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UNESCO Reconstruction begins on Mosul's Al-Tahera Syriac-Catholic Church by Anup Oommen14 Sep 2020 Reconstruction and rehabilitation works have begun on Iraq’s Al-Tahera Church in the Old City of Mosul in close coordination with the UAE and local authorities.Phase 1 of the project, which included clearing the rubble and securing the project site for reconstruction, has been completed, according to the UNESCO authorities. The reconstruction works will be quite complex, as large parts of the structure’s arcades and its external walls have been damaged. Local contractors, under the supervision of skilled experts, have been chosen to do the work. In addition,...

"Take the helmet of salvation" (Eph. 6:17). The key to conquering doubt is to focus on the preserving power of God. Doubt comes to Christians in many ways. After you've sinned, your conscience might hiss at you, saying, "Surely you're not a Christian. Why would God save you anyway? You don't deserve His mercy. You're not good enough. How presumptuous to think God could ever use you!" Such doubts are common among Christians who focus on their performance rather than God's power. All too often we're quick to acknowledge God's power to save us but slow to understand His power...

He's on-the-air, and on-fire. Chris Plante from WMAL in DC, is rated in America's Top 10 Talk Radio Show Hosts. His show is the "prep work" for many other shows. And, unlike the others, he pulls no punches, tells it like it is and doesn't take any BS from liberal, demonKKKrat, leftist, commie, socialist, fascist, marxist and anarchist callers. He's the guy we'd all like to sit down with and have a dbl-cheeseburger and a cold one, while talking about the state of America, and the crazies who are pulling the strings, behind-the-scenes. Get a fresh refill of your favorite...

On this date in 1761,* the Jesuit Gabriel Malagrida became a late casualty of the Tavora Affair and the Lisbon earthquake when he was garroted for heresy. Malagrida (English Wikipedia entry | Portuguese) was a 72-year-old Italian with decades of missionary service to the Portuguese New World colonies under his belt. He had, in his time, been a prominent exponent of the Jesuits missions’ policy in the Amazon, which amounted to asserting their own jurisdiction against the secular government’s attempt to order its overseas territories. (There’s more on that conflict here.) And this only exacerbated his principal sin of being...

Catholics bring Christian values to people of other faiths by living out God's word and doing charitable work Paul Nguyen Van Phuc leads a prayer attended by members of the Cursillo movement at a church in Hue on July 18. (Photo: UCA News)John Nguyen Tuan, a retired military doctor, invites his friends to parties at his home at Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and his patron feast. They offer presents to one another and listen to hymns together.Tuan encourages them to make donations and visit patients and people without relatives. He has given more than 50 copies of the New Testament to...

All the polls aside, President Trump is positioned to win a historical victory in November. We can thank the inept Democrats who have sowed the seeds of their loss even before Hillary was defeated in 2016. Their preoccupation with "Hate Trump" started the moment they realized he might be the GOP candidate. Once elected, the deep state did everything they could to sabotage him and his administration. The House invested months in trying to impeach him. But President Trump is not your normal politician. He has stood up against the slings and arrows. He's taken their best shots, and he's...

New York City was among three cities labeled “anarchist jurisdictions” by the Justice Department on Sunday and targeted to lose federal money for failing to control protesters and defunding cops, The Post has learned. Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., were the other two cities on the list, which was approved by US Attorney General William Barr. “When state and local leaders impede their own law-enforcement officers and agencies from doing their jobs, it endangers innocent citizens who deserve to be protected, including those who are trying to peacefully assemble and protest,” Barr said in a statement set to be released...

A dense fog enveloped this City on Wednesday night, followed yesterday morning by a heavy fall of rain, which has continued, with brief intermission, ever since. Rain commenced falling all along the Hudson River as early as Wednesday evening, and a thick fog prevailed, which interfered seriously with navigation -- it being almost impossible to distinguish the lights on the steamers and other vessels for any considerable distance. The fog was also very dense last night. The storm, fortunately, has thus far been unaccompanied by the high winds which usually mark the Equinoctial, and the shipping in our harbor and...

The Left lost their sense of humor years ago and now every minor official and functionary with a D after their name behaves as if they are Soviet commissars. Take Barb Byrum for example, the Democratic clerk of Ingham County MI. She wants to prosecute a woman in Mason, a small town outside Lansing, for a joke. From The Detroit News: Official: Toilet display in Mason mocking mail-in voting is a crime A Michigan resident’s apparent joke showing disdain for voting by mail is no laughing matter for one election official. The resident put a toilet on their lawn...

A surgeon and a hospital system executive stepped down from a Tennessee hospital last week after the executive -- not a licensed physician -- participated in a patient's surgery, according to statements issued by both the CEO and the hospital system. Greg Neal, MBA, was CEO of Bristol Regional Medical Center near the Virginia border when he was invited to observe a live surgery last week, according to his statement. A surgeon then asked Neal if he wanted to make the initial incision, which he did. A surgeon and a hospital system executive stepped down from a Tennessee hospital last...

