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Brazilian tour guide Marcos Renan Fagundes de Macedo dresses up as Santa Claus every year to deliver toys to underprivileged children in São Paulo •The 32-year-old was on his way to deliver gifts on Sunday when his 1969 Volkswagen Beetle broke down •The married father-of-two had forgotten to turn off the headlights while he was handing out gifts in the Bertioga neighborhood of Vicente de Carvalho II •The car broke down in the middle of a highway and they were able to refuel it but then noticed that the battery had been drained by the lights •Despite being able to...

For nearly a century, the cloistered nuns of the Monastery of the Angels have lived quietly on a rambling four-acre property just beneath the “H” of Los Angeles’ famous Hollywood sign. From this incongruous location, they bake their famous pumpkin bread and make candies to sell at their gift shop and online. They also send a steady stream of prayer heavenward 24 hours a day. Now, however, it appears that the nuns of the Monastery of the Angels are about to be booted. The Dominican Order that oversees the monastery said it no longer meets the criteria designated by canon...

Iran has implied that its regional foe, Saudi Arabia, may have blocked efforts to save the life of its ambassador to Yemen, who contracted coronavirus there but was unable to be repatriated immediately for urgent medical treatment. Riyadh controls the airspace around the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, and the ambassador was flown out on an Iraqi military aircraft after negotiations by the Oman government with Saudi Arabia. The Wall Street Journal had reported that Riyadh said there were no signs the ambassador was seriously ill and that in return for allowing Irlu to leave Yemen, Riyadh had asked the Houthis to...

In a private meeting with Jesuits earlier this month, Pope Francis said that a sharp decline in the prominent religious order’s membership is an opportunity to learn humility. “One thing that calls for attention is the diminution of the Society. When I entered the novitiate, we were 33,000 Jesuits. How many are there now? More or less half,” the pope said during a private meeting with Jesuits in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 4. His comments were published on Thursday in the Jesuit-run journal La Civiltà Cattolica. “What does the Lord mean by this? Humble yourself, humble yourself! I don’t know...

'The Five' react to President Biden reassuring Americans on the COVID-19 crisis amid a Fox Business poll that showed a supermajority of Americans believed 2021 was a 'bad year.' #FoxNews #TheFive

Last Friday, in a 2-1 decision in In re: MCP No. 165, Occupational Safety & Health Admin. Rule on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing, (6th Cir., Dec. 17, 2021), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved a stay of OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard that calls for employers of of 100 or more persons to require either COVID vaccination of employees or weekly testing (and masks) for unvaccinated workers. Challenges in some three dozen cases had been consolidated in the 6th Circuit which then had authority to modify or dissolve the prior stay issued by the 5th Circuit. Among the consolidated...

Most of us pray as David did, “Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline your ear to me; in the day that I call, answer me speedily” (Psalm 102:2, NKJV). The Hebrew word for ‘speedily’ suggests “right now, hurry up, in the very hour I call on you, do it!” David was saying, “Lord, I put my trust in you, but please hurry!” God is in no hurry. He doesn’t jump at our commands. In fact, at times you may wonder if he will ever answer. You cry out, weep, fast and hope;...

‘Introduce amendments to the Income Tax Act to make anti-abortion organizations that provide dishonest counselling to pregnant women about their rights and options ineligible for charitable status.’OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Canada’s pro-abortion Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered his finance minister Chrystia Freeland to strip pro-life groups, including churches and crisis pregnancy centers, of their charitable tax status by amending the nation’s income tax laws. Trudeau wrote to Freeland in his “Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mandate Letter” dated December 16 that she must “[i]ntroduce amendments to the Income Tax Act to make anti-abortion organizations that provide dishonest...

@JamaalBowmanNY: "It's an example of Joe Manchin, as a White man, showing that he doesn't care about Black people, he doesn't care about Latinos, he doesn't care about immigrants, he doesn't care about women, and he doesn't care about the poor. Clip...

“God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name . . . that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord” (Philippians 2:9, 11). The Jesus who is Savior cannot be separated from the Jesus who is Lord. Scripture never speaks of any human being’s making Jesus Lord. It is God who made Him Lord (Acts 2:36). Yet we often read statements such as this: “It is imperative to trust Christ as personal Savior and be born again. But that is only the first decision. Trusting Christ as Savior and then making Him...

