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Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas also canceled confirmations, classifying the sacrament as a 'non-essential gathering,' and is discouraging anointing of the sick for coronavirus sufferers.LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 13, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The first bishop in the United States to cancel all public Masses up to and including Easter Sunday is Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas. He also suggested that it “would be problematic” to anoint the sick if they are infected by the coronavirus. In a letter sent out to Catholics in his diocese (page 1, page 2), Taylor states, “Except for small...

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Is Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank secretly working for the Trump 2020 campaign? The question has to be asked because Milbank is currently doing all he can to completely alienate Bernie Sanders supporters from the Democrat party and making it more likely that they won't be voting for Joe Biden, if he is the nominee, in November. So how is Milbank accomplishing this result? By severely castigating Bernie Sanders and labeling him a "spoiler." Milbank performed this favor for the Trump campaign on Wednesday by whining, "The Bernie Sanders spoiler campaign begins." Milbank even went so far as to rub...

During a recent segment on “CBS This Morning” Planned Parenthood’s president Alexis McGill Johnson, argued that the current Supreme Court case, June Medical Services v. Russo — which centers around requiring hospital admitting privileges for abortionists, like other physicians — is unnecessary because abortion is “safe.” During the segment, when questioned by journalist Gayle King, Johnson appeared to admit that abortion is unsafe — for preborn children. “There’s a recent poll by Kaiser that found the majority of Americans, 69% support the idea of doctors having admitting privileges if they’re going to be doing abortions,” said King’s co-host Tony Dukoupil....

The actor Tom Hanks posted an update from Australia where he is in isolation with his wife, Rita Wilson, after they tested positive for the coronavirus. "Hello folks. @ritawilson and I want to thank everyone here Down Under who are taking such good care of us," the two-time Oscar winner posted on Instagram. "We have Covid-19 and are in isolation so we do not spread it to anyone else. There are those for whom it could lead to a very serious illness. We are taking it one-day-at-a-time. He added, "There are things we can all do to get through this...

It is well known that dogs boast an incredible sense of smell, but new research has uncovered another way our four-legged friends use their famous noses to find their way around. Scientists have discovered what they describe as an "entirely new sense" in dogs, observing how their wet nose tips can be used to sense heat from nearby objects, much like a thermal infrared sensor. The research was carried out by scientists at Sweden's Lund University, along with a team from Hungary's Eötvös Loránd University, who conducted a pair of experiments that uncovered this surprising new canine skill. The Lund...

I despair of a decent life in The West. To people who smugly say or assume that Australia is The Lucky Country I have to shout: Men’s lives and decent living for everyone are being continuously ruined by an institutionalized man-hating feminism that has commandeered, poisoned and terrified all levels of government and the judiciary and a huge part of the police forces. What hope has a bloke (guy) got? How has it come to this? Is it worse in countries which have relied on precedent and traditions like Common Law than in America where the First Amendment etc etc...

Columbus, OH – There were 170 reported complications to abortions done using the drug RU486 in Ohio over the past two years, according to Ohio Health Department complication forms obtained by Operation Rescue. The RU486 drug is a pill also known as Mifeprex or Mifepristone. It is commonly prescribed with Misoprostol (Cytotec) to induce abortions up to 10 weeks gestation. However, it is likely that the reported abortion complications do not account for all complications related to abortion drugs in Ohio. Not included in these reports were incidents where women did not return to the abortion facility, but reported directly...

A 13th Texas city voted Thursday to declare itself a “Sanctuary for the Unborn” and ban abortions. The city council of Whiteface, population 449, in western Texas, voted 3-2 to pass the pro-life ordinance amid strong public support, The Texan reports. The city leaders stood strong despite a recent lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against several other Texas cities with “Sanctuary for the Unborn” ordinances. The pro-life ordinances recognize that unborn babies are valuable human beings who deserve to be protected under the law. They prohibit abortions within city limits and prevent abortion businesses from opening there....

On March 12, the London premiere of Mulan had just wrapped when the film’s director Niki Caro received the call everyone was anticipating. Executives in Los Angeles had made the decision to pull the Disney tentpole and were about to make the announcement, scuttling plans for a European junket that was had just kicked off. The move didn’t come as a surprise. After all, less than a day before, President Donald Trump announced a new ban on most travel from Europe, aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. That travel ban torpedoed any plans to promote the $200 million...

