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Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics of the Archdiocese of Hanoi were surprised and shocked when government officials entered a church in the province of Hoa Binh and interrupted the Mass celebrated by Msgr. Joseph Vu Van Thien, Archbishop of Hanoi. As reported to Fides, the incident took place on Sunday, February 20 in the parish of Vu Ban, the church is the largest in the city, and can accommodate more than one hundred people. Some Vietnamese officials wearing helmets, interrupted for unknown reasons the 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by the Archbishop. "It was rather unpleasant and worrying to see...

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Moscow, February 21, Interfax - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said he sees no other option but for Russia to recognize the Donbas self-proclaimed republics. "Thus, we will send a powerful signal to the Russian world. Throughout these eight years, we have not been looking indifferently at how our compatriots, our citizens have been mistreated. That's why I do not see any other option," Lavrov said at a special meeting of the Russian Security Council on Monday. When commenting on the opinion that [Russia] should hold off on a decision like this in the hope that the West will...

Gael Monfils has revealed his withdrawal from recent tournaments is due to a probable adverse reaction to his third dose of coronavirus vaccine. The Frenchman has not played since a one-sided loss to Swede Mikael Ymer in Montpellier three weeks ago and will not represent his country in Davis Cup next week. Monfils, 35, is hoping he will be able to return for the Masters tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami next month. Writing on Twitter, Monfils said: 'Hello everyone, I wanted to give you some news following my recent withdrawals from tournaments. I suffered a small health glitch (probably...

MSNBC anchor Joy Reid said Wednesday on her show “The ReidOut” that former President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and FNC’s Tucker Carlson are Russia’s “chief propagandists.” Foreign Policy analyst Clint Watts said, “We see what is going on inside Ukraine now. The next layer is really Germany, France and the U.K., the backbone of NATO. They’re the ones that have to bring a lot of these sanctions and suffer greater costs.”

Annual MRI screenings starting at ages 30 to 35 may reduce breast-cancer mortality by more than 50% among women who carry certain genetic changes in three genes, according to a comparative modeling analysis. The predictions involve pathogenic variants in ATM, CHEK2 and PALB2 genes—which collectively are as prevalent as the much-reported BRCA1/2 gene mutations. Authors of the study contend that their findings support MRI screening in some of these women earlier than existing preventive-care guidelines propose. "For women with pathogenic variants in these genes, our modeling analysis predicted a lifetime risk of developing breast cancer at 21% to 40%, depending...

It looks like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just blinked big time in his fight with the Freedom Convoy over COVID mandates.Trudeau is now backing down and has revoked the Emergencies Act that he called on Feb. 14, and that he just asked the House of Commons to pass on Monday. As we reported earlier, he needed approval from the nation’s Senate and it looked like a lot of the senators had big questions about passing it. I’m thinking it means that he got tipped that he wasn’t going to get it past the Senate, so it was better to revoke...

New York City has a plan to phase out COVID-19 vaccine passports and mandates in the coming weeks, said Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday.“I can’t wait to get it done … I’m not going to get ahead of the science because I’m ready to get ahead of all of this and get back to a level of normalcy,” Adams said in response to a question about whether his office will phase vaccine passports out.The Democrat mayor did not provide a firm timetable on when vaccine passports would be rescinded. However, Adams’s comment was the most definitive that he’s made about...

Explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, as fears mount that shelling is underway. Residents in the city, which is located in south eastern Ukraine, have been woken up by blasts 30 miles from the Russian border.

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Great View From The “Office”! U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II’s prepare for re-fuel from a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to the 334th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, KS, during exercise Cope North 22 on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 15, 2022. Participants exercise Agile Combat Employment, or ACE, concepts during Cope North 22. ACE is Pacific Air Forces’ model to project combat power via a network of distributed operating locations throughout the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Amy Picard) Canteen Mission StatementShowing...