[Catholic Caucus] Without Reason: Despotic Archbishop Expels CommunityThe secularised Curitiba Archbishop José Antônio Peruzzo, 61 (left picture), Brazil, published a decree "prohibiting" to Father Thiago Bonifácio (right picture) any ministry. Bonifácio belongs to the Roman Rite Institute of The Good Shepherd (IBP).Father Daniel Pinheiro, the Latin America Superior of the community, informed in a December 20 press release, about this abuse of power, and stated that “we consider the decree invalid and null according to canon law and natural law.”Pinheiro informed that the Institute filed a canonical appeal which suspends the decree. The decree is also a slap in Francis'...

A ‘fry-tening’ supply chain problem has materialized for McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan is forcing it to ration french fries for at least a week due to a potatoes shortage. Beginning on Friday, Japanese consumers desiring a classic Big Mac will be barred from ordering medium- and large-sized french fries. They will be only allowed to order small french fries as the company blames massive flooding in Vancouver for its soggy mess and attempts to source spuds elsewhere. About 2,900 McDonald’s restaurants in the country will experience french fry rationing for at least this week “to ensure that as many customers...

From the desk of Joe Biden… ‘Twas the night of the ‘winter of illness and death’ My voters were too scared to take even a breath. Wherever you went, all through the land, Blue State creatures were masked, as was my command. The coffins were stacked on the front porches with care At the homes of the unvaxxed, awaiting certain despair. If only they’d listened, if only they’d taken the shot Misery and torment wouldn’t be their lot. While visions of re-election danced in Kamala’s head Americans were told they were as good as dead. When out on the lawn...

Uber drivers tell Fox News that a surge in pickups began in last several weeks YUMA, Ariz. – Illegal immigrants regularly use Uber to travel from the border to destinations within the interior of the United States, two drivers in the border town of Yuma, Arizona, told Fox News. One driver said the riders confirmed to him that they were in the U.S. illegally. Another said he deduced their immigration status based on the circumstances, such as getting picked up with bags alongside large groups in remote locations near the border with destinations at hotels. Fox News granted both anonymity...

Here you go FReepers. I pulled it off I gave the Alaska Airlines desk an old pair of glasses with the name Lezgo Brandunn on the case and told the woman I just found these and she paged him. https://twitter.com/FRDougFromUpla1/status/1473473887832707077?s=20

An Indianapolis school district administrator announced he was fired Monday in the wake of a video he tweeted in early November in which he revealed district’s woke social justice educational agenda. Tony Kinnett, who served as the science coordinator for Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), reported on Twitter he was fired for: •Sharing that IPS recorded children in required racial justice sessions •Not sending IPS the personal info of [journalists] @TietzKendall and @AndyMarkMiller •Quoting Dr. Payne’s racist comments to students •Sharing public filesIndianapolis Public Schools just fired me for: • Sharing that IPS recorded children in required racial justice sessions •...

A professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), is suing the school over its implementation of a Covid-19 vaccine mandate.Dr Aaron Kheriaty, a professor at the university, said that at first, he did not suspect anything strange going on. He said that over time he noticed a clear pattern of behaviour from public health officials that were steering away from traditional medical ethics.The professor stated that the biggest red flag to him was the fact that there was this sudden, huge push for everyone to get vaccinated, including those with minimal risk of infection. All of a sudden, the...

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A poll conducted by Good Morning Britain on Twitter (yet to be deleted) has revealed that 9 in 10 people in the UK oppose the Government enforcing yet another lockdown in response to the alleged Covid-19 Omicron variant, highlighting that YouGov Poll’s clearly cannot be trusted. SourceGood Morning Britain (GMB) posted the poll to Twitter at 07:02 am on Monday 20th December 2021, and asked “Should we lockdown before Christmas?”.As of 14:38 on the same date the poll has received over 132,000 responses with 89% / 9 in every 10 people voting ‘No’ and making it very clear the people...

Within weeks, scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research expect to announce that they have developed a vaccine that protects people from COVID-19 and all its variants, even Omicron, as well as from previous SARS-origin viruses that have killed millions of people worldwide. The achievement is the result of almost two years of work on the virus. The Army lab received its first DNA sequencing of the COVID-19 virus in early 2020. Very early on, Walter Reed’s infectious diseases branch decided to focus on making a vaccine that would work against not just the existing strain but all...