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Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing June 8 as an official state holiday, Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. On this day the Orthodox Church commemorates Ss. Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom, revered as patrons of Christian marriage. Mr. Vladimir Legoida, the Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church Department for Relations with the Society and Media, has remarked on this occasion: - "Once again, the President has underscored the importance of the family for our nation. Let me remind you that the holiday has been celebrated in Russia since 2008. It has come a...

More vandalism of Catholic churches, pro-life pregnancy centers, and a pro-life memorial have been reported since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday. LifeChoice pregnancy center in Winter Haven, Florida was defaced with pro-abortion graffiti June 25. Director of Development for LifeChoices Lyndsy Flanagan told CNA Tuesday that the clinic was alerted by a local pastor who saw the damage on Sunday morning. A local church community, Winter Haven Worship Center, volunteered to repaint the whole building on Monday, Flanagan said. The vandals also painted over security cameras and the clinic’s sign, she said. A pressure washer could not clean...

Just over four months ago, the U.S. and several allied nations levied unprecedented sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. For weeks afterwards, the Russian ruble's value tanked, foreign multinational companies pulled out of the country, and economic prospects began looking grim. But Russia responded aggressively. It shored up the ruble's value and increased oil exports to China and India. The ruble is now the world's strongest performing currency. Thanks to years of preparations, Russia has become far more self-sufficient, and has massive foreign exchange reserves. It has also reopened several companies that were previously under foreign...

Clinton joins a growing list of prominent Democrats attacking Thomas.NEW YORK CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Justice Clarence Thomas a “person of grievance” as the justice continues to support Christian values in America. On June 28, Clinton spoke with CBS Morning Show host Gayle King, raging against the pro-life Supreme Court Justice and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “I went to law school with him,” Clinton said. “He’s been a person of grievance for as long as I have known him — resentment, grievance, anger.” “There are so many things about it that...

NEW YORK – In a June 23 letter to Congress four U.S. bishop conference chairmen commended the Senate for passing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act regarding gun violence and urged them to continue to work together to “confront a culture of violence.” It’s the second letter U.S. bishops have sent to Congress on the topic in 20 days, after mass shootings in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; and Tulsa, Oklahoma resulted in 36 deaths, and renewed a national conversation on U.S. gun laws and culture. Concerning the bipartisan legislation, the letter identified several key provisions that “particularly heartened” the bishops....

“Peace Be to This House!” (Luke 10:1-20) “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Yes, peace to you! Peace be to this house! That’s what Jesus told me to tell you, isn’t it? He sends out his laborers into the harvest field and instructs them, “Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’” So today, the first thing I want to say to you is what Jesus told me to tell you: Peace be to this house. Friends, today I want to tell you why you need this peace and...

CONTRA COSTA, Calif. - AnaMarie Avila Farias, a member of the Contra County Board of Education, called for a Fourth of July boycott in a Facebook post Friday.

streets are blocked and a popular holiday festival is canceled in downtown Akron as tensions grow over a deadly police-involved shooting. FOX 8 also heard from the family of Jayland Walker as they talked about how they want him to be remembered and their calls for peace. Demonstrations continued into the evening in downtown Akron Thursday as people protest the death of 25-year old Jayland Walker after a police-involved shooting early Monday morning.

July 4th. We are not celebrating until we get our independence back.

The Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will shut down on Sept. 30. NBC has been notifying cable and satellite operators this morning that the five-year old channel will go dark in three months. “In order to best reach our target audiences, we are reevaluating our programming distribution strategy regarding the content that currently airs on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA with our partners at the IOC and USOPC,” an NBC Sports spokesperson said via email. “We will be announcing our exciting new plans for Olympic content in the fall.”

A 10-year-old child abuse victim was forced to seek an abortion in Indiana after her home state of Ohio barred abortion following the Supreme Court decision to overturn of Roe v. Wade. A child abuse doctor in Ohio sought the help of Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, on Monday to help the girl get an abortion after the state banned the procedure after six weeks - hours after the 6-3 Supreme Court vote, The Columbus Dispatch reported. The child was six weeks and three days pregnant - therefore, ineligible by just three days to receive the procedure in her...

I’ve always struggled to combine the idea of personal responsibility with the overwhelming need for human society to address the threat posed by climate change. Since at least the 1970s, the massive energy corporations responsible for the vast majority of our carbon emissions have known about, and done nothing to mitigate, the harm they cause. Because they own politicians worldwide, there doesn’t appear to be any will to take government-level action. But I’m supposed to turn off a light? What possible impact could that ever have? And why is all this on my shoulders and not theirs? When I got...

A vegan mother has been found guilty of murder for the death of her 18-month-old son who weighed just 17lbs when he died in 2019 after a short life being fed only fruit, vegetables and breastmilk. Sheila O'Leary, 39, was convicted of a jury in Cape Coral, Florida, on Tuesday after a week-long trial. She is now facing life behind bars and will be sentenced on July 25. Her son Ezra died in 2019 from complications caused by malnutrition. Doctors found he hadn't been fed for a week by the time he died in September 2019. Sheila and her husband,...

Democratic Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush has mostly voted by proxy over the last two years but spent thousands in travel and event expenses on the dime of taxpayers and donors, federal records reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation show. The House authorized an emergency health policy in May 2020, letting members vote remotely — called “proxy” voting — as “a necessary and immediately feasible low-tech option” for those who cannot be physically present in the chamber. “As in this case, when we see members regularly voting by proxy but also attending public campaign events at the same time, it...

Among other things, lawful concealed carry of guns would be banned almost everywhere by designating much of society a “sensitive” location. State governors like Kathy Hochul in New York are banking on the limited SCOTUS docket to evade the ruling, even if they ultimately lose. When the Supreme Court Struck Down The Restrictive New York Gun Licensing Law, it was an important reiteration of 2nd Amendment protections. But the battles will continue at the state level and the lower federal courts, because the opponents of the 2nd Amendment are hard at work, including in Rhode Island, to deprive citizens of...

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So weird this happens right before midterms that might produce a red wave.The midterms happen in November. People expect a huge red wave.So weird that the State Department has offered up to $10 million for any information on foreign interference in our elections:The reward offer seeks information leading to the identification or location of any foreign person or entity who knowingly engaged or is engaging in foreign election interference. The reward offer also seeks information leading to the prevention, frustration, or favorable resolution of an act of foreign election interference, including by dismantling, in whole or significant part, an organization...

The FBI is launching an investigation with Nashville police after a pregnancy center was targeted with a Molotov cocktail-type device and "Jane’s Revenge" graffiti in an incident the state’s governor is calling an act of "terrorism." The Hope Clinic for Women, which the Metro Nashville Police Department describes as a "pro-life resource center," was hit early Thursday in the "first act of vandalism in Nashville seen as related to the recent U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision," investigators say. "Midtown Hills Precinct officers responded to a burglar alarm at the facility at 1:38 a.m. Upon arrival, they discovered that a front...

President Biden and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took no questions from reporters Friday after 71 journalists signed an unprecedented letter calling for an end to the mysterious prescreening of media members let into Biden events. The president held a single public event and reporters were shooed out while he was mid-sentence, making questions impossible. Jean-Pierre did not hold a briefing and had left the West Wing by early afternoon for a personal obligation. Thursday’s letter, addressed to Jean-Pierre, requested that the White House reopen to all reporters the East Room and other large indoor event spaces that during...

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