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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Groups and individuals who have accepted Pope Francis’ invitation to step up their commitment to caring for creation are encouraged to prepare for their journey with a new prayer campaign. Special prayers have been developed for each day of the week for different communities, like parishes, dioceses, religious orders, families, hospitals, schools, businesses and others, that have joined the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. The 40-day prayer campaign begins Oct. 4 — the feast of St. Francis — and concludes Nov. 14 — the World Day of Prayer for the Poor. The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral...

Jess and Scott Smith are suing Loudoun County under Title IX provisions after their daughter, 15, was allegedly raped in a 'gender fluid' high school restroom The alleged sexual assault is said to have taken place on May 28 at Stone Bridge High School in Leesburg, Virginia The Smiths' daughter told teachers that she was raped by a boy 'wearing a skirt' in the girls' bathroom On June 22, Loudoun County Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler said there had been 'no reports' of sexual assaults involving transgender students Scott Smith was at the June 22 meeting and exploded after hearing Ziegler...

In a new USC study on the health effects of a low-calorie diet that mimics fasting in the body, researchers found regular five-day cycles of the diet in mice seemed to counteract the detrimental effects of their usual high-fat, high-calorie diet. The findings point to the potential of using a fasting-mimicking diet as "medicine," according to the researchers. A fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD, is a low-calorie diet that "tricks" the body into a fasting state. One group of mice ate a high-calorie, high-fat diet (with 60% of their calories from fat) and became unhealthy and overweight. A second group of...

The debate over President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate continues to be a matter of contention among federal workers, contractors, and the private sector as his administration attempts to crack down on unvaccinated Americans. Some say the mandate violates an individual’s personal and religious freedom while others argue that it ignores the natural immunity of millions of Americans because they have fully recovered after coming down with COVID-19. A group of Ohio clergy representing more than 100 congregations across the state signed a letter Monday that was addressed to President Biden, detailing why they strongly disapprove of his directive, according to...

Artist and iconographer David Clayton stated the statue ‘bears no relation to any recognizable religious or sacred Christian theme.’ROME, Italy (LifeSiteNews) — Called the “new Pieta,” a “blasphemous” version of Michelangelo’s famous Pieta has been unveiled in a Roman basilica, depicting a muscular older man holding a younger man, both of whom are completely naked. The “new Pieta” was sculpted by Italian artist Jacopo “Jago” Cardillo during the COVID-related lockdowns, and is situated in the Chapel of the Crucifix, in the basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto in the Piazza del Populo. Michelangelo’s Pieta shows the Blessed Virgin holding Christ...

A Nike executive and former Portland Trail Blazers president has admitted killing a teen more than 50 years ago – a secret he kept from powerful friends like Michael Jordan and NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Larry Miller, who rejoined the Jordan Brand in 2012 after serving in the Blazers’ front office for five years, revealed his long-guarded secret in an exclusive cover story with Sports Illustrated. The 72-year-old exec now serving as Jordan Brand’s chairman told SI of the 1965 slaying in his corner suite on Nike’s campus in Beaverton, Oregon, where he keeps notes signed by Jordan, as well...

AI-powered DoD data analysis program named “Project Salus” shatters official vaccine narrative, shows A.D.E. accelerating in the fully vaccinated with each passing week. The alarming findings show that the vast majority of covid hospitalizations are occurring among fully-vaccinated individuals and that outcomes among the fully vaccinated are growing worse with each passing week. This appears to fit the pattern of so-called Antibody Dependent Enhancement, where the treatment intervention (mRNA vaccines) is worsening health outcomes and leading to excess hospitalizations and deaths. These data, presented here, shatter the official Biden / Fauci narrative that falsely claims America is experiencing, “a pandemic...

I just watched the segment on Tucker where the mother was not allowed to be with her disabled daughter because of COVID rules. She was arrested....and the hospital could have a huge lawsuit on their hands if the mother knows this. I have posted this before. Have dealt with it ourselves with our elderly, disabled mother. The hospital backed down when we told them this. Please...everyone. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! And would someone please send this link to Tucker? Don't have a contact for the mom...but she needs to know this. Hospitals are ignorant of the ADA law. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9y1rOWyf_XM&feature=youtu.be

If your final wishes are to exit this world engulfed in flames in your beloved ship, I hate to break it to you but it can't happen in Minnesota. It actually can't happen anywhere in the United States. TikTok user @lovee.miss.lauren is a former death care worker that has since become a stay-at-home mom, sharing stories of her time in the industry and answering questions people have about the end of life process. She has made videos answering all sorts of questions like, "do you remove people's braces when they die?", "what is the cleanup process like after cremation?", and...

