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Enzo Bianchi, the Pope, and “That ‘Fox’ Herod”Ten months after the papal decree that sentenced him to exile from the monastery of Bose that he founded, Enzo Bianchi still has not obeyed, and continues to live in a hermitage on the monastery grounds.But many knots also remain untangled on the part of those who judged him. Bianchi’s conviction was never made public in its entirety. Neither the accusations nor the faults ascertained in the apostolic visitation ordered by Rome are known, except for a vague “tense and problematic situation in the community regarding the exercise of authority by the founder,...

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Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. ( Psalm 130:1-2)“Out of the Depths…” is where this Psalm commences. I have no doubt that this meditation comes to many of you, who are currently “in the depths”, due to various sorrowful and painful circumstances. We are often overwhelmed, by debt, discouragement, ill health, disappointed hope, betrayal, addiction… I could go on an on and list the many sorrows and burdens we are prone to in this sad and broken world. It feels...

It's just a matter of the America-Haters convincingly repeating their Hate-America litany as the truth often enough before the masses of American people start buying into it. The reasoning they use to express and justify their hatred of America and Americans is secondary. It could be through their contempt - Americans are crass and boorish people, not sophisticated like Europeans, or through their criticalness - their Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School which is aimed at discrediting America and the American way of life, or through their envy - Americans are greedy, rich and dishonest people, therefore their wealth must...

LET GO AND LET GOD As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend... I brought my broken dreams to God because he was my friend. But instead of leaving him in peace to work alone... I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own. At last I snatched them and cried, "How could you be so slow?" "My child," He said, "What could I do? You never did let go."

Supporters of former President Donald Trump held a parade in New York City on Friday, but were met by counter-protesters. The event featured the unfurling of a 50-foot "Trump 2024" flag, and a march from Trump Tower to Times Square, but tensions flared after a counter-protest was staged. A large crowd of Trump supporters marched down Fifth Avenue and carried Gadsden and thin blue line flags as well as large banners, including one showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi depicted as being evil while ripping up a copy of Trump's 2020 State of the Union speech. As the Trump supporters made...

An anonymous federal informant recently gave testimony against several “Boogaloo Boys” accused of kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer last year. The deep state’s snitch, referred to only under the alias of “Dan” during the preliminary hearings, gave testimony against Pete Musico, 43; Joseph Morrison, 26; and Paul Bellar, 22. They are three of the 14 individuals implicated in a so-called kidnapping plot that appears to be in actuality little more than drunken bravado exploited by the feds to destroy lives and justify a further crackdown against the 1st Amendment. “I was scrolling through Facebook one day, and they popped up...

<p>ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor’s mansion on Saturday to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is scheduled to go on trial in the death of George Floyd.</p>

The Senate approved the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package Saturday on a party-line vote.All 50 Democrats voted for the relief bill while all Republicans but one absent voted against the bill. The bill, also known as the American Rescue Plan or H.R. 1319, was passed by the House on Feb. 27 by a vote of 219–212, with all Republicans and two Democrats voting against it. The Senate was able to pass the bill after several amendments. The bill will be returned to the House for reconciliation which is expected to happen early next week. The amendments adopted by the Senate...

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I have grave concern that the court was defrauded intentionally ... There was some type of agenda, an inappropriate agenda beyond an objective intelligence or criminal investigation," said Kevin Brock, a retired FBI assistant director for Intelligence who helped implement most of the intelligence and informant rules the FBI uses today."I struggle to find any other explanation," Brock told the John Solomon Reports podcast. "Any other explanation just doesn't pass the smell test. I mean, the glaring — the Steele dossier, for an experienced counterintelligence agent in the field, was blinking red lights Russian disinformation campaign, and yet you're going...

Normal Americans are over the masks. They are over the lockdowns. They are over the media hysteria. Who is not “over” all of that is the radical left, which desperately wants Americans to remain paralyzed with fear and completely under the ‘lock down’ control of the Democratic Party. A New York Times reporter has brought attention to a ‘mask burning party” on the Idaho Capitol steps. The reaction of the left to these videos is either downright ghoulish or steeped in derision. “Darwinsm in action,” one user tweeted. “A lot of these people are the same people who who will...

No Jews, No Jesus at Pope’s ‘Abrahamic’ EventNASSIRIYA, Iraq (ChurchMilitant.com) - Jesus and the Jews were both conspicuously missing from Pope Francis' Saturday interfaith service at the Plain of Ur — publicized by the Vatican event as the birthplace of Abraham.Pope Francis met with Shia Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani In his lengthy address, Francis did not mention "Jesus" even once, and the prayer concluding the event did not use the standard trinitarian formula or end in "the name of Jesus."The pope avoided naming the Hebrew prophet "Isaiah" in his speech while citing the prophecy of nations beating "their swords into ploughshares...

In 1941, it was looted by Nazi Germany's Army Group North and transported to the former German city of Konigsberg, present-day Kaliningrad, and erected in Konigsberg Castle, where it remained on display until 1944. “Konigsberg was a transfer base for looted cultural objects, which would be stored in the city for further transportation to other parts of Germany,” says Anatoly Valuev, a researcher from the Kaliningrad History and Arts Museum. But as the city was engulfed by fire at the end of World War 2, the room mysteriously vanished. ***** After 23 years of scrupulous work, architects and historians were...

According to this: COVID-19 Relief Bill Senselessly Targets Vapers Shipping via USPS, Vaping goodies will be really difficult to get.

TAIPEI: Four retired Taiwanese military intelligence officers – including a major general – have been indicted for spying for China, prosecutors said Saturday. The quartet was charged with developing a spying network and collecting confidential information for Beijing, the Taipei district prosecutors’ office said. The two sides have been spying on each other since the Nationalists fled to the island to set up a rival government in 1949, having lost a civil war on the mainland to the communists. China claims self-ruled, democratic Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary. Two Taiwanese former colonels were...

Pray For the Peace of JerusalemLambs, Sheep, and Shepherds Isaiah 49:8-13Restoration of Israel 8 This is what the Lord says: “In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, 9 to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’ “They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill. 10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,...

Detroit’s marijuana ordinance took a long time to create and could take less time to undo, if a lawsuit challenging it succeeds. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate Detroit’s carefully constructed retail marijuana licensing program designed to ensure city residents aren’t shut out by deep-pocketed outsiders before any recreational cannabis business opens its doors. Prospective marijuana business owner Crystal Lowe in a civil lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court on Tuesday, March 2 claims the program’s preferential residency requirements are illegal, a violation of both the state and federal constitutions. If successful, Detroit leaders, who’ve already received criticism for being...

....I live in a 55+ community; during the past month residents who are 65+ years of age were able to get the Covid-19 vaccine, both doses...I was hopeful that this step would resolve the fears of many, but I know of three women who are still wearing masks, restricting their interactions with others, and staying home as much as possible.... There are two systems that can determine our response to Covid-19: the amygdala and the pre-frontal lobes. Dr. Joseph LeDoux, a leading authority on neuroscience and fear, made the following observations: ‘The amygdala is not a fear centre,’ LeDoux said....

A central figure in one of the most iconic moments in American sports has died.Mark Pavelich, a member of the "Miracle on Ice" USA Hockey team, was found dead Thursday morning at a mental health treatment center, the Star Tribune reports. He was 63.USA Hockey confirmed Pavelich's death Friday.Pavelich is the second member of Miracle on Ice team to die, following the death of Bob Suter in 2014.The cause of Pavelich's death is not known, per the Star Tribune, though emergency dispatch audio reportedly disclosed that Pavelich had not been seen since 8 p.m. Wednesday, and responding personnel said he...