I always felt a sense of dread when I had to read one of Justice Ginsburg’s decisions as part of my legal research. Her writing was turgid and convoluted. The worst thing about her decisions, though, was how she misused case authority to create new principles out of whole cloth. Nothing shows that more than in her determination to bypass our American Constitution and law and look to foreign constitutions, laws, and customs. Ginsburg did not much like our Constitution, and she wasn’t shy about showing it. In 2012, Ginsburg showed up in Egypt, offering some “helpful” advice to the...

From the beginning, the makers of the live-action Mulan remake promised the story of a heroine who embodied girl power. And yet, to tell this story, Disney worked with those accused of torturing women in barbaric ways – ways unique to their sex.  Female empowerment, in other words, is sometimes just a Disney fairytale.Earlier this month, calls to boycott Disney made headlines after the company thanked Chinese government agencies in the film credits of Mulan. That’s because eight of those entities are located in Xinjiang, where China is charged with committing grave human-rights abuses – if not genocide – against the Uighur Muslims. The U.S. government and human-rights...

The following was published in Facebook on September 16, 2020: Vote NO on September 20 in Italy Shifting the Power to the Elite Dear friends, vote NO on September 20 (in Italy). It seems a good thing (disguised) to send home 200 members of parliament, these parasites. (Note: When pasting this document into Free Republic, it seems that most of the special formatting is lost, such as bold, italics, underlined words and embedded links. To read the document with the formatting and embedded links go to the link of the document.) Voting YES on the referendum not only are we...

Leo Guinan (“he/him”) has bravely and smugly gone public with his decision to blackmail his father for being a Trump supporter. Unless daddy changes his ways, he’ll never see his grandchildren again. Guinan oozes self-righteous hatred. The only good thing about his post is that people were appalled and contemptuous. Guinan describes himself in glowing terms: Trying to share my experiences in a way that might help others. I can change the world. I will change the world. Even if for a single person. He/Him. This wonderful human being wrote a now-viral post entitled, “Today I Gave My Dad A...

Our family’s visit to a Virginia restaurant the other day wasn’t particularly unusual in the coronavirus era, although that state’s requirements are more stringent than most. The staff were all wearing masks and, in this case, plastic gloves as well. The iced tea bin was behind the counter where customers couldn’t touch it, and Virginia restaurants are apparently required to give customers a new plastic cup for every refill. (Somehow, the left went from banning plastic straws to probably tripling the amount of plastic waste generated by restaurants but hey, there could be a .000001% less chance of someone possibly...

Prayers up for all the families suffering from the impact of this virus. And we're praying that the spread continues fading and that an effective treatment and vaccine are developed before the next flu season starts. And we pray that our people are able to go back to work in greater and greater numbers as the great Trump economy comes roaring back. And I believe we the people are going to tire real soon about the democrats allowing the radical leftist revolutionary blackshirt/brownshirt squads of their party using violent organized fascist tactics to rampage, riot and burn our once beautiful...

Pittsburgh Steelers player Maurkice Pouncey honored Eric Kelly on his helmet Sunday against the Broncos. Pouncey took the field against Denver wearing Kelly’s name on the back of his helmet after most of the team wore Antwon Rose Jr.’s name last week. According to TribLive.com, Kelly was a Pittsburgh police officer killed in the line of duty back in 2009 while responding to a call about two other officers being killed. You can see a photo of Pouncey’s helmet in the tweet below. This is a classy move from Pouncey. Last week, the majority of the Steelers wore Antwon Rose...

At the end of Nov. 3, hundreds of thousands of ballots will likely remain left to count in key states, particularly Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It will be nearly impossible for election clerks on Election Day to count the record number of absentee and provisional ballots that are anticipated to be cast in those three states, as well as in other crucial battlegrounds. Election officials in many states are underfunded and under-resourced, and in some by law are not allowed to begin counting ballots until Election Day. Polling and absentee ballot request data from some states show that Democratic voters...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://twitter.com/ritapanahi/status/1307613159063080960?s=21 See above for image of newborn babies in the infant holding area in a labor and delivery hospital wing. These babies are all wearing face shields in order to prevent the spread of the “deadly” Coronavirus. I think this might be India so it helps to show that the biggest idiots in the world actually aren’t American leftists. - Fewer than 300 USA CV deaths yesterday which is one of the lowest daily numbers since March. Hard to read too much into one day but I am giving the Impimp guarantee of much lower...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Lambs, Sheep, and Shepherds. Genesis 27 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month, 15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.” 16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah had weak[a] eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful. 18 Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven...