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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Pope Francis to intervene in mediating peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, in the face of ‘evil.’VATICAN CIY (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has telephoned Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a second time, as Zelenskyy called for the Vatican to intervene in the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Zelenskyy announced the call via a tweet from his official social media account Tuesday, saying that he had discussed the “difficult humanitarian situation and the blocking of rescue corridors by Russian troops” with Pope Francis. The president also called for the intervention of the Vatican in resolving...

Question 1– Can you explain to me why you think Russia is winning the war in Ukraine? Larry C. Johnson– Within the first 24 hours of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, all Ukrainian Ground Radar Intercept capabilities were wiped out. Without those radars, the Ukrainian Air Force lost its ability to do air to air intercept. In the intervening three weeks, Russia has established a de facto No Fly Zone over Ukraine. While still vulnerable to shoulder fired Surface to Air Missiles supplied by the U.S. and NATO to the Ukrainians, there is no evidence that Russia has had...

The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos just donated a record $275 million to the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. AFP reports Mackenzie Scott, whose fortune primarily comes from Amazon, donated the largest one-time gift from a single donor in the history of the billion-dollar abortion chain. “As always our aim has been to support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds,” Scott wrote Wednesday in a blog post about her charitable giving. “The cause of equity has no sides.” Scott, who is worth about $49 billion, said she donated more than $3.8 billion to nearly 500 organizations...

Covid Rigorism: Vatican Dissolves Cloistered MonasteryThe 15th century Santa Caterina Benedictine monastery in Perugia, Italy, will be closed after an unexpected February Apostolic Visitation. The five nuns, not all of them old, will be transferred to other monasteries. They were expecting a postulant.“The visitor found everything in order, except that we are not vaccinated,” Abbess Mother Catherine, a former scientific researcher, told LaNuovaBQ.it (March 22): “I can confirm that this is the only explanation they gave me at the end of the Apostolic Visitation.”The strictly cloistered nuns ran a bookbinding business. Some time ago, when Mother Catherina visited Perugia Cardinal...

The Justice Department is set to produce a “large volume” of classified materials this week pertaining to the main source for Christopher Steele’s dossier on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.Special Counsel John Durham in a file photograph. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)The infamous “Steele dossier”, also known as the Trump–Russia dossier, contained allegations that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump had colluded with Russian intelligence officials to help him win in the 2016 presidential election against Hillary Clinton. Special counsel John Durham has asked a judge in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia for a deadline extension on the...

Vice President Kamala Harris felt "belittled" and "wounded" by the cover photo of her that Vogue selected for its February 2021 issue and dispatched a top aide to complain to Anna Wintour, a forthcoming book reportedly says. Politico's West Wing Playbook newsletter on Tuesday published excerpts of "This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future" by the New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, set to be released in May, that detailed Harris' reaction to the controversial Vogue cover.

A groveling Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Monday told employees the company should have condemned Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill that blocked the teaching of sexuality and transgender ideology to students in kindergarten through third grade, speaking 24-hours hours before mutinous staff planned to walk out during a day-long strike. A virtual town hall for employees was used by management to stem internal strife at Disney, as the company’s chief executive continued to apologize and shifted its public statements about the legislation, which critics falsely call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “We know the moment requires urgency — and...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Now THIS Is A Stockpile! Chad Bugley, 66th Logistic Readiness Squadron materials examiner, inspects mobility gear stored in a warehouse at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA, Jan. 4, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Shhhh…We’re Doing Amphibious Stuff!NORFOLK, VA (March 10, 2022) - Sailors pilot a Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft (CRRC) during welldeck operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A cat is in extremely critical condition after being attacked by two dogs in the Frankford neighborhood Tuesday. Authorities are looking for two people seen on security video provoking the attack. "The individuals on this video appear to think this was funny since they were seen smiling and laughing,” said Nicole Wilson, the director of humane law enforcement and shelter operations for the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "We don't know whether the cat will survive. The cat’s back isn't broken, but there are multiple internal injuries." She said two people were...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- It was shaping up to be a beautiful afternoon in Mid-City. The Mascar household was even preparing to celebrate a birthday. “I was yoga power walking on the Lafitte greenway,” said Leanne Mascar. That all came to a screeching halt around 1:30 in the afternoon near the intersection of North Scott and Bienville when neighbor Todd Ecker saw a gray car pull into the intersection. “It was dragging a lady by the seatbelt outside the car. The door had closed on the seatbelt, and she was stuck in it… I got out of my vehicle screaming...

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) argued that Russia is not participating in the Iran nuclear deal negotiations “in a legitimate or honest way” and is trying to get around sanctions and ensure a market for their oil. She warned that “we have to be very careful in not negotiating against ourselves,” and that “any negotiations with regard to an Iran deal will be quite difficult to accomplish in the near term.”

A new study reveals a shocking truth bomb that tens of millions of Americans are struggling to survive in Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ economy as inflation tears apart working poor households. Researchers from left-leaning Economic Policy Oxfam America, an anti-poverty advocacy group, published a study Tuesday titled “The crisis of low wages in the US” and found 31.9% of the US workforce, or about 51.9 million workers, are earning less than $15 an hour, equivalent to less than $31,200. “It’s shameful that at a time when many US companies are boasting record profits, some of the hardest working people in...

Los Angeles, CA – A 46-year-old marathon runner died on Sunday after collapsing at the finish line. Trisha Paddock, a mother of 3, suffered a “major” heart attack at the finish line and died at the hospital after being put on life support ... Trisha Paddock of Rancho Palos Verdes was running in the 13.1-mile Charity Challenge where all participants were fundraising for one of the race’s official charities. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel met with Paddock at 12:10 p.m. Sunday due to a medical complaint that escalated to a cardiac arrest, LAFD Capt. Erik Scott said Sunday. “Medical aid...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday released the long-awaited details of his tax refund plan to send $400 to Californians for each registered vehicle, a move that would put more money in the pockets of families who own more cars — even the state’s highest-income residents — and exclude those without cars from receiving the payments. *** The governor, who is up for reelection this year, would cap payments at $800 for any person with more than one vehicle registered under the person’s name, though households with multiple vehicles registered to different family members could receive far more than that amount....

Another transgender woman — born as a biological male — has been turned back by Ukrainian officials at the Polish border and told to fight for the country. Transgender individuals have been legally recognised in Ukraine since 2017, however, despite being allowed to change their legal gender, the Ukrainian border force has reportedly been carrying out their own physical gender inspections in order to determine if people will be permitted to flee the country or be banned from leaving the country under the martial law restrictions which require all Ukrainian men aged between 18 and 60 to stay and fight...

ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.There can be little doubt in anyone’s mind that for the past two years we have been living through unprecedented revelation of the evil that has permeated sections of our societies and many of us have realised the real battle is between good and evil.The likes of Klaus Schwab, and many others who follow his lead, are making all...

ORLANDO, FL—In a bold statement against Florida's recently passed bill which prohibits teachers from discussing inappropriate sexual topics with kindergarteners, Disney World has unveiled its latest attraction: "Sodom & Gomorrah." "We here at Disney stand proudly with those who seek to indoctrinate small children in gender ideology," said CEO Bob Chapek. "That's why we've decided to unveil this exciting new thrill ride—and allow kids of all ages to ride it!" While waiting in line, small children and their parents will be educated by a voice recording about masturbation, the gender unicorn, safe kink, abortion, and BDSM. Once they board the...

This is the moment a brave woman tried to stop three masked robbers from raiding a spa in Manhattan this past weekend. The three perpetrators entered the Rescue Spa on East 19th Street in Manhattan's Flatiron district shortly after 2:30pm on Saturday afternoon, according to police, where they stole over $3,000 worth of products. At first, the trio looked to be browsing the shelves nonchalantly, but it quickly became apparent they were filling their pockets with merchandise. Upon realizing the crooks' true intentions, a woman stepped forward to confront one of them, who knocked a stack of merchandise to the...

Trustees of California State University, the largest four-year university system in the nation, agreed Wednesday to permanently drop the SAT and ACT standardized tests in its admissions process, solidifying the state’s national role in eliminating the high-stakes exams because of equity concerns. The move comes after the University of California system led the way, making the bold decision in 2020 to drop the exams, triggering a national debate over whether the tests unfairly discriminate against disadvantaged students or provide a useful tool to evaluate college applicants. *** Trustee Yammilette Rodriguez said Tuesday that the decision is personally meaningful to her...

On any given day this year, Customs and Border Patrol may encounter more than 5,400 illegal immigrants making their way into the United States. To give that number some context, it means more people are caught entering America illegally every week than make up the entire population of Panama City, Florida. And that’s not counting the ones who are never caught.