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[Catholic Caucus] The Persecuted Mystical Body of Christ: Our Source of Direction and ConfidenceThe Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, resembling Christ and suffering as Christ suffered. When Pope Pius XII wrote this encyclical during Word War II, the world and the Church suffered immensely, but he knew that greater sufferings were on the horizon. As Christopher Ferrara related in The Secret Still Hidden, Cardinal Pacelli (the future Pope Pius XII) made the following observation while he was the Vatican Secretary of State during Pope Pius XI’s papacy:“I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucia of Fatima....

Check the Neck of the Pfizer CEO at time code: 1:50 It looks freaky, like it blows up like a balloon.

People who are fully vaccinated will be rewarded with more freedoms after the state reaches that 80 percent double dosed rate. But this approach is drawing criticism from civil liberties activists with warnings of risks of Government encroaching on rights to freedom. Angus Murray, Vice President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, spoke with Sarah Howells.

For those refusing vaccination because they feel it is a violation of civil liberties, would it not make sense to check in with the two largest civil liberty organizations in North America? In Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association is an independent organization committed to defending the rights, dignity, safety and freedoms of all. Here’s what Cara Zwibel, CCLA director of fundamental freedoms, and Brenda McPhail, director of privacy, technology and surveillance, have to say: “Working for an organization that is dedicated to human rights and civil liberties has been challenging during the pandemic, and not only, or even mostly,...

Volcano scientists issued an alert Wednesday, warning that a cloud of ash - from an eruption more than century ago - was headed toward Alaska's Kodiak Island. The ash is from the powerful 1912 eruption of Novarupta, a volcano on the Alaska Peninsula that dropped volcanic ash that is still visible today. Strong northwesterly winds in the vicinity of Katmai National Park and Preserve and Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes on Wednesday kicked up the loose volcano ash.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Fox News executive said Saturday the network did not pay Kyle Rittenhouse's family for any special access during Rittenhouse's murder trial or after his acquittal, after it was announced that he would speak to Tucker Carlson for an interview to air on Monday. The comment came after Rittenhouse's trial attorney, Mark Richards, said that a Fox documentary crew was embedded with Rittenhouse's team against his wishes. Richards told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn't think the filming was appropriate and that he had tossed the crew out of meetings several times. “It was...

A complaint alleges Pennslyvania election officials were tearing tapes 'into pieces and placing ... them into the trash stating they will have a campfire to burn the data.' Several residents of Delaware County Pennsylvania filed a sprawling lawsuit Thursday against the former Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, Delaware County, the Delaware County Board of Elections, and more than a dozen individual election officials. The lawsuit followed Wednesday’s night release of videotapes taken by a whistleblower capturing concerning behavior by several election officials in the Keystone state. A source familiar with the lawsuit provided access to the tapes, noting the then-unnamed...

The Louis Vuitton store and other high-end retailers in San Francisco's Union Square were robbed Friday night and police said multiple suspects were arrested. The San Francisco Police Department said in a statement it responded to reports of possible looting and vandalism at several retail establishments in the Union Square area at 8:10 p.m. Additional officers were called to the scene to address reports of crime. The alleged thieves smashed windows, leaving piles of shattered glass across the sidewalk of the store that's adjacent to the Macy's department store. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. and video footage posted on...

Explanation: Predawn hours of November 19 found the Moon in partly cloudy skies over Cancun, Mexico. Captured in this telephoto snapshot, the lunar disk is not quite entirely immersed in Earth's dark umbral shadow during a long partial lunar eclipse. The partial eclipse was deep though, deep enough to show the dimmed but reddened light in Earth's shadow. That's a sight often anticipated by fans of total lunar eclipses. Wandering through the constellation Taurus, the eclipsed Moon's dimmer light also made it easier to spot the Pleiades star cluster. The stars of the Seven Sisters share this frame at the...

Interesting thoughts from Dr. Jordan Peterson

Never forget – the first thing Big Tech (writ large) did following the 2020 election was to modify all platform ‘terms of service’ with a new rule saying that any speech questioning the legitimacy of the election was akin to undermining the principles of democracy. They knew the scam they executed with fraudulent mail-in ballots and manipulated election results in several key counties.

VILLA COMALTITLAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of Venezuelans are in a migrant caravan that departed this week from Mexico's southern border with Guatemala, according to organizers, just as Mexico is mulling tighter restrictions on their access to the country. Reuters spoke with a dozen Venezuelans who said they had left in the caravan of around 3,000 people from the city of Tapachula on Thursday after fleeing poverty and hardship in their homeland, where elections are due this weekend. "I don't want to stay in Mexico, we want to go to the United States, we just want them to let us...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Biden was already facing sliding poll numbers with an electorate worn down by the coronavirus pandemic and increasing inflation. Now, the president finds himself caught between outraged Democrats — some of whom were already stewing over Biden’s inability to land police reform and voting rights legislation — and Republicans looking to use the Rittenhouse case to exploit the national divide over matters of grievance and race. “This is one of the last things Biden wants to...

As the federal government mandates experimental Covid-19 vaccines for nearly all employees, a record 4.4 million American workers walked away from their jobs in September.According to data published on Nov. 12 from the United States Job Openings and Labor Turnover report, an unprecedented number of Americans in most sectors abandoned their jobs amid pandemic stress and childcare challenges.The number of mass resignations is the highest level since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began measuring the data in 2000.Sectors in which work is done in person and wages are relatively low, particularly in the arts and entertainment industries, saw the highest...

"Stupid Me, That's How I Feel About It" - Jordan Peterson Says He Regrets Taking Vaccine #shorts Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian professor of psychology, clinical psychologist, YouTube personality, and author. He began to receive widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues, often described as conservative. #vid .Link

A patriotic Upper West Side synagogue whose leaders fought with George Washington has been celebrating Thanksgiving since the first president proclaimed it a national holiday in 1789. As a modern and secular holiday, Thanksgiving celebrations are rare in Jewish houses of worship — but that is not the case at Shearith Israel, America’s first Jewish congregation. On Thanksgiving day, the temple will feature a special holiday-themed liturgy, followed by an address by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and readings from a Torah adorned with Liberty Bells. An English prayer wishing good health and fortune on the president, vice president, governor, and other...

...  Live ammunition was allowed onto the set despite the fact that live ammunition is never to be used nor brought onto any studio lot or stage.  Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and fired the loaded gun even though the upcoming scene to be filmed did not call for the cocking and firing of a firearm.  Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, fired the gun towards individuals, including Plaintiff, Ms. Hutchins, and Mr. Souza, even though protocol was not to do so.  The gun was handed to Alec Baldwin by...

“Stay Awake, for You Do Not Know When” (Mark 13:24-37) On this Last Sunday of the Church Year, our service emphasizes, appropriately enough, the end times and the return of Christ. As the church year comes to an end, we look forward to the return of our Lord. We need to be ready for his coming at all times, because we don’t know when he will come. Jesus himself says that in our text from Mark 13: “Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.” And he goes on to say, “Therefore stay...

In many places in rural America, it seems the 2020 election never ended. “Trump 2020” signs still dot the roadsides, Trump flags still flutter, and Trump hats are still in style. Unlike previous presidential candidates who disappeared after a lost election, former President Donald Trump is still loved by his supporters. It’s not just a private sentiment; the market for Trump merchandise is still strong. Across the country, many mom-and-pop stores continue to sell Trump gear of all kinds. The reasons for Trump’s continued popularity are on full display in Ellijay, Georgia, a small mountain town with a population of...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data today showing a total of 894,145 adverse events following COVID vaccines were reported between Dec. 14, 2020, and Nov. 12, 2021, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S.The data included a total of 18,853 reports of deaths — an increase of 392 over the previous week — and 139,126 reports of serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period — up 3,726 compared with the previous week.Excluding “foreign reports” to VAERS, 654,413 adverse...