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UN Panel Asks Vatican to Violate Seal of ConfessionGENEVA (ChurchMilitant.com) - International leaders are decrying the secrecy of the confessional — essential to saving souls from sin.Four so-called human rights experts drafted a letter that calls on the Catholic Church to cooperate with the United Nations to end sexual abuse and violence against children. In their missive, the "experts" petition for an end to the inviolability of the sacrament of Confession.Released June 21 but dated April 7, the letter claimed the Church had used its protocols "to protect alleged abusers, cover up crimes, obstruct accountability of alleged abusers and evade...

At least a third of Republican midterm candidates who have taken steps to run next year for the US Senate or House of Representatives have “embraced” former President Donald Trump’s “big lie” about his 2020 election defeat, according to a new report. In an analysis of the GOP contenders who have filed the early paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for Congress next year, The Washington Post’s Amy Gardner describes how a number of Republican candidates have become “increasingly focused on the last election”. Many of them, she said, have launched their campaigns running on Mr Trump’s...

Sky News contributor Daisy Cousens says with Donald Trump gone "we're going to be at the mercy of Xi Jinping". "Donald Trump was the only thing keeping those dictators, plus Kim Jong Un I must point out, in their place," she told Sky News host Gary Hardgrave. "He was not afraid to stand up to them, he called their bluff. He was able to relate to them in a way that Joe Biden couldn't relate to anyone, let's be real. "Now that he's gone, we're going to be at the mercy of Xi Jinping. If his speech was anything to...

A mysterious fire broke out on Monday evening at a military facility in western Tehran, not far from the centrifuge factory that was damaged in a drone attack last month. The military facility is located in an industrial area west of Iran's capital. The cause of the fire is unknown. Firefighters were called to the scene. According to one report in Iran, the facility belongs to a company that produces ballistic missile fuel. Iran has been suffering from power outages in several areas in the country in recent days. The outages have caused slowdowns in the activities of public and...

Many of the highest-ranking members of the Biden administration came from the same shadowy firm. It is a relatively new name among revolving-door power brokers in Washington D.C., which makes it all the more surprising.Founded in 2017, WestExec describes itself as a “diverse group of senior national security professionals with the most recent experience at the highest levels of the U.S. government. With deep knowledge and networks in the fields of defense, foreign policy, intelligence, cybersecurity, international economics, and strategic communications, our team has worked together around the White House Situation Room table, deliberating and deciding our nation’s foreign and...

he U.S. oil market is tightening as commercial crude inventories are declining at a fast clip and driving wider time spreads in the WTI Crude futures curve. The curve is strengthening into backwardation, the state of the market signaling tighter supplies with the prices of the nearer futures contracts higher than those further out in time. The premium of the nearest contract to those for later delivery has been widening in recent days, suggesting that immediate supply is tightening. The spread between the cash WTI and the November contract, for example, was $3.40 early on Friday. This is the widest...

I just read Terry’s article “Alien Deception” in Skywatch that was featured at Rapture Ready on July 1, 2021. I think he has it absolutely right. I, too, would like to share some thoughts on this topic. Right up front, since I consider the Bible as the most reliable witness of all, then intelligent entities are either: A) God, the ultimate intelligence of all B) Angels (good or evil) C) Humans Now, if there really were sentient ET’s out there, I believe such a thing would be important enough to be mentioned in the Bible. I can’t think of a...

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,078, June 22, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran, Turkey, and Russia are building a new model of bilateral ties. Unshackled by formal alliances, the trio is showing it can work together to limit Western influence while avoiding an overreliance on one another. This mixture of correlating and contradictory interests, which characterizes the new Eurasianist model of bilateral relations, is a product of the changing global order. Because Westerners tend to place the idea of cooperation among nations under a normative umbrella, whether it be an alliance or some other legal mechanism (as is often the case...

Earlier Tuesday The Gateway Pundit confirmed that Lt. Mike Byrd was Ashli Babbit’s shooter. Lt. Byrd killed Ashli Babbitt in cold blood on Jan. 6 in the US Capitol. One person was murdered that day. Her name was Ashli Babbitt, a Trump-supporting US veteran. In June Ashli Babbitt‘s husband Aaron Babbitt and Attorney Terrell Roberts joined Tucker Carlson to discuss the murder of Ashli Babbitt. Attorney Terrell Roberts confirmed during the show that the officer who shot Babbitt is the same Capitol Hill Police Lt. Mike Byrd who left his loaded gun in a men’s bathroom on Capitol Hill. On...

Raytheon calls on its white workers to reject racial “equality” in favor of “equity,” and “participate in reparations,” internal documents from the defense contractor show. Workers at the nation’s second largest defense company are also encouraged to “decolonize your bookshelf,” “join a local ‘white space,'” and “defund the police,” as part of the company’s critical race theory program, according to documents shared on Twitter Tuesday by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo. The Massachusetts company’s “Stronger Together” program was introduced last summer in an effort to get its 180,000 employees to “help drive near- and long-term societal change,” Raytheon Technologies...

Thank you to FReeper Cathi for transcribing a key segment of the interview (text below).Dr Robert Malone, inventor of mRNA technology, interviewed by Sonia Elijah (bitchute.com)EXCERPTInterviewer: Given that 3.96 million have died world wide from covid-19. The counter arguments says that the benefits of these vaccines outweigh the risks and that it’s our only chance to get back to normal. What do you make of that?Dr. Robert Malone: Let’s dissect that; unpack that just for a moment. What you are talking about there is the aggregate mortality across all ages and if you just take the slightest bit more granularity...

Eric Adams wins New York City mayoral primary © Getty Images Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, setting himself up as the overwhelming favorite to win the general election in November. The Associated Press called the race for Adams shortly after the latest batch of results in the ranked-choice primary were released on Tuesday afternoon. Adams, a former police captain who entered primary voting as the frontrunner, bested a crowded field of Democrats, including former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and civil rights lawyer Maya...

Another high profile person, with national name recognition, turned down an offer of a professorship with tenure at UNC. Dinky Grizzle, the first black Bozo the Clown in Ashville, turned down the offer from UNC. Dinky said that the offer would be a step down from his practice of journalism at the Ashville News Networks. Additionally, Dinky stated that he already represents the UNC Board of Trustees and Governors and UNC as a whole in his role as UNC's mascot. Dinky said that his extended family, which included blacks, Hispanics and Asians, urged him to accept the position but he...

Deep in the tissues of sea anemones, corals, and jellyfish are strange yellow cells which are genetically distinct from the marine animals. More than a century after these cells were first assigned a now forgotten genus, a new paper has resurrected the name and described six new species from around the world. First described in 1881, the yellow things were originally classified under the genus Zooxanthella by scientist Karl Brandt. Brandt also coined the term zooxanthellae, which is used colloquially to this day. However, another scientist – a Scotsman called Patrick Geddes - was investigating these yellow cells at the...

Almost half of San Francisco residents are planning on moving out of the city due to rising crime and a deteriorating quality of life, according to a recent poll. The poll of 500 San Franciscans, commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, showed that just over 40% of residents plan to move out of the city in the next few years. Additionally, 8 out of 10 people polled said crime has increased in the city, and almost 90% of those polled said they believe that the homeless crisis has gotten worse. Roughly three-quarters of residents in San Francisco said...

Former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes formally announced his run for Arizona Secretary of State Tuesday. In a tweet, Fontes said he officially declared his candidacy for Secretary of State on the six-month anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot.

The following events have happened in the last few days. These and all the things that are going down seem to indicate that history is at the end of the age. One, concerning Jerusalem: on Thursday, June 24, 2021, Honduras became the fourth nation to move its Embassy to Jerusalem, thus recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (the other 3 are the U.S., Guatemala, and Kosovo). Two, concerning control of the Temple Mount: on June 27, 2021, because of threats against Jews visiting the Temple Mount, a large group of police escorted a Jewish politician named Itamar Ben-Gvir on...

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In order to determine where Americans have the most red, white and blue pride, WalletHub compared the states across 13 key indicators of patriotism. Our data set ranges from the state’s military enlistees and veterans to the share of adults who voted in the 2020 presidential election to AmeriCorps volunteers per capita. Overall Rank State Total Score Military Engagement Civic Engagement 1 Montana 61.91 22 1 2 Alaska 56.64 1 19 3 Maryland 56.12 24 5 4 Vermont 55.29 42 2 5 New Hampshire 53.55 32 4 6 North Dakota 53.28 20 8 7 Wyoming 53.01 8 11 8 Minnesota...

In a crushing blow to LGBT+ communities in China, WeChat has, for unspecified reasons, permanently banned nearly all public accounts created and run by LGBT+ groups at Chinese colleges. According to Weibo user Xiǎolán Sānhàojī @小蓝三号机 (in Chinese), who frequently shares information and news about LGBT+ issues, complaints about the removals started to roll in on the evening of Monday, when followers of the affected WeChat accounts discovered that they had been shut down. WeChat is Tencent’s messaging, social, and payment app, which has become essential to communication and daily life in China.