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ROME — The president of the European Catholic Bishops’ Conferences (COMECE), Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, has rejected European Commission warnings that illegal immigration is being used to “destabilise Europe,” calling instead for the facilitation of migration into the continent. In Sunday’s press release, Cardinal Hollerich expressed his concern about the situation of migrants and asylum seekers, insisting that their “human dignity and fundamental rights must be respected.” “Their right to seek asylum must be protected and states must respect the principle of non-deportation of people in danger back to their country of origin,” the Jesuit cardinal said. Hollerich was writing in...

Pro-life students at Exeter University say they have received death threats over their views on abortion. Christian Concern, which is supporting Students for Life, has warned of an escalation in cancel culture after 7,000 people signed a petition demanding that the group be "abolished". The society exists to equip pro-life students with the tools they need to share their views "in a sensitive and respectful way". The petition against it has been sent along with an open letter to university authorities, but Christian Concern says it follows a "campaign of abuse" against the Students for Life Instagram page. Members of...

The details of the shootout in Beirut over the weekend which killed seven people and injured dozens remained unclear on Sunday morning, as the investigation and finger-pointing continued and as Lebanon prepared to mark two years since anti-government protests swept the nation. The shooting began as Shi'ite Hezbollah and Amal supporters marched through the Tayouneh area of Beirut where it meets Ain El Remmaneh and Chiyah, a site famous for sectarian clashes between Shi'ites, Sunnis and Christians during the 1975 civil war in Lebanon, as it marked the border between east and west Beirut. The Lebanese Forces have rejected the...

The judges refused to grant Western Michigan an emergency stay of U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney’s preliminary injunction against the shot mandate for athletes.Western Michigan University “likely” infringed on the First Amendment rights of 16 Christian student athletes by denying them faith-based exemptions from the school’s COVID-19 shot mandate, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, Oct. 7. The judges refused to grant Western Michigan an emergency stay of U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney’s preliminary injunction against the shot mandate for athletes. Senior Judge Ralph B. Guy Jr., Senior Judge...

Illinois State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency are making plans to send additional law enforcement personnel to Chicago in the event a shortage of city police officers leads to dangerous situations. WGN Investigates has learned a coordinator from the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) sent an email to a dozen police officials from Kankakee to Barrington asking them to ask members of their specialized units whether they would be willing to respond to critical situations in Chicago – and how quickly they could get there.

RESIST! BUT DO SO STRATEGICALLYTranscript of Riccardo Bosi's warning ["No consent. No consent. No consent"]I saw a flyer urging Americans (e.g., police, fire, first responders, medical staff etc.) to walk out on Nov. 3 and, while I support many kinds of walkouts, this one may be a set-up to entrap Americans.Right away, the Biden regime can falsely claim any protest of any kind on Nov. 3 is meant to threaten free and fair elections, election integrity. He can use troops, some of them foreign, to 'protect the election' from walkouts if police stand down.Here's a link to Nov 3...

Father Jeffrey Woolnough decided to lead a public recitation of the rosary after being denied access to minister to Sir David Amess, who was murdered yesterday afternoon. 'I thought: if I can’t go in, then Our Lady has to go in,' Father Woolnough told LifeSiteNews.UPDATED: ESSEX, U.K. (LifeSiteNews) — A British M.P who was stabbed to death was unable to receive the last rites yesterday as police would not allow a Catholic priest to access the crime scene. Essex police has not yet made known the reason why. According to an article published in the Daily Mail on Friday, as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris stood before the record-low water levels of Nevada’s Lake Mead on Monday and made the case for the Biden administration’s climate change agenda by warning that “this is where we’re headed.” “Look at where the water has receded over just the last 20 years,” she said, referring to the “bathtub ring” of minerals that marks where the reservoir’s water line previously stood. “That space is larger than the height of the Statue of Liberty.” The vice president pitched the administration’s infrastructure and social safety net agenda as critical to tackling the effects of...

Swiss Guard calls Vatican vax mandate ‘scandalous, inhumane’ after being ousted over jab refusal'What we are experiencing has nothing human let alone Christian about it, and it is truly intolerable to see the holy Vatican City come to this point!'VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — A member of the Swiss Guard who lost his job after refusing an abortion-tainted COVID-19 injection penned an open letter to Vatican officials on October 8 slamming them over their anti-Catholic vaccine mandates. “How many of my dear colleagues have unfortunately succumbed to a medical treatment to which they did not give full consent, compelled by force,...

This was awkward. Nurse Jill had to intervene and help Joe Biden after he got confused and tried to talk into the microphone while music was blasting. Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona hosted the Council of Chief State School Officers’ 2020 and 2021 State and National Teachers of the Year at the White House on Monday. Joe Biden made a “surprise” appearance.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Board of Health on Monday passed a resolution that names racism as a public health crisis, joining the growing list of state and local governments around the country that have done so in recent years. The resolution calls on the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to take steps including reviewing the city’s health code to look for structural racism, and find ways to make changes as necessary. “To build a healthier New York City, we must confront racism as a public health crisis,” Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi said in a...

Midnight runs: Biden secretly flying underage migrants into NY in dead of night Planeloads of underage migrants are being flown secretly into suburban New York in an effort by President Biden’s administration to quietly resettle them across the region, The Post has learned. The charter flights originate in Texas, where the ongoing border crisis has overwhelmed local immigration officials, and have been underway since at least August, according to sources familiar with the matter. Last week, The Post saw two planes land at the Westchester County Airport, where most of the passengers who got off appeared to be children and...

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday defended his COVID-19 vaccination mandate for state employees, arguing the “vast, vast majority” of the executive branch’s 40,000-plus workers are on board with the state’s public health message and are protected against the virus. Nearly 1,600 workers could face discipline after missing the Sunday mandate deadline set in place by Baker in August. But the governor said Monday that agency and Human Resources officials would connect with noncompliant workers to find out why they haven’t shown proof of vaccination or filed paperwork seeking an exemption for medical or sincerely-held religious beliefs. “We’ll work through...

It’s incredible to watch so many health , law ,military , really anyone ready to say Lets Brandon Go not because they are afraid of vaccines but simply because we are Americans and should be able to make out me own informed decision!!!

Excerpt: SNIPFindingsAt the country-level, there appears to be no discernable relationship between percentage of population fully vaccinated and new COVID-19 cases in the last 7 days (Fig. 1). In fact, the trend line suggests a marginally positive association such that countries with higher percentage of population fully vaccinated have higher COVID-19 cases per 1 million people. Notably, Israel with over 60% of their population fully vaccinated had the highest COVID-19 cases per 1 million people in the last 7 days. The lack of a meaningful association between percentage population fully vaccinated and new COVID-19 cases is further exemplified, for instance,...

Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has been fired for cause after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine and being noncompliant with both state and university policies, the university announced Monday evening. Rolovich sought, and appears to have been denied, a religious exemption from those mandates, which required employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 18 if they wished to continue working. Four Washington State assistant coaches have also been terminated: Ricky Logo (defensive tackles), John Richardson (assistant head coach, cornerbacks), Craig Stutzmann (co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks) and Mark Weber (offensive line). Defensive coordinator Jake Dickert will serve as the team's...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, MaineThe Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. PNS is tasked with the overhaul, repair, and modernization of US Navy submarines.Though PNS is nominally a public shipyard, several corporations (e.g., Delphinius Engineering of Eddystone, PA; Oceaneering International of Chesapeake, VA; Orbis Sibro of Mount Pleasant, SC; and Q.E.D. Systems Inc. of Virginia Beach, VA) carry out the submarine maintenance and upgrades there.The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was...

Tarpon Springs teen shot, killed by police officers identified Amazon 'may have lied to Congress,' 5 lawmakers say Cafeterias in K-12 schools across the country have reportedly faced depleted food supplies and labor shortages because of the coronavirus pandemic, leading some school districts to consider a return to remote learning rather than forcing students to go hungry. An AL.com story on Monday said Alabama's education department reported every school district in the state is suffering from food and cafeteria workforce shortages. Other school districts throughout the country have faced the same problem, and federal agencies have scrambled to offer assistance....

State Department IG will probe evacuation of U.S. embassy in Kabul, among other things State Department struggles after Aug. 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadlineVideo State Department struggles after Aug. 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest on the Afghan refugee resettlement on 'Special Report.' The State Department's inspector general is launching a series of investigations into the Biden administration's last diplomatic moves in Afghanistan. The reviews will focus on the State Department's Special Immigrant Visa program, Afghans processed for refugee admission into the U.S., resettlement of refugees and visa recipients, and the emergency evacuation of the...