Chen Wei, a leading Chinese epidemiologist and a major-general in China's People's Liberation Army, has created quite a stir on Weibo by her radical approach. Major General Wei it is reported that injected herself and her six-member team with an untested coronavirus vaccine, which many on the Internet see as a move to prove loyalty to the People's Liberation Army. The research team led by Major General Chen Wei, who is a veteran in fighting SARS and Ebola achieved a major breakthrough in developing a vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Chinese state media reported on Tuesday. For...

In a victory for the Trump administration and pro-life Americans, pro-abortion Speaker Nancy Pelosi has relented and agreed to a deal with the Trump administration to pass a clean version of the economic stimulus bill dealing with the coronoavirus. A clean bill with the Hyde Amendment attached to it will receive approval from the House of Representatives tonight and will be signed into law on Monday after the Senate approves it. As LifeNews reported, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is so dedicated to promoting abortion and forcing Americans to fund killing babies in abortion that she has been caught trying to add...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claimed that the coronavirus was having racist side effects because people were avoiding Chinese restaurants. "Honestly, it sounds almost so silly to say, but there's a lot of restaurants that are feeling the pain of racism, where people are literally not patroning Chinese restaurants, they're not patroning Asian restaurants because of just straight-up racism around the coronavirus," she said during an Instagram Live session on Tuesday. On social media, some suggested that the freshman congresswoman was blowing the situation out of proportion. "Honestly though, Alexandria. Can we at least try to reserve the term racism for...

A Scottish mother, who has a six-year old son with Down’s syndrome, has slammed Amazon for selling t-shirts which read, ‘let’s make down syndrome extinct.’ She said: “To target a group who are disabled is just disgusting.” Stacey Corrigan, aged 34 from Paisley has a six year old son with Down’s syndrome named Daniel. Ms Corrigan slammed the t-shirt slogan as “hateful” and “disgusting”, asserting that it should be treated as a crime. She said: “I can’t believe they have been allowed to sell this. Who even thinks up an idea to design this? Daniel is just perfect to us...

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is the latest purveyor of silver-laced potions ordered to stop peddling fake cures for the coronavirus. Jones claimed on his radio show last week that his Silverblue toothpaste "kills the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range," according to a news release on Thursday by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She ordered Jones to immediately refrain from selling the toothpaste and other products as cures on his website, InfoWars. "As the coronavirus continues to pose serious risks to public health, Alex Jones has spewed outright lies and has profited off of New Yorkers' anxieties," James, a...

King County will be shifting how it uses its coronavirus isolation sites, after a patient at its Kent quarantine site left against the advice of on-site security. A homeless patient checked into what used to be an EconoLodge motel in Kent on Thursday, that was recently purchased by King County to use as a quarantine site. The patient entered the facility as a voluntary response to an offer for services while he awaited coronavirus test results. Shortly after, he reportedly “disregarded the instructions of an onsite guard and left the motel.” He then entered a convenience store, “where he allegedly...

Over five years, the Saudi crown prince has steadily accumulated power by ruthlessly targeting perceived rivals and critics. Here's an overview of the hundreds of Saudis impacted When Saudi Arabia's King Salman ascended to the throne in 2015 and named his 29-year-old son, Mohammed, as defence minister and then as deputy crown prince, there was talk of the rising star who would reshape the kingdom. Five years later, Mohammed bin Salman, now apparently poised to become king, has consolidated his control and shaken the foundations of the House of Saud by ruthlessly eliminating or neutralising his perceived rivals and vocal...

Trump says he might add the U.K. to sweeping European travel restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus. Starting at midnight, the U.S. will ban foreigners who have been in one of more than 26 European nations over the last two weeks. The announcement sent airline stocks tumbling and led to deep cuts in schedules through the summer.

A golden retriever puppy in Michigan has been branded a "unicorn" due to an unusual facial feature: having only a single ear, positioned on the top of her head. Rae - "ear" spelled backward - was brought to Family Friends Veterinary Hospital in Grand Rapids as a newborn because she required emergency surgery. The now-12-week-old puppy is now in the care of Brianna Aardema, who was one of the people caring for Rae at the hospital. "The minute I saw her, I knew I wanted to raise her and be there for her even though I knew the road to...

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. ( Exodus 20:8-11)The Fourth commandment establishes...