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Kentucky archbishop does not plan to cancel Masses after governor's request Kentucky’s Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday encouraged churches to cancel their services in fear of the spreading coronavirus. The Catholic archdiocese in the state does not plan to cancel Masses this Sunday.On March 11, the governor announced that the eight patients with COVID-19 in the state were “stable and doing well” but stressed that the number of infected will likely increase.“That number is expected to grow,” Beshear said, WDRB reported. “We expect to see more cases. We are prepared to see more cases.”According to the Archdiocese of Louisville, the...

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the imposition of a “community quarantine” in the entire Metro Manila as the government scrambles to contain the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The recommendation to put the National Capital Region (NCR) under isolation was made by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and was approved by Duterte in a meeting in Malacañang Thursday night. Land, domestic air, and domestic sea travel to and from Metro Manila will be suspended starting March 15, 2020, until April 14. “Ayaw naming gamitin ‘yan kasi...

Last year, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and pulled funds from other government accounts to help construct portions of a border wall. In January, the administration reached a milestone of 100 miles on the construction. Then last month, the Department of Homeland Security waived 10 contracting laws that will allow another 177 miles of the border wall to be built more quickly in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The DHS said in a statement, “Under the president’s leadership, we are building more wall, faster than ever before.”Obviously, for the Trump administration, building the wall along the...

[Catholic Caucus] Roman Hero Priest Will Not Exclude People from his "Private Masses" The German National Church Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome announced on March 10 that, due to the coronavirus, all masses are "celebrated privately".Yet the Rector, Rev. Franz Xaver Brandmayr, declared before VaticanNews.va that the faithful are not excluded from these Masses. He will celebrate his "private masses" aloud, preach and distribute communion.It is clear to Brandmayr that he is going very far, but for him, the prohibition of public masses is a serious mistake.He quotes a priest friend: "Right now we have to open the churches. We...

Yes, those lumps of clothes really are people sleeping on the streets. Cable car rides are often ruined by the unmistakable whiff of sun-soaked urine. Small business owners – which employ 40% of the workforce – are held down by masochistic regulators. And people are getting the hell out of California.They're fleeing. A new Prager University video called "Fleeing California"  – which will probably be censored by one of the tech giants in 3...2...1 –  highlights the lowlights of California and explains why so many are heading for Texas. Besides pointing out that California's Leftist 'progressive' politics have created...

A step-by-step guide for replacing the barrel of a deactivated war trophy rifle. Over the years I've seen many otherwise fine rifles with poor barrels sell cheap because barrels are usually the most expensive part on the gun and the gunsmith’s labor to install it was never going to be less than a C-note for the most simple replacement job. Vintage 20th century bolt-action military rifles are among the easiest and most economical to re-barrel. It's not particularly hard, as long as you have a replacement barrel and the right tools. Though you can change a barrel with a bench...

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reached out to clubs Thursday morning to tell them the regular season would be suspended due to the spread of the coronavirus, a source indicated to The Post. There was a call scheduled for 1 p.m. to work out some of the details on what is a very fluid situation. The league had already cancelled morning skates and practices Thursday morning, and they told teams to start working with their buildings to find dates to host games into July. An official announcement was expected later Thursday afternoon.

The Players Championship will go on, but the tournament will play the final three days without spectators in an attempt to combat the coronavirus pandemic, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said on Thursday. It’s an unprecedented move and no doubt disappointing on all accounts for the Tour and area fans at one of the PGA’s marquee events of the year.

Officials have been canceling events across the region and schools are telling students to stay off campus amid coronavirus fears. But Wednesday afternoon, Cavanaugh’s Restaurant & Sports Bar in University City assured many revelers — in an ALL CAPS tweet — that their beloved Erin Express was not canceled. For decades, a certain segment of young Philadelphians has descended upon Center City and University City for the Erin Express, the multi-weekend day-drinking marathon where attendees cram onto school buses rotating among 17 Philadelphia watering holes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

President Trump raised fresh questions surrounding his response to the coronavirus on Thursday by saying that Americans in Europe will be tested for coronavirus before they are allowed to board flights and that they will not be allowed to come home if they test positive. The shocking announcement came after his decision to halt all travel from Europe to the US for 30 days starting from Friday at midnight. During a press conference with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office, Trump said: 'We are not putting them on planes if they test positive. It is going...

Last night’s announcement by Donald Trump of travel restrictions to Europe “blindsided” the EU, the Washington Post reports, but Mike Pence went on offense this morning to defend them. The vice president is making a full Ginsburg of sorts this morning to follow up on Trump’s Oval Office speech last night, including a clean-up of an error regarding shipping between the US and EU, which will not be interrupted. Trump himself corrected his error on Twitter shortly after the speech: Hoping to get the payroll tax cut approved by both Republicans and Democrats, and please remember, very important for...

All schools, colleges and nurseries will be closed across Ireland with outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people banned amid a growing coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar made the dramatic announcement in a speech given outside Blair House in Washington DC today, where he later met with Donald Trump. He added that under the emergency measures, which will take effect from 6pm today until March 29, teaching will be completed online and museums, galleries and other tourist destinations will also close as a result of the action. The UK has yet to announce similar measures despite eight deaths due...

The last time we checked in on Chelsea Manning, she had been in jail on contempt charges for nearly a year and was running up massive fines that the judge ruled would have to be paid. Manning also wasn’t being released without agreeing to testify before the grand jury investigating Julian Assange and the Wikileaks debacle. But now the story has reportedly taken a darker turn. Yesterday, Manning was transported to the hospital after allegedly attempting to commit suicide in her jail cell. (Fox News) Former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning tried to “take her own life” in a...

Introduction As Christians are sorting out what sorts of responses to the COVID-19 virus we should have, we are doing so in a cacophonous time, and it can be hard to figure out what to think, or how to respond. What I thought to do here is throw a number of apparently random observations together which, when taken together, might help create a fuller picture. I want to address any number of things — money, political power, the media, and public health — in the hope that all of us can see that there are many plays being run on...

An open letter to Rhett McLaughlin and anyone else on the road to unbelief by Robert Carter Published: 12 March 2020 (GMT+10) Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. Wikimedia Commons [To our other readers: “Rhett and Link” are a popular YouTube comedy duo.1 They were once professing Christians but have recently come out as “hopeful agnostics”. On their popular podcast, Ear Biscuits, they each spent a couple of hours detailing their walk away from the faith.2,3 This letter is in response to those podcasts. I don’t expect them to actually read this, nor to respond, but this is from my heart....

Our country spends over a trillion dollars a year on anti-poverty programs. We address the symptoms, providing food, shelter, health care. But it's time to face the fact that many of these programs are not working. Our poverty rate hasn't changed in half a century. Money does not appear to be the solution. Sure, it helps, and no, we should not just cut the programs to zero. But it's time for us to face the fact that, while we've made living in poverty easier, we have not made it easier for individuals and families to move out of poverty; the...

One of the nation’s top health officials leading the coronavirus response on Wednesday admitted it is a “failing” that individuals cannot “easily” get tested for the disease in the U.S. “The system is not really geared to what we need right now — what you are asking for,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a member of Congress during a House Oversight and Reform hearing Wednesday. “That is a failing. It is a failing. Let's admit it,” he said. Fauci made the remarks under questioning from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) about...

Doctors in China have urged male coronavirus patients to test their fertility as soon as they recover because the infection may damage the function of their testicles. No study has proved that the virus will reduce men's fertility or sexual potency. But medics in Wuhan have suggested the likelihood that the disease can affect the production of sperm and the formation of male sex hormones.

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Australian ex-pats in Italy say there’s no point coming home because it’s only a matter of time until Australia has a coronavirus crisis. Jodie Kearney lives in Rome with her husband and four children. She is no longer working because her employer, a private school, has closed. Now her husband has been forced to close the business. “We probably won’t have an income this month but plenty of bills,” she said. “It’s a desperate and scary situation.” Andrea Pastorelli is an administrator of the Australians in Italy Facebook group. In a post to his family and friends around the world,...