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@AnthonySabatini I’m getting HUNDREDS of calls from Floridians being fired because of woke corporate vaccine mandates Elected “Republicans” in Florida are doing NOTHING about it Why? Because they’re bought off by the Big Corporations & Big Hospitals FL must BAN employee vaccine mandates NOW!

Don’t worry about the Whos in Whoville this Christmas, it’s America that’s facing a holiday season much more fraught than the one besieged by a Grinch whose heart is three sizes too small. With around 70 days until Christmas, Americans don’t need to fear a forlorn and grumpy green Grinch showing up to take all their presents and decorations this year but rather a gray and (sometimes) whispering septuagenarian with a penchant for Delaware beaches. That’s because this year, it’s Joe “Grinch” Biden whose administration is stealing Christmas through policies that are taking away Americans’ ability to afford and receive...

All employees of San Antonio ISD should know that they are not required to be vaccinated at this time and cannot be terminated for not being vaccinated. In the event that any SAISD employees are terminated, they should contact the Texas Attorney General’s office immediately. Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds the Texas Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily stop enforcement of SAISD’s vaccine policy requiring that all its employees be vaccinated for COVID-19 by October 15. “No local entity is above state law.” Attorney General Paxton said. “I am glad to see that the Supreme Court of Texas has again confirmed...

A prominent human rights activist is accusing Twitter of failing to protect him against Saudi spies inside the company. A prominent human rights activist and Saudi dissident is suing Twitter for allegedly hiring two men who acted as spies for the Saudi government. The suit accuses Twitter of negligence in its failure to detect the two spies inside the company — who are currently under indictment from U.S. federal prosecutors — and prevent them from stealing personal information for the Saudi government. Ali Al-Ahmed, the leader of the human-rights investigation agency Institute for Gulf Affairs, is known as a prominent...

The Queen has criticised world leaders’ inaction on addressing the climate crisis, admitting she is “irritated” by individuals who “talk but don’t do”. She made the remarks, which were picked up on a livestream, at the opening of the Welsh parliament in Cardiff on Thursday. During a conversation with the Duchess of Cornwall and Elin Jones, the parliament’s presiding officer, the Queen referred to the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow starting on 31 October, which she is scheduled to attend along with other members of the royal family. She said: “Extraordinary isn’t it. I’ve been hearing all about Cop ......

Below is an unclassified memo transmitted through US Navy channels regarding actions yo be taken against those who refuse the COVID treatment that is being called a vaccine. Other branches of the US military are presumed to have gotten the same orders. My personal opinion is that this is a final purge of patriots from the ranks of the US military. It is difficult to condense into a brief summary so the entire memo is presented. UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 132050Z OCT 21 MID600051034536U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO SECNAV WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 225/21 MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/CNO/OCT//...

A team of researchers working at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has developed a compound that can degrade the cancer-promoting protein SUMO1. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes their work in attempting to find a degrader for what has been described as an undruggable cancer-related protein. Prior research has shown that there are some proteins that change cancer proteins in ways that help it form and spread, but which are considered to be undruggable, meaning that it appears unlikely that a drug could be developed that would prevent it from doing its...

There will be no state unemployment benefits for health care workers who are fired for refusing to get employer-mandated vaccinations against COVID-19, state officials said Thursday. Already, a small number of workers have quit rather than be fully vaccinated ahead of the deadline at month’s end. “Refusing to comply with an employer’s policies, including a health or safety policy, typically disqualifies a person from being eligible to receive unemployment benefits,” Jessica Picard, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Labor, said Thursday.

SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, is one of North America’s most dynamic and diverse unions with 203,000 members. The union consists of sheet metal workers, service technicians, bus operators, engineers, conductors, sign workers, welders, production employees and more. SMART is the largest railroad operating union in North America, with more than 500 Transportation locals. On Thursday SMART Union General Chairperson Roy Davis sent a letter to advise Union Pacific Company that the SMART Union strongly disagrees with the company’s “unilateral” requirement for COVID vaccinations. SMART demanded an immediate response and demands that Carrier...

The NHL has all but four players who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. On Tuesday, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the league achieved more than 99 percent of vaccinated players by the season-opening game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins. "Our vaccination rate is incredible," Bettman said. "Four players, not four percent of players. All of our officials are vaccinated. All of the personnel that comes into contact with the players are vaccinated."