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[Catholic Caucus] Back to the 70’s: What if All Traditional Priests are Suspended? (Part II) See Part I hereIn Part I of this article, I pointed out that on January 18, 2022, La Croix reported that new documents on the Ecclesia Dei communities are due in March. If the Ecclesia Dei priests take a stand in not saying the New Mass, and continue to say the Latin Mass, it is foreseeable that they will incur disciplinary action from Rome. I also went on to point out the absolutely miserable state of the Novus Ordo liturgy in most dioceses since...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Naval Air Station Fallon, NevadaNaval Air Station Fallon or NAS Fallon is the United States Navy's premier air-to-air and air-to-ground training facility. It is located southeast of the city of Fallon in western Nevada. Since 1996, it has been home to the Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) taking over from the former NAS Miramar, California, and the surrounding area contains 240,000 acres of bombing and electronic warfare ranges. It is also home to the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC), which includes TOPGUN, the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School (CAEWWS) and the...

Francis plays to celebrity who makes millions on anti-Catholic networkVATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - In an interview on Italy's most left-wing talk show and predictably loquacious on his pet themes of Mother Earth, migrants, clericalism and pacifism, Pope Francis was tongue-tied on the theological question of why innocent children suffer. During his 50-minute exchange with celebrity talk show host Fabio Fazio on Italian state television Rai 3, the pope shrugged his shoulders when asked to explain the tragic suffering of innocent children. "Of course, questions remain open: Why do children suffer? I find no explanation for this," Francis admitted. "I have...

Church leaders could be appointed to full-time cabinet-style roles such as “Brexit bishop” or “Covid bishop” under proposals seen by The Times for the biggest overhaul of how the Church of England is run in centuries. The ecclesiastical map of England could also be redrawn via mergers between the 42 dioceses, the creation of new constituencies for bishops based on cities or counties and the appointment of senior “regional” bishops to oversee large areas of the country. The church has been accused of wanting to form a “shadow government” because of proposals that some senior bishops could be detached from...

Secret Service protection most likely means someone in Congress could track down these travel records. The usual m.o. when Joe was VP would be Obama would send Joe to a crisis. Joe would show up with Hunter and a brother along for the trip. While Joe posed for cameras and with politicians, his bagmen would do the deal ("10% for the big guy"). FOIA apply to the Secret Service travel records?

For those who love to catch the fresh falling snow on their tongues, beware, that might actually be plastic falling from the sky! Researchers from Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands estimate that close to 43 trillion miniature plastic particles land in Switzerland every year. The research focused on determining just how much plastic is falling back to Earth from the atmosphere, with study authors concluding certain plastic nanoparticles travel over 1,200 miles through the air on their way to the ground. While study authors are still uncertain about exact numbers, they estimate that as much as 3,000 tons of nano-plastics...

Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the intense urban development program launched in Egypt, each new urban district built in compliance with the guidelines established by the civil authorities will also have its own church, in accordance with the regulatory plan. This was confirmed by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, who, on Saturday, February 5, presided the celebrations for the inauguration of the new church built in El Salam City, an urban industrial and residential district that was built in recent years in the vast area of Cairo. The declared intent of the presidential provisions - Egyptian political analysts report...

On behalf of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Helmut Dieser welcomed the recently launched German Catholic LGBT campaign, and declared a ‘new’ approach to sexuality.BERLIN (LifeSiteNews) — The German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) has officially supported the #OutinChurch LGBT campaign publicly backed by 125 Catholic Church employees, including clergy. On January 24, the LGBT campaign released their seven-point list of demands to the Catholic Church, including for a change in Church “doctrine” on sexuality, as well as a documentary entitled “How God Created Us,” which has been characterized as “the biggest coming out in the Catholic Church” by German Christian magazine...

You guys gotta hear this. This guy talks about how China is using Tik-Tok to mine the videos of entrepreneurs, cooks, and people who make things to teach to their kids while rewarding the dancing and dog videos, to keep our generation of kids stupid. This is a very intriguing Limbaughesque take. Please just watch the video and don't complain about Twitter

<p>Police report that multiple arrests have been made related to the protest as Mayor Jim Watson warns that someone may get killed or seriously injured because of the irresponsible behaviour of some of those involved.</p>

The American-born Olympic ice skater who gave up her U.S. citizenship to compete for China has fallen on the ice for a second time, infuriating her adopted homeland. Beverly Yi, 19, was born in the U.S.A. but a few years ago decided to renounce her American citizenship and moved to China to make her debut as a Chinese figure skater. She changed her name to a Zhu Yi and began appearing in competitions in the communist nation. Yi’s debut was bad enough, but China’s ardent Olympics fans were sparked to anger all over again on Monday when Zhu Yi fell...

