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Another hidden classic jam. Unfortunately, though this song came out right in 1981 when new wave and glam rock started to take over. It does sound like it was released in the 1970s.

It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband after he apologized for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's "disastrous" residential school system for Indigenous children. Chief Wilton Littlechild, a residential school survivor himself, gave Francis the headdress Monday, placing it on his head amid cheering by an audience in Maskwacis, Alberta, that included many school survivors. The Vatican and the pope clearly appreciated the gesture: Francis kissed Littlechild's hands after receiving the headdress, something he has done in the past as...

“‘Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?’” (Matthew 8:26). Sometimes events seem so obvious to us, we wonder why others don’t see the problems or difficulties just as clearly. During the storm the disciples wondered two things: why Jesus could ask them what was so frightening, and how He could not be afraid Himself. In the midst of chaos, any other response seemed absurd. They even accused Him of insensitivity: “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38). But Christ had to rebuke His men because their fear sprang from faithlessness. He basically asked them,...

CV NEWS FEED // Men of Christ Madison, a Catholic men’s group based in Wisconsin, has begun stationing men overnight at their local crisis pregnancy center to ward off vandals amid a nationwide rash of attacks on pro-life clinics. “Various radical groups, in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturning the infamous 1973 Roe vs. Wade… are threatening churches and organizations that provide direct help to women with distressed pregnancies,” wrote Men of Christ Madison President Dave Yanke in an email to members. “Now that unrestricted abortion across the land has been overturned, crisis pregnancy centers have become a...

State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has pledged to appeal.(LifeSiteNews) – Kanawha Conty Circuit Judge Tera Salango issued a temporary injunction Monday against enforcement of West Virginia’s 1849 law banning abortion, which was reactivated after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month to overturn Roe v. Wade. On June 29, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey certified that the 170-year-old law criminalizing abortion “is on the books and enforceable” after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe and restore the elected branches of government’s right to directly decide abortion policy. The law declares...

Protests have erupted in Buenos Aires over the past 90 days and continue to build inside the capital as residents battle with their center-left government over sizeable amendments to social programs. Cuts to subsidies in the energy sector based on household income already began in June. Other subsidies, including the country’s notorious welfare program, are also on the chopping block, triggering thousands of angry residents to take to the streets. State-sponsored aid for civilians has soared in the past 20 years, leaving 22 million Argentinians dependent on some form of government assistance. However, for the 1.2 million members dependent on...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Calls Break With Faith "Development of Doctrine"On his flight back to Rome from Canada on 29 July, Francis said that "you can't do theology if you put a 'no' in front of it" - as if anyone ever said so.He added something about "theological development," referring to an immoral publication on contraception by the Pontifical Academy for Contraception and Polygamy (formerly: For Life), which doesn't contain a "development" but a break with the Catholic faith.Francis claimed that its authors had "done their duty" because they had tried to "advance" [= counteract] doctrine. Knowing he was guilty, Francis...

Liverpool, England, Jul 20, 2022 / 01:11 am A 76-year-old English grandmother who was fined for praying near to an abortion clinic has successfully overturned her financial penalty, but human rights campaigners still fear that the initial fine represents “a worrying trend in law enforcement” regarding certain beliefs. Rosa Lalor, from Liverpool, England, was issued the fine during the country’s lockdown in February 2021 after a policeman questioned why she was outdoors. She replied that she was “walking and praying.” The officer involved said that this was not “a reasonable excuse,” that she was in fact protesting, and so she...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military chief has reportedly sought help from the United Sates in securing the early disbursement of an International Monetary Fund loan as the high price of energy imports pushes the cash-strapped South Asian nation to the brink of a payment crisis. General Qamar Javed Bajwa spoke by phone to Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Wendy Sherman earlier this week and raised the issue, government sources told VOA late Friday on condition of anonymity. Pakistan last week reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF for the revival of a multibillion-dollar bailout package. However, the deal is subject to...

President Donald Trump suggested that the proposed prisoner swap between Russia and the United States that would return jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner in exchange for a Russian arms dealer "doesn’t seem like a very good trade." "She knew you don’t go in there loaded up with drugs, and she admitted it," Trump told the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show. "I assume she admitted it without too much force because it is what it is, and it certainly doesn’t seem like a very good trade, does it? He’s absolutely one of the worst in the world, and he’s gonna...

