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January 26th, 2021 Saints Timothy and Titus St. Anthony Church, Bhandup, Mumbai, IndiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingActs 22:3-16 ©'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'Paul said to the people, ‘I am a Jew and was born at Tarsus in Cilicia. I was brought up here in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was taught the exact observance of the Law of our ancestors. In fact, I was as full of duty towards God as you are today. I even persecuted this Way to the death, and sent women as well as men to prison in chains as...

When it comes to Islam’s views on Christianity, the Left appears to be in agreement. In many ways, the “secular Left” and Islam appear to be diametrically opposed: the Left is sexually promiscuous, Islam isn’t; the Left believes in countless genders, Islam doesn’t; the Left believes in all sorts of freedoms, Islam believes only in draconian sharia -- and so on and so forth. When it comes to Islam’s views on Christianity, however -- that it is an inferior faith to be subjugated and discriminated against (Koran 9:29) -- the Left appears to be in agreement. For example, a 61-year-old...

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In 1964, the Supreme Court issued a "landmark" decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which established the very high bar of requiring the smeared plaintiff to prove there was "actual malice" on the part of the media outlet. Now, the Times is exploiting that standard again in the feisty First Amendment test brought by Sarah Palin. There is no doubt that the liberal media is nervous about this "prestigious" newspaper being forced into court to defend their reckless character assassinations of conservatives. Palin first sued the Times in 2017 for an editorial after the shooting of congressional Republicans on...

Ryan Zinke, formerly Montana’s At-Large representative and the 52nd Interior Secretary, wants to represent the Treasure State in Congress again with the creation of a second congressional seat. Zinke is running to represent the newly-formed MT-1 District, which encompasses “15 counties in western Montana and part of Pondera County, including the cities of Missoula, Kalispell, Butte, Bozeman and Hamilton.” Right now, he’s favored to win the “Likely Republican” district. If elected again, Zinke will resume support for pro-Second Amendment and pro-public lands legislation. I recently spoke with former Secretary Zinke at the 44th annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show...

The failures of resident Joe Biden's first year in office are obvious to all. Inflation is raging. COVID is raging. Crime is spiking in some big cities. The U.S.-Mexico border is a mess. The American withdrawal from Afghanistan was a mess. And with it all, the president and his party are obsessed, most of all, with passing a voting rules bill that would help ensure their future election by federalizing the voting system along lines favorable to Democrats. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Democrats, and the president, are spending too much time focusing on issues that are not...

San Francisco's liberal mayor declared a "state of emergency" to try to deal with the city's "nasty streets." How did it get so bad? Journalist Michael Shellenberger's new book, "San Fransicko," argues that it happened because of progressive ideas. "The town I love is sick," says Shellenberger in my new video. He came to San Francisco when he was in his 20s to support social justice causes. He still supports those ideas, but "it just went too far." In 2014, California politicians decided to end mass incarceration. It's a noble goal. America locks up a higher percentage of its people...

In an interview Tuesday, Kyle Rittenhouse, who last year was acquitted of all charges for the August 2020 shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin in which he killed two men and injured a third, slammed resident Joe Biden and other critics who labeled him a racist ahead of his murder trial. Rittenhouse told host Candace Owens of The Daily Wire during an episode of "Candace" that he initially did not realize how big of a story his case would become until he saw that the members of the media were claiming that he was a racist. "I didn't realize how big the...

Will Biden finally secure the border amid threats from China, Russia, Islamic terror, and drugs? Back when he assumed office, resident Biden essentially implemented an open borders policy. It's been a disaster on top of his other disasters, with millions of illegal invaders flooding into the country from around the world in the middle of a pandemic. Day by day, additional threats are emerging that illustrate that he needs to change course before it's too late. In the words of former acting ICE director Tom Homan, Biden's border policies are "killing people." Under President Trump last year, there was a...

Throughout his campaign and the early days of his presidency, resident Biden made grand promises and pledges to the American people of unity and a return to normalcy and civility. He also put forth another related promise on his inauguration day that his aides may need to remind him that he made. During the swearing in ceremony of appointees later that day, President Biden dispensed a promise, accompanied by a frank message to the some 1,000 people that would work for him during his term in office: respect others. But I am not joking when I say this, if you...

When the COVID vaccines received their Emergency Use Authorization in December 2020, I was glad my elderly parents could finally emerge from their home quarantine. Many of my same-age friends had been long awaiting their turn to get the jab. Personally, I felt no urgency. In California, first vaccine priority was given to front-line health care workers (HCW) and nursing home residents — and I observed from the sidelines the rollout process with line-jumping. Walgreens pharmacy staff administered vaccines to staff and residents at nursing homes while hospitals were allocated vaccines to distribute to their HCWs. On the first day...

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to shield Europe from a potential energy supply shock. Following multiple rounds of U.S.-Russia talks over Ukraine that failed to reach a breakthrough, Biden, who has long warned Moscow of economic consequences, upped the ante on Tuesday by saying Putin could personally face sanctions. Direct U.S. sanctions on foreign leaders are rare but not unprecedented. Others who have faced sanctions include Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, Syria's Bashar al-Assad and Libya's Muammer Gaddafi....

“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back” (Proverbs 26:1 KJV).

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Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Newsmax to discuss the Biden administration's handling of the contentious, volatile situation between Russia and Ukraine. ...

A picture of paw prints left in the morning frost at a Texas park has people guessing what creature could have made them – and most are guessing wrong. In their defense, a wide variety of wildlife calls Big Bend National Park home, according to the National Park Service. On Jan. 14, the park shared a picture on Facebook of animal tracks spotted on a nature trail boardwalk, challenging the public to guess which of Big Bend’s many residents left their mark. “Porcupine? Large cat like puma, bobcat?” one person suggested. “The shorter stride would suggest a smaller animal,” said...

It's a good goal to retire with your mortgage paid off so you don't have mortgage payments hanging over your head while you're on a more fixed income in retirement. It can also be very helpful to not have your Social Security benefits taxed. Fully 37 states -- plus the District of Columbia -- don't tax Social Security benefits. See whether your state does -- and if so, if it taxes benefit holders in a meaningful way. SNIP Here are the 37 states that do not tax your Social Security benefits: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii...

<p>Decatur City Schools is mourning the loss of a staff member.</p><p>Decatur City Schools said Child Nutrition Program Manager Bradley Bowman died suddenly Monday night. Bowman, who had been part of the CNP team since 2017, is being remembered for bringing a creative side to the program and passionately providing for the children and staff he served.</p>

Christina Eyth thought she would find her neighbour's dog on the loose, but instead, she found a mystery creature she could not identify, lurking on the left-hand side of her front door.An unidentified animal rescued by a woman who found it “scared and shivering” near her home has baffled wildlife experts, who can’t decide what it is. Christina Eyth headed out to investigate around her house after discovering paw prints outside of her door earlier this week. The woman from Pennsylvania in the US, thought she would find her neighbour's dog on the loose, but instead, she found a mystery...

"An elderly Asian American man who fell victim to a brutal attack in broad daylight in San Francisco two years ago is launching a federal lawsuit against the city’s District Attorney’s Office for allegedly mishandling his case and mistreating him in the process. Anh Lê, 69, was out for a walk in Chinatown on Nov. 2, 2019, when a father-and-son duo threatened to kill him and repeatedly struck him with a baseball bat. He managed to call 911 after running away as far as he could. Lê said it all started after he politely asked the teenage son, who was...