Far-left Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), who spent thousands on her own private security last year, continues to champion the “Defund the Police” movement, despite its floundering popularity among Democrats. “My colleagues keep telling us to wait. They keep telling us defunding the police and investing in communities won’t work,” the congresswoman tweeted. “Well their policies keep ending up with police murdering Black people. Enough patronizing. Listen to the movements that are telling you how to save lives.” Bush’s tweet follows a comment from President Joe Biden slamming the “Defund the Police” movement and blaming guns from the crime wave in...

Two people have been arrested amid clashes as protesters surrounded Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Sir Keir was protected by police and removed by car near Parliament shortly after 17:00 GMT on Monday. Protesters could be heard shouting "traitor" and criticising his record on Covid, and there were some cries of "Jimmy Savile". Some Tory MPs urged Boris Johnson to withdraw his false claim that Sir Keir failed to prosecute Savile. Labour has not commented but it is understood Sir Keir, a former director of public prosecutions, returned safely back to his office and was not harmed during the incident....

This was supposed to be the big coming-out party of Chairman-for-life Xi with his 100-year-old Communist Party. Instead, it’s turning out to be a massive faceplant and it’s hurting both NBC and the game’s advertisers. for an Olympics Even Putin can’t be bothered to stay awake for the ‘excitement’ of it all.China’s Wuhan Wheezer boomeranged just in time for many Olympic hopefuls to find themselves quarantined in horrible conditions. By comparison, photos of the food visiting athletes have been given there make Michelle Obama’s nightmarish lunch program look like it had been designed by Jamie Oliver.But conditions in isolation are...

Arizona State Representative Mark Finchem has introduced HCR 2033, which calls for the elections of Maricopa, Pima and Yuma Counties to be set aside and ultimately decertified based on “clear and convincing evidence that the elections in those counties were irredeemably compromised.” “The circumstances surrounding these elections undermine voter confidence in the election system, moreover, they ultimately translate into doubts about election integrity,” Finchem said in a statement. Finchem — who is a candidate for Arizona Secretary of State — has been a staunch supporter of election integrity, namely the Maricopa County audit.The Marciopa audit previously unearthed numerous election irregularities,...

Masking is a divisive issue, however, at the end of the day, it is a scientific question. Pre-pandemic, community masking was discouraged because the pre-existing evidence was negative. This is why Fauci was critical of it in early March 2020 on 60 minutes. In the pandemic, masking has become a marker of politics. Good liberals wear them and bad conservatives don’t. As a scientist stuck in the middle, with my colleagues J. Darrow and I. Liu, we performed an umbrella review of this topic. We found very poor quality data, insufficient to support community masking, particularly for years on end....

WASHINGTON — A little over a week ago, The Liberty Loft reported on the shocking data presented by attorney Thomas Renz at Senator Ron Johnson’s (R-Wisconsin) panel discussion titled COVID-19: A Second Opinion. Among the numbers were a 1,000% rise in neurological issues and 300% increases in cancer cases and miscarriages from the five-year average ever since the COVID-19 jabs have been used in the military.The numbers came from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED) while three whistleblower doctors from the Department of Defense (DOD) provided the info the Renz.Now, allegations are emerging that the DOD is wiping data from...

Billionaire venture capitalist and Paypal founder Peter Thiel has decided to leave the board of Meta Platforms (the company formerly known as Facebook) after its annual shareholder meeting in May, according to an announcement from the company released just after markets closed on Monday afternoon.According to reports published by Bloomberg and the NYT, Thiel is leaving Meta’s board so he can focus on backing political candidates who support President Donald Trump’s agenda during November’s midterms, which Thiel sees as “crucial to changing the direction of the country.” Both reports cited anonymous sources familiar with Thiel’s thinking. He doesn’t want his...

HERE’S A MESSAGE for the trolls who have been posting vicious comments about Justin Trudeau testing positive for COVID-19: get a life. What kind of person could be so callous as to wish bad things on another human being who has contracted a potentially life-threatening virus? I’m not talking about nasties from the other side of the country, either, though I’m sure there are plenty of those. No, I’m talking about the mean-spirited critics here in our own town and region who have been posting comments such as, “who cares?” and “what a joke” and “the little baby,” and “coward.”...

[Catholic Caucus] Sub Petro? Marx, Hollerich, and the 'synodal path'Delegates to the German “synodal way” voted last week in favor of a document calling for liturgical blessings of same-sex couples and the sacramental ordination of women. The day before, a Luxembourg cardinal called for a “fundamental revision of doctrine” on homosexuality. And Germany’s most prominent cardinal, on the same day, gave the controversial view that permitting married men to become priests might ameliorate the sexual abuse crisis.Of course, it seems certain that the Church will not adopt the positions called for by the synodal path and the cardinals in question....