he could not remain silent in his new book because he sees the voices of those who wish to abolish priestly celibacy as a “great danger” for the Church, Cardinal Gerhard Müller has said.  In a recent interview with Corriere della Sera, the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) added that while “some are putting pressure on Francis,” the “contribution” of Benedict’s new book with Cardinal Sarah is “a help to...

When we hear Brontë sisters, we think of Charlotte Brontë and Emily Brontë and we know them to be excellent writers from the 1800s whose works are read widely even today. However, there was another Brontë sister, not so well known, but equally talented and her erasure from popular history would be a disservice to literature. Anne Brontë was the youngest of the 6 Brontë siblings. There were 5 sisters and one brother born to Patrick Brontë and Maria Brontë, née Branwell. Anne never grew to know her mother, as she passed away when Anne was a year old. Anne...

The agent said she needed to pat down my braids. She pulled them behind my shoulders, laughed [and] said ‘giddy up!’ as she snapped my braids like reins,” Houska told her 32,000 Twitter followers. “My hair is part of my spirit. I am a Native woman. I am angry, humiliated. Your 'fun' hurt."

Low borrowing rates have made us complacent. The forces are holding interest rates down. However, they are eroding. Highly indebted governments, businesses, and individuals are dangerously exposed to interest rate risk. In developed countries, many politicians and their pundit enablers say that cheap credit means we don’t need to worry about the debt. Denying reality may be politically convenient, but fact tends to catch up. Instead of irresponsible short-termism, times of plenty should be used to prepare for lean times to come. Unfortunately, many play Aesop’s carefree grasshopper instead of the prudent ants. Interest rates can’t stay low forever. They...

In 2016, Donald Trump received a slightly higher share of the black vote than did Mitt Romney in 2012 or John McCain in 2008. But he still received just 8 percent.Now black support for Trump is in the mid-30s. While a 30 percent approval rating doesnÂ’t necessarily translate into a 30 percent vote-share from black Americans in 2020, 30 percent approval is significant. Even if black support for Trump were in the mid-teens on election day, that could swing states like Michigan, Florida, and even Minnesota solidly into TrumpÂ’s camp.Some of this increased black support is due to a...

All of those bankers who flocked to San Francisco this past week for the JP Morgan Health Care Conference were met with an unexpected - and wildly unappreciated - surprise. While it's reputation as the epicenter of Silicon Valley evinces images of untold wealth and riches, San Francisco's ultra-liberal policing agenda protects those who commit petty drug and nuisance offenses. This has transformed the city - which, with its burgeoning homeless population, is in the midst of a crisis - has been transformed into a feces-covered "slum" on par with Mumbai or Manila.

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg would push for all new cars to be electric by 2035 and new buildings to produce zero carbon emissions by 2025 as part of clean energy plans he released this week. Bloomberg’s latest climate plans build off his December plan to cut the United States’ carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. That’s less ambitious than the Green New Deal that many of his competitors have embraced that calls for achieving net-zero carbon emissions within 10 years. Bloomberg’s plans do not include total costs or specifics on how they would be paid for, details his campaign...

Sometimes even a publication you’ve long admired gets things horribly wrong. In this case, it’s National Review, which just published an incredibly problematic article, “Anti-Semitic Attacks Shine Spotlight on Long-Simmering Tri-State Tensions,” written by Zachary Evans, attempts to explain rising antisemitism in the New York area.It’s a question demanding answers, especially in light of December’s antisemitic attacks in Jersey City, which left three dead at a kosher grocery, and in Monsey, which left four injured and one man facing permanent brain damage and partial paralysis. Instead of contributing to a greater understanding of the issues at hand, however, the...

A New Jersey groom who allegedly forced himself on an underage waitress during his wedding reception will avoid prison time and won't have to register as a sex offender as part of a negotiated plea deal with prosecutors. Matthew Aimers, 32, of Willingboro was sentenced on Thursday to six years' probation after he pleaded guilty to two counts of simple assault, indecent exposure, and disorderly conduct - all misdemeanors, according to records. The simple assault charges stem from a separate incident involving Aimers and another staff member who told him he could not take alcohol outside. As part of the...

Left-wing rapper Eminem released a new album on Friday, which features the song “Darkness,” which pushes hard for gun control and the song’s video encourages viewers to register to vote for candidates who will subvert the Second Amendment. The song is on the album, Music To Be Murdered By, a follow-up to his 2018 effort Kamikaze. The lyrics to “Darkness” repeatedly reference the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas mass shooting, wherein a gunman broke out windows and shot at unarmed innocents attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival. Genius.com published lyrics to “Darkness.” Here is an excerpt: Now I’m starin’...

Liquorless Era Greeted in Broadway Cafes With Little Ceremony; Few Farewell Parties Church Bells Ring in Joyous Acclaim Persons of Many Creeds Gather in Hempstead for Service of Thanksgiving Demon Rum, who has had more funerals of late than even the most robust cat could expect, had the last and positively final obsequies said over his bier along Broadway last night. The service was as dolorous as even the most mournful could ask. In fact, the occasion was so gloomy that there was scarcely any ceremony at all.

Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was a response to a crisis in America’s economy. Stock prices were crashing, businesses were failing, and unemployment was soaring. FDR’s popularity was engendered by his ability to generate hope that there could be relief, recovery, and reform that could bring us out of our straitened circumstances, and keep us out. His policies were aggressive and his uncanny paternalistic communication skills -- such as his fireside chats on the radio -- endeared him to the masses. When he said “we have nothing to fear but fear itself,” he highlighted the deep-seated fear of tomorrow...

Many questions remain regarding how the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump will be conducted. Among the points of contention is whether or not witnesses should be called. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss why he believes “you can’t have a trial without witnesses and evidence” and how it’s “no surprise” that most Americans are not following impeachment closely. Read the Full Transcript -snip Thank you, Senator, for joining us. As you just heard, I asked Senator Barrasso, why not plan on calling witnesses now? I want to ask you the reverse question. Why should you plan...