The government barred us from saying goodbye to loved ones in nursing homes and hospitals during the Covid pandemic. The government didn’t allow us to have funerals for loved ones during the Covid pandemic. B ut the kink and fetish festival for gay men dubbed “Up Your Alley” is a go this despite monkeypox spreading like wildfire in the gay community in San Francisco

This excerpt is from avery lengthy article and begins 2/3rds down the article. "In their rigorously peer-reviewed study (pdf), Seneff and her colleagues speculated that the vaccine may cause prion misfolding, causing damage to the brain in the forms of CJD, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS, and so on. The mRNA and DNA vaccines carry instructions for making the spike protein into cells. Once cells receive these instructions, they start making spike protein. Cells then stick these spike proteins on their cellular surface, and when immune cells recognize the proteins as foreign, an immune response is triggered. However, mistakes can occur during...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appeared with an open collar at a press conference to personally model his proposed solution for Europes's looming gas crisis. "I would like you to see that I am not wearing a tie," Sanchez said. He explained that wearing open collars would make white-collar work more comfortable, and lead to reduced air conditioning usage. "This way, we can all save energy." Deutsche Welle reports that Sanchez has asked all government employees, including ministers, to avoid neckties, and hopes that the private sector will make similar changes to its dress code. Spain has worked to limit...

The headline reads, “More Than 400 TV Showrunners Demand Netflix, Disney and More Offer Safety Protocols in Anti-Abortion States,” but I think we all know what it really means…. More than 400 fully grown adults, who also happen to be wealthy, helpless, neurotic, and angry crybabies, got together to demand the Hollywood studios make them feel safe in anti-abortion states.

People lined up outside Guy’s hospital in London on Saturday (July 30) to receive a vaccination for monkeypox.

A MESSAGE FROM MOM I gave you life, but cannot live it for you. I can teach you things, but I cannot make you learn. I can give you directions, but I cannot be there to lead you. I can allow you freedom, but I cannot account for it. I can take you to church, but I cannot make you believe. I can teach you right from wrong, but I cannot always decide for you. I can buy you beautiful clothes, but I cannot make you beautiful inside. I can offer you advice, but I cannot accept it for...

Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to probe the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners in a jail held by Moscow-backed separatists, the defence ministry said on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said it was acting "in the interests of conducting an objective investigation" into what it called an attack on the jail earlier in the week. The separatists put the death toll at 53 and accused Kyiv of hitting the prison with rockets.

The Blame America First Brigade in action! On Tiffany Cross's MSNBC show on Saturday morning, Nayyera Haq, a former Obama aide, speaking of the imprisonment in Russia of WNBA player Brittney Griner, said: "We know the only reason that she was in Russia is because she was not able to make equal pay here in the United States that NBA stars would make. So that points to the disparity in American life." Cross's one-word response: "terrifying!" So, according to Haq, it's really the United States, with its unequal pay for men and women, that is responsible for Griner's predicament! Get...

Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 14:1–12 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Herod has John the Baptist beheaded, making him a protomartyr of Christ’s followers, the first of many martyrs to come. Can we read that terrible and wonderful book of martyrs, the book of Revelation,without seeing the power of bold, truthful proclamation in the early Christian Church? And the cloud of witnesses grows up and down the Christian centuries. Today, from Pakistan to Nigeria, from Egypt to Iraq, ordinary Christians routinely risk their lives simply by declaring their faith and worshiping according to their consciences. They are walking in the...

For many people, the word vaccine is synonymous with immunity. While the flu shot has a lower efficacy against infection, people vaccinated against diseases like polio or measles can get exposed to those viruses and be fairly certain they won’t get sick. So when a vaccine was developed for COVID-19, many people hurried to get it, and hurried back for a booster when they became available. But some of them have become skeptical about the shot in recent months as more and more vaccinated people report infections, sometimes repeatedly.Dr. Aalok Khole, an infectious disease expert at Cheshire Medical Center in...