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The Holy See invested funds in a pharmaceutical company which produces an emergency contraceptive “morning after pill,” an Italian news outlet reported, but sold its shares in the company when the Vatican’s auditor reported the investment to senior Church officials. According to a former senior official at the Secretariat for the Economy, the Vatican held the shares at the same time that former Vatican finance czar Cardinal George Pell pushed for policy that would have required Vatican investments to align with the principles of Catholic social teaching. Pell first proposed that policy when he was appointed to the Vatican in...

The United States has told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible as the country battles a devastating coronavirus wave. India reported 379,257 new infections on Thursday, the world's highest single-day total. The US embassy warned that "access to all types of medical care is becoming severely limited". The Level 4 "do not travel" advisory is the highest of its kind issued by the Department of State. In the advisory, US citizens were told "not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so". "US citizens who wish to depart India...

CCTV footage captured the moment the floor of the 75ft-long pool suddenly gave way, sending water flooding into the car park below, along with debris from the shattered base. Luckily no injuries were reported following the terrifying incident in Vila Velha, in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, on April 22. But 270 people had to leave their homes in the condominium and could not return for five days while a team of engineers carried out safety checks.

A British Columbia hospice society recently lost an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, one of several legal avenues it unsuccessfully pursued in an attempt to avoid participating in assisted suicide. Delta Hospice Society, located in the town of Delta in the Canadian province of British Columbia, was founded 30 years ago by a Christian woman who vocally opposed assisted suicide. Up until this year, the private society operated a 10-bed hospice facility, a charity shoppe, and a supportive care center. In 2016, Canada legalized assisted suicide, which is euphemistically referred to as “medical aid in dying (MAiD).” Following...

The past, we’re so often told, is a dystopia — a cauldron of backwardness and bigotry Are citizens of liberal societies permitted to question liberalism? In theory, the answer is yes, given liberalism’s commitment to ‘free thought’ and ‘the marketplace of ideas’. Such tolerance is rarely in evidence in practice, however — a reality illustrated in hilarious fashion by a writer for a Washington magazine who recently decried ‘cancel culture’ even as he insisted that: ‘It’s absolutely necessary to de-platform public intellectuals who object to liberal democracy.’ To the liberal mind, to question liberalism risks opening portals to the past,...

In his latest challenge to Rome’s authority, the president of the German bishops conference is publicly rejecting recent Vatican instructions regarding this issue.In his latest salvo to challenge Rome's authority, the president of Germany’s bishops’ conference has said that any German Protestant who wishes to receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church on Ökumenischen Kirchentag — a day of Christian unity in May — may do so. “Anyone who is Protestant and attends Communion can receive Communion,” Bishop Georg Bätzing told an online discussion in Frankfurt on Thursday about the May 15 event that usually brings thousands of Christians to...

(Pool Photo/Mark Henle) PHOENIX — The Senate liaison for the audit of Maricopa County election results said he expects all 2.1 million ballots to be counted by the time the contract is up at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in two weeks. Ken Bennett, who is also a former Republican secretary of state in Arizona, said approximately 150,000 ballots had been inspected as of Thursday morning. That was up from about 100,000 on Wednesday. The Senate’s audit started Friday and the Phoenix facility is being rented out until May 14. “With the progress we’re making, I believe we can get the 2.1...

While en route to Georgia, the president shared a brief moment with his wife, stopping to pick her a dandelion before they boarded Marine One

Officials said J’Saan Carlos Strover, 20, was shackled at the waist and handcuffed in front of his body when he ran from two deputies at a rental car facility adjacent to the airport and escaped into a nearby wood line. Strover is wanted in Maricopa County, Arizona, on murder and aggravated assault charges in connection with a Feb. 19 double shooting that left one man dead and another injured at a Phoenix bar, Arizona-based AZfamily.com reported. The man killed was identified by authorities as 32-year-old Walter Wood. Strover had been in custody at the Fulton County Jail since his April...

Keyes calls for the Supreme Court Justices who would not hear the 2020 election fraud cases to be impeached.

Every year, on April 26, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church prayerfully commemorates the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Thus, yesterday morning, a panikhida was served at the Soldiers of Chernobyl monument on the territory of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Kiev. The memorial service was celebrated with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine by His Grace Bishop Viktor of Baryshevka together with the clergy of the church and the local dean, reports the Information-Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. After the service, at 1:23 AM (the time when the No. 4...

Dr. Michael Yeadon, Pfizer's former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy & Respiratory who spent 32 years in the industry leading new medicines research and retired from the pharmaceutical giant with “the most senior research position” in his field, spoke with LifeSiteNews in a telephone interview. He addressed the “demonstrably false” propaganda from governments in response to COVID-19, including the “lie” of dangerous variants, the totalitarian potential for “vaccine passports,” and the strong possibility we are dealing with a “conspiracy” which could lead to something far beyond the carnage experienced in the wars and massacres of the 20th century.

"When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. "When the Levee Breaks" was re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin as the last song on their untitled fourth album. Singer Robert Plant used many of the original lyrics and the songwriting is credited to Memphis Minnie and the individual members of Led Zeppelin. Many other artists have performed and recorded versions of the song.Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks" (1971)

At least 38 people were killed at overcrowded festivities in northern Israel, according to Israeli ambulance service Magen David Adom estimates. Dozens are injured, with 6 in critical condition, 18 in serious condition, 2 in moderate condition and 39 sustaining light injuries.

...fuming about new admissions data that showed Asians dominating the controversial test once again Asians comprised 53.7 percent of those admitted, whites 27.9, Hispanics 5.4, and African-Americans 3.6. Others also note that many of the immigrant Asian groups that predominate at the eight schools come from low-income backgrounds rather than privilege. Only 8 of 749 offers — or one percent — went to Black students,

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Wrapping up an outdoor rally in Georgia on Thursday night, a fully vaccinated President Joe Biden spent 30 seconds looking for his mask, only to later realize it was in his pocket the entire time. Speaking to a drive-in rally in Duluth, Georgia, Biden stayed behind the lectern as the music blared ruffling through his binder on the hunt for his face covering. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-GA., Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-GA. and First Lady Jill Biden walked onto the stage, waving to the sea of cars. Moments later, Jill Biden joined her husband in his search for his mask, flipping...

Rose McGowan says the Democratic Party is just as much of a cult as the one she was raised in. Growing up with the Children of God “gave me the ability to see the control and the propaganda machine, especially in the U.S., for what it is and how it harms people,” the actor and activist said Monday on Fox News. The “Brave” author called that ability a “superpower” that allowed her to see that the political left could harm people just as much as the right, if they ignore other aspects of reality. She said she no longer considered...

The National Park Service is calling on hunters to volunteer in order to reduce the number of bison living on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. The herd of bison has been living on the North Rim since the 1990s and has long been a source of frustration for park managers, scientists and conservationists. Descendants of bison that were brought to northern Arizona in 1906, park officials estimate the herd could be as large as 800 animals. And park officials worry about the herd’s growing impact on water, vegetation, soils and archaeological sites. Reducing the number of bison, which are considered...

We have been misled!Around June 2020, the C.D.C. and most countries RECATEGORIZED their Flu data and Heart disease data to put under the Corona Virus column. It gave the appearance that the leading cause of death, Heart Disease, was drastically removed from the picture by Covid, and the Flu has virtually gone away. (Normal total deaths per week in the US from all causes has been about 60,000 for many years.)This is ignored information from November of 2020 and Genevieve Briand’s Applied Economics analysis of the data. It’s been over 5 months since this information went public…to a limited audience....