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The Archbishop of Toronto is calling on parishioners to contact their representatives about using a percentage of capacity instead of an arbitrary number to limit COVID-19 restrictions at churches, saying the current rules impose “inequities facing our faith communities.” “The province has relaxed restrictions in Grey (Lockdown) regions, with retailers permitted to operate at 25 percent capacity. Yet places of worship, regardless of whether they seat 100 or 1,000 people, must remain at a hard cap of 10 people,” Cardinal Thomas Collins wrote in a letter (pdf) to parishioners on March 5. “Next week, a funeral at St. Michael’s Cathedral...

President Joe Biden, who has been vaccinated from the novel Wuhan coronavirus since early January, wore two masks inside a Washington D.C. small business Tuesday. The two-dose Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, which Biden was administered his second shot of on Jan. 11, works far better at stopping the virus than masks or lockdowns, boasting a 95 percent efficacy rating for individuals aged 16 and older. By double-masking after being vaccinated and demanding all Americans wear masks regardless of immunity status, Biden is insinuating that the Pfizer vaccine won’t protect him but masks will. The aggressive pursuit for religious mask wearing, even...

Milo Yiannopoulos, the gay man whose conservative messaging and willingness to speak the truth sparked riots on university campuses may well trigger more outrage now that he describes himself as “Ex-Gay” and “sodomy free,” and is leading a daily consecration to St. Joseph online. Two years ago, when Church Militant’s Michael Voris famously challenged Yiannopoulos to live a chaste life, Yiannopoulos was not defensive. Instead, he acquiesced, and humbly admitted his human weakness. “I know everything you’re saying, and I’m just not there yet. And I don’t know if I’ll get there,” Yiannopoulos told Voris at the time. It seems...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that President Biden’s name will not appear on stimulus checks that will be sent to many Americans after the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill is passed.The decision represents a break with the previous administration, as former President Trump's name appeared on stimulus checks sent by the Internal Revenue Service to millions of Americans.“We are doing everything in our power to expedite the payments and not delay them, which is why the president’s name will not appear on the memo line of this round of [stimulus] checks,” Psaki told reporters at an afternoon...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has urged "criminals" involved in a massive voter fraud conspiracy to contact him for help in arranging reduced prison sentences. Lindell, a proponent of the baseless theory that the 2020 presidential was "stolen" from former President Donald Trump, made the remarks during an appearance on The Charlie Kirk Show podcast that was released on Friday. Lindell promised that a flood of evidence validating the theory would soon emerge, while offering to help cut deals similar to "the old mafia days" for those involved in the purported plot. "There will be a big surprise of evidence," Lindell...

Iraq: Pope’s Trip Leaves Collateral DamageMuslims mock Francis' visit as surrender to Islamic supremacyERBIL, Iraq (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis' Iraq trip has triggered a tidal wave of mockery on social media, with Muslims gleefully announcing that the pontiff has surrendered to Islamic supremacy, an Iraqi Muslim convert has told Church Militant. Billboard welcoming Pope Francis in Mosul The Kurdish response to Francis on the final day of his visit has been largely negative, as "many Kurds see the pope as a person who flatters wicked people like President Erdoğan," observed Nasser Aza, an academic from Erbil. While the pope's visit...

The former Aberdeen, Scotland and Manchester United manager was quizzed about wife Cathy’s religion when he was signing for the Ibrox club in 1967.Sir Alex Ferguson has said he let his wife down by not telling a Rangers director to “ **** off” when he asked about her being a Catholic. The former Aberdeen, Scotland and Manchester United manager was quizzed about wife Cathy’s religion when he was signing for the Ibrox club in 1967. Ferguson, 79, told how the club official wanted to make sure he had not got married in a Catholic chapel before he put pen to...

US Bishops Discourage Catholics From Eating Human Flesh If Alternatives AvailableA satirical take on the bishops' responseIn a bold act of moral courage, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released a statement March 2 encouraging Catholics to avoid eating human flesh, if supermarkets and restaurants offer alternatives.In Thursday's statement, Bp. Kevin Rhoades, chairman of the conference's Committee on Doctrine, and Abp. Joseph F. Naumann, chairman of the conference's Committee on Pro-Life Activities, recommended Catholics eat at Chick-Fil-A, Wendy's or Chipotle over fast-food restaurants that admit they serve human flesh obtained from Planned Parenthood.'Li'l Snackers Mystery Veal' Archdiocese of...

When the CDC issued its latest set of pandemic guidelines, many were disappointed, to put it mildly. The revised rules were particularly wishy-washy on the subject of reopening the schools, leaving far too much wiggle room for the teacher’s unions to keep them closed far into the future, or running virtual learning instead of going back to the classrooms. What Dr. Fauci and the leaders of the CDC probably didn’t count on was being challenged based on the science that they were supposedly relying on to guide them. And the challenge in question isn’t coming from any armchair quarterbacks, either....

<p>Two giraffes died Monday after a barn caught fire at a zoo in Reston, Virginia.</p><p>Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responded sometime before 6 p.m. and saw fire coming from the roof and both floors of the two-story barn at Roer’s Zoofari.</p>

Once congress receives applications from 2/3 of the states, it is duty bound to call a convention. Over 400 applications have been submitted. Where is the call to convention? Check out Federalist #85. Alexander Hamilton: By the fifth article of the Constitution, the congress will be obliged “on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the states to call a convention for proposing amendments, which shall . . . ” The words of this article are peremptory. Congress SHALL call a convention. Nothing is left to the discretion of Congress. Consequently, all the arguments about the disinclination to...

An Oklahoma church has purchased and forgiven millions of dollars in medical debt owed by Oklahoma residents. Recently, Ada First United Methodist Church partnered with RIP Medical Debt to purchase and forgive $3.8 million in medical debt. Health leaders say ‘vaccine hunting’ should subside with more supplies on the way The debt was owed by 1,327 residents in Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Pontotoc and Seminole counties. “The global pandemic certainly required us to adjust our initial goal,” stated senior pastor Brian Matthews. “But even with that adjustment, we were able to forgive over $1 million more than we hoped. With RIP’s...

. . . Not one committee witness pointed out how the “Equality Act” would adversely impact Catholic and religious hospitals, clinics, social welfare institutions, private religious schools, senior living apartments, and nursing homes if they refused to impose gender identity and sexual orientation policies. Catholic hospitals would be penalized if they do not abort unborn children or perform gender reassignment surgery on minors or others. Nor would they be eligible for Medicaid/Medicare or insurance reimbursements. Failure to comply with LGBTQ+ policies or abortion requirements, will result in punitive damages up to $500,000 per violation which, of course would cripple if...

Sen. Rand Paul advised people to “live free” and “trash your mask” after receiving the coronavirus vaccine in response to more cautious guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Rather than listening to government scolds, look to the science of immunology: and once you’re 2 weeks out from the vaccine, or have recovered from the actual infection, trash your mask and live free again,” Paul said on Twitter. Paul was responding to a CNN article detailing updated CDC guidance, which now advises that people who have been fully vaccinated can gather with other fully vaccinated individuals but continued...

A new outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at the Cottonwoods Care Centre in B.C.'s Interior Health region where staff and residents had already received vaccines, the provincial health officer announced Monday. In a live news conference, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said being vaccinated doesn't mean transmission will be stopped and that precautions must remain in place for seniors and care homes. "You can have transmission even when people are fully vaccinated," she said. "The illness seems to be milder and doesn't transmit as much [and we] won't see rapid explosive outbreaks." Two staff members and 10 residents...

President Joe Biden’s flurry of initial actions, on issues from immigration and race to environmentalism and regulatory policy, favor the ruling class, Woke progressives, and non-citizens. They punish the tens of millions of forgotten Americans of every color and creed who are most deeply impacted by their consequences. The longtime Swamp-dweller’s first days in office can best be summarized as: “unity and healing for me, but not for thee.” One overlooked but significant executive order that demonstrates the administration’s contempt for you, and the principles you hold dear, concerns the census. It suggests that the president not only cares little...

About 15 years ago, my younger brother, George, looked over my DVD collection of classic movies, including Gone with the Wind, The Searchers, and Animal House, and said, “You know, pretty soon you won’t need any of these. You’ll be able to download every one of them off the internet.” George was proved right technologically, but what he couldn’t predict was that cancel culture would target those films. No one could in 2006. Now I, like many other naïve movie lovers, regret having discarded my hard copies of the titles and am racing to replace them before they get erased.I...

Andrew Cuomo remained defiant as top Democrat lawmakers in the state joined calls for him to resign, reportedly telling one they’ll have to impeach the New York governor for him to leave the office. Cuomo, once the darling of the mainstream media for his handling of the pandemic, finds himself embroiled in scandals on numerous fronts. ... But Cuomo would have none of it, suggesting being forced to resign based only on allegations would be “anti-Democratic.” “There is no way I resign,” Cuomo told reporters. “They don’t override the people’s will, they don’t get to override elections,” he said of...

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. (Psalm 130:3-4)The Psalmist is crying out to God, from “out of the depths”. Those “depths” can be manifold; fear, depression, persecution, pain, and a whole host of other possible sorrows and pains that are so abundant in this fallen world. But underneath all of them, and what makes the endurance of any of them so very insufferable, is guilt. If you marked Iniquity…who could stand? All of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God,...

Sunday night, CBS’ “60 Minutes” chronicled the struggle in the city of Columbus, especially among young people, during the COVID-19 lockdowns that cost many their livelihoods. The center of the segment was 23-year-old Courtney Yoder, who before the pandemic was homeless, and had almost saved enough money from working to be able to move off the streets before the birth of her first child. “Working actually was something good for me,” Yoder told Scott Pelley. “And then when I lost it, it was like, ‘Now I have nothing, you know what I mean, to look forward to.’ Because I actually...