A Wisconsin father says he's lucky to be alive after he was shot in the face late last month when a pair of customers, twin sisters aged 20, became angry about a missing $3 burger from their order. According to WISN, 26-year-old Anthony Rodriguez was working at the George Webb restaurant in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, when on January 30, the shooting occurred. Rodriguez was the only server working at midnight that day, when the twin sisters grew angry about their order, and shot the father of one in the face.20-year-old twin sisters Bryanna and Brent Johnson were allegedly "impatient and rude"...

A powerful remix that’s reportedly been deleted by Twitter exposes the planners of the Great Reset agenda, namely World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab outlining how his organization penetrated governments to implement an ambitious plot to radically curtail freedoms and civil rights to introduce the New World Order.

The Biden administration’s sharp-elbowed White House press secretary Jen Psaki has emerged as a top candidate for Rachel Maddow’s anchor chair, according to a new report. Psaki, who has plans to leave the White House this year, is being courted by several news networks, including CNN and MSNBC, according to newsletter Puck. A source told The Post that UTA super agent and co-president Jay Sures shopped the idea of Psaki as a potential cable news primetime host all over town, drumming up interest, before he signed her.

He announced his retirement from football earlier this month. And Tom Brady's next play won't be seen on the field but instead on the big screen. The 44-year-old former NFL superstar is set to act and produce in a football-themed road trip movie titled 80 For Brady. Next play: Tom Brady (seen in New Jersey back in January) is set to act and produce in a football-themed road trip movie titled 80 For Brady just weeks after announcing his retirement from the NFL. He will be joining forces with several acting legends including Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Jane Fonda and...

On Tuesday, Kyle Rittenhouse announced that he is making plans to sue LeBron James for the NBA star’s social media attacks.In November, James mocked Rittenhouse for crying on the stand during testimony as he faced charges of murder in Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder and the court ruled he acted in self-defense when he was attacked by three people during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August of 2020.James blasted the teenager’s courtroom angst, tweeting, “What tears????? I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.”https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1458619464329670657The 18-year-old was overcome with...

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the U.S. has hit Russia “hard” with sanctions, he has reason to believe Russia will be engaging in something similar to a full invasion of Ukraine before the end of the night, and “everything is in place for Russia to move forward.” Host Lester Holt asked, “Do you have reason to believe that, before this night is over, Russian forces will be engaged in something akin to a full invasion of Ukraine?”

i am noticing what appear to be multiple 2022 D USA type 2 one ounce gold eagle milled edge defects. In each coin that I have recently seen, there is one milled edge "tooth" that is entirely missing. It is as if the milled tooth was shaved off. Using a gear analogy, one gear tooth would be missing. If anyone else is out there and has 2022 USA one ounce gold eagles, I would be curious to learn if they also have a missing milled tooth. I have never seen such an edge on a coin before, with USA coins...

Larry Kudlow gave a summary of Biden’s actions related to Russia and the energy crisis in the US on FOX Business. He shared in part: Mr. Biden, you need to be honest about the damage you’re doing to the American energy industry. In fact, you’ve done everything you can to drive up prices and you know it because you’re dancing to the radical green tune. Your jihad against fossil fuels has held down production in the face of rising demand and that has been a key factor in driving up world oil prices towards $100 a barrel. In effect, Biden’s...

Francis’ Zanchetta DisasterFormer Orán Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, Argentina, will be sentenced on February 25.Francis produced and hushed up this case, but the oligarchs’ media ignore this because Francis is their man. A summary:• July 2013: Francis makes his friend Zanchetta, 49, Orán Bishop, against the advice of his councillors. Zanchetta presented himself in Orán as a “friend of Francis.”• December 2014: Zanchetta refuses to submit to an alcohol and drug control by police while driving in Salta.• September 2015: Zanchetta's secretary finds homosex porn on Zanchetta's phone. Francis summons Zanchetta.• April 2016: Five priests write to the Nuncio accusing Zanchetta...

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