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Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 10:7-15 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus sent the twelve to evangelize the countryside. To evangelize is to proclaim Jesus Christ crucified and risen from the dead. When this kerygma, this Paschal Mystery, is not at the heart of the project, Christian evangelization effectively disappears, devolving into a summons to bland religiosity or generic spirituality. When Jesus crucified and risen is not proclaimed, a beige and unthreatening Catholicism emerges, a thought system that is, at best, an echo of the environing culture. Peter Maurin, one of the founders of the Catholic Worker movement, said that...

Court documents pertaining to the indictment of a man named Fi Doung over alleged crimes relating to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 reveal that DC Metropolitan Police had at least one undercover federal employee embedded within the pro-Trump crowd ahead of and during the civil unrest at the Capitol. Court documents from June 30 pertaining to the indictment of Fi Doung, a man belonging to a “loosely affiliated, unnamed group of like-minded individuals” compared to a “known militia group located in Northern Virginia,” reveal that DC Metropolitan Police had an undercover federal employee working in DC...

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who publicly sparred with then-President Donald Trump before criminal fraud charges on two coasts disrupted his rapid ascent to fame, faces sentencing in one of those cases Thursday. Over a year after a jury concluded Avenatti tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity, U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe will sentence him in Manhattan. Avenatti was convicted on charges that he tried to extort up to $25 million from the Beaverton, Oregon-based sportswear giant as he represented a Los Angeles youth basketball...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who voted to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, said he suspects that certain members of Congress knew what would happen that day and supported the attack. In an interview with The New York Times Magazine and its talk columnist David Marchese, Kinzinger was asked if he suspected that some members of Congress were aware of what would happen and supported it. "I won't name names, but yes, I do have that suspicion," the Illinois congressman said. "I will say, if you just looked at Twitter - the whole...

Actress Megan Fox broke down in tears when asked about her children during an interview published this week with InStyle. The mother of three said she worries most about her 8-year-old son, whom she encourages to wear dresses to school — something the child has done since he was at least four years old, per Fox. The actress told InStyle young Noah has been subject to “mean, awful people and cruel people” online. “I don’t want him to ever have to read that shit because he hears it from little kids at his own school who are like, ‘Boys don’t...

For the second time in two weeks, Newsmax is the big ratings winner, this time for its live coverage of Saturday’s rally for Donald Trump — and it's beating Fox in key Nielsens. Last Saturday night, Newsmax estimates, more than 3 million U.S. viewers tuned in on traditional cable and through streaming OTT to watch former President Trump’s “Save America” rally live from Sarasota, Florida. Nielsen reported that Newsmax drew a total audience coverage rating of .86, compared to Fox News .70, CNN’s .33 and MSNBC’s miniscule .16. Newsmax was only major cable channel to cover the Trump July 3...

As a further addendum to todays announcement by Oregon health officials, Jason Davis, Public Information Officer with Lane County Public Health further stated Oregon is looking at the possibility of hiring Jehovah's Witnesses to train, assist and accompany Oregon National Guardsmen going door to door so the guardsmen can learn the subtle techniques of persuasion. The statement reads in part: "I don't think anyone in American can deny the Jehovah's Witnesses are relentless in their pursuit and once you open your door to them it's almost impossible to get rid of them". "We feel by giving classroom and on the...

The Taliban continues its resurgence in Afghanistan as American forces withdraw from the country, but the Biden administration believes military action is neither necessary nor the best course of action to improve the situation on the ground. President Biden is expected to address the status of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan Thursday afternoon, following a meeting on the subject with his national security team in the morning. "We are all concerned about the security situation on the ground," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Wednesday. "There's no question about that, which is all the more...

A former chief strategist for President George W. Bush believes the riot at the Capitol building on Jan. 6 was worse than the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Matthew Dowd -- interviewed by MSNBC's Joy Reid on Tuesday, which marked six months since the event -- charged the a lack of accountability for those who fomented the Capitol riot has given permission to Republicans to perpetuate the "big lie" that President Trump won the 2020 election. Advertisement - story continues below "To me, although there was less loss of life on January 6, January 6 was worse...

Moderna Inc announced on Wednesday that it has had officially begun trials of a flu shot with the new technology that was used to make its coronavirus vaccine. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company's COVID-19 shot uses part of the virus's genetic code called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to get the body to recognize the pathogen and attack if a person becomes infected. Now, Moderna says it has doses the first participants in a clinical trial looking at an influenza vaccine using mRNA technology. Before the pandemic, mRNA technology was known about but was widely unexplored and unused by scientists. Now, many...

Consumer-members of Ohio electric cooperatives understand the benefits of renewable energy sources like wind and solar — endless supplies that can’t be used up, with little to no carbon footprint. Why, then, can’t Buckeye Power, the generation cooperative that provides electricity to the 25 member cooperatives in the state, switch to all renewable resources? This month, we attempt to answer why coal must remain an important part of our energy generation resources. Why do we STILL need coal? An important thing to know about electricity is that it's produced as you're using it. Why can't we switch to all renewables?...

When the push for people to get their Flu vaccinations start this Fall, courtesy of every health- related media outlet to knowledge, will those who get that jab become horribly aware not long after that it was rather The Jab they received instead?

Law enforcement across Louisiana are holding a news conference Thursday urging the Louisiana legislature not to vote to override a concealed carry bill that Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed during the regular session. The news conference will be held in Baton Rouge with multiple law enforcement officers in attendance. Advertisement A proposal to allow Louisiana residents to carry concealed weapons without a permit was rejected by Edwards, as anticipated. Law enforcement officials say vetoing the bill is dangerous, as it would eliminate permits needed. "The LEOs will discuss how the override of the veto would lead to more dangerous crimes...

The Ohio vaccine lottery didn't increase vaccine rates, according to a new study. GETTY The “Vax-a-Million" lottery run by the state of Ohio to get vaccination numbers up, didn’t actually increase the rate of people getting vaccinated despite early news reports to the contrary, according to a new study. The work led by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) compared vaccination rates in Ohio with several states who had no lottery incentive in place. They found that couple of weeks after the lottery was launched, which included cash prizes and college scholarships for students, Ohio did indeed...

Democratic NYC Mayoral Primary Winner Eric Adams: "Our crisis in America is not an assault weapons crisis. Our crisis is a handgun crisis." https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1413157030974607361

A German job site has been launched to let businesses search for “vaccine skeptic” workers, i.e. those who have not been vaccinated and who would not get the jab. The site, called Impffrei Work (vaccine-free work), was launched by a network of coronavirus skeptics in order “to counter the scientific narrative of the so-called pandemic”, Germany’s Spiegel magazine reports. The jobs advertised are in a variety of industries, from taxi drivers to tax advisors. Some of the jobs on the site include frequent contact with the most vulnerable, i.e. calling for workers in hospitals and care homes. Physiotherapists, social workers,...

This morning, Arizona State Senator Kelly Townsend informed us on how to protect ourselves against Vaccine Nazis. She shared this tweet telling us what we can do before the feds come asking for our papers. I have spoken to local law enforcement and if you don’t want the Federal government on your property asking about vaccines, they advise you to post a no trespassing sign in a visible location. This is a prerequisite to be able to charge someone for being there against your will.

While the Pope is in the Hospital…While the Pope is recovering in the hospital (best wishes for Jorge Mario Bergoglio that he gets well), it is only natural to reflect, by analogy, on the state of health of the Catholic Church.Multiple analyses now, both from the “right” as well as the “left,” say that the diagnosis is frightening: a comatose state. The number of people who go to church is decreasing, vocations are falling dramatically, the number of those who believe in eternal life and the resurrection continues to decrease. The “ABCs” of the faith are crumbling day by day...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top disease expert in the U.S., drew ire on social media Wednesday when critics said he seemed to write off vaccine hesitancy as a purely political statement. Fauci gave an interview to MSNBC and talked about how important it is for Americans to get vaccinated. He said vaccines help protect the person receiving the jab, as well as family members and the community. He expressed frustration with those who continue to refuse the shots that he called highly effective and safe. "You’ve gotta ask: What is the problem?" he said. "Get over it. Get over this...

As the economy picks up in the wake of the Covid pandemic, concerns about inflation are also gaining steam. Already, prices on some goods, like cars, are noticeably higher, stoking fears that a sudden uptick in inflation will decrease purchasing power over time. Although consumers may pay more for everyday items, it’s not all bad news as far as household income and spending goes. Companies facing a labor shortage are also paying more to get workers to walk in the door.