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[Catholic Caucus] Canada: Does Francis Believe He Is the Successor of the British Empire?The “main culprit” for crimes against Canadian Indians was not the Church but the government of the British Empire, that is, Queen Victoria and the Canadian government, wrote Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka on Aktualne.cz (July 29).Duka reminds of the spread of large epidemic diseases in the 19th/20th centuries and the placement of a large number of children in insufficient sanitary and health condition exposing them to a big immunological strain.Catholic boarder schools asked for financial assistance from the government but were refused. Duka notices that Francis’ visit...

The nation’s first class action settlement involving a COVID shot mandate should be a wake-up call to every employer that did not accommodate or exempt employees who opposed the COVID shots for religious reasons. NorthShore University HealthSystem will pay more than $10.3 million for unlawfully discriminating against more than 500 current and former health care workers and for denying religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate. There is no pause button on the federal employment law under Title VII. Employees do not lose their right to reasonable accommodation for their religious beliefs simply because an employer or even the federal...

Early voter turnout in Kansas ahead of Tuesday’s election is significantly higher than it was at this point in 2018, the last midterm primary election. As of Wednesday, 110,697 votes have been cast in person, according to the Kansas Secretary of State. That’s more than three times the number of votes counted than at this point in 2018: Only 32,004 early votes had been cast at this point four years ago. That’s a roughly 246% increase in early in-person votes.

The unnamed traveler was handed a fine of 2,664 Australian dollars ($1,874) after two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant were found in their luggage on arriving at Darwin Airport in the country's Northern Territory last week. The statement went on to confirm that the passenger had been issued with "a 12-unit infringement notice for failing to declare potential high biosecurity risk items and providing a false and misleading document." The seized products are to be tested for foot and mouth disease before being destroyed.

Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss citizen, has contributed millions to nonprofits that have benefited Democratic causes. Insiders say he will ramp it up leading to the November midterm elections.. A Swiss octogenarian billionaire has donated tens of millions of dollars to Democratic politicians and progressive causes in “dark money” contributions — and Hansjörg Wyss is likely funneling millions more to influence midterm elections in November, One Virginia-based think tank estimates that, since 2016, nonprofits linked to Wyss have funneled more than $253 million to Democratic candidates and related causes, such as voter registration initiatives that benefit the party and ... through...

In Michigan, moderate Republicans have made plans behind closed doors to have the votes from conservative parts of the state counted, instead, by liberal jurisdictions. America First candidates are sounding the alarm: this is how the NeverTrumpers in both parties are going to keep cheating the vote! Orion Township in Michigan is a reliably conservative part of the state. It elected one of the most reliably conservative members of the State House, Rep. John Reilly. So when plans were being made to count the August 2nd primary and November general election night results in Orion Township, the loud RINO Township...

24-year-old police officer and US Army veteran Noah Shahnavaz was shot and killed by a man who shot at cops in the past and whose criminal record dates back to 1998. 24-year-old police officer and US Army veteran Noah Shahnavaz was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop early Sunday morning in Madison County, Indiana by a lifelong violent criminal. Fox News Reports that around 2 am Shahnavaz stopped suspect Carl Roy Webb Boards II, who got out of his 2012 Buick LaCrosse, opened fire on the officer, and then fled the scene. Shahnavaz, who was struck at least...

[T]he video shows a man armed with an assault-style rifle walk into the Norco Market at 816 Sixth Street, point the weapon at the owner, and order him to put his “hands in the air.” Within just a few seconds, the owner steps behind a glass display and fires a shotgun at the suspect, who immediately runs out of the store screaming and shouting, “He shot my arm off!” A second camera in the parking lot shows the suspect jump into a dark-colored BMW SUV with at least three accomplices, and then drive away. It was unclear if, or how...

Actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek television series in the 1960s, passed away over the weekend at 89. The Hollywood Reporter published an obituary including many celebrity comments and tweets in her memory, and the article began as follows: ------------------------------------------- Among those paying tribute to Nichols was President Joe Biden, who praised her as a “trailblazer of stage and screen who redefined what is possible for Black Americans and women.” His statement continued about her Star Trek role, “With a defining dignity and authority, she helped tell a central story that reimagined scientific pursuits...

A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin, etched with a symbol of the zodiac, was fished from the waters around Haifa in northern Israel...Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made the discovery while conducting an underwater archaeological survey. The bronze coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius...One side of the coin features an image of Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon, and an image of the zodiac sign for Cancer; the other side depicts Antoninus Pius. The coin also bears the inscription "Year Eight," indicating that it was produced during the eighth...

Former President Donald Trump blasted the proposed plan to swap WNBA player Brittney Griner with imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, calling her a “potentially spoiled person.”Last week, reports surfaced that the Biden administration offered the Kremlin convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had been sentenced to 25 years in U.S. prison, in exchange for Griner and corporate security executive Paul Whelan, who had been imprisoned in Russia for alleged espionage that he denies.John Kirby, a White House national security spokesman, told reporters that President Joe Biden personally signed off on the deal to free Griner and Whelan. “The...

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President Biden addresses the nation about a counterterrorism operation in Afghanistan.

Voters prefer former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 rematch, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found.The survey found voters giving Trump a higher favorable impression than Biden, as 49 percent find Trump at least somewhat favorable, compared to 43 percent who said the same of Biden. While there is a predictable partisan divide, independent voters view Trump more favorably — 43 percent to Biden’s 36 percent.Likely voters were ultimately asked, “If the next U.S. presidential election were held today, and President Joe Biden were running against former President Donald Trump, who would you be...

Last Wednesday the Globe reported State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) called on San Francisco and the Governor of California to declare a State of Emergency due to the Monkeypox outbreak. He requested testing, vaccination, and contact tracing infrastructure.

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s campaign is downplaying the importance of President Donald J. Trump’s endorsement after the 45th president slammed his campaign last night over a poll Republican strategists say was false.With the election Tuesday, Trump took to Truth Social Monday and announced he would be endorsing a candidate at some point in the day. The post came hours after he bashed Schmitt’s campaign over a poll commissioned by operatives associated with the campaign that Republican strategists say purposefully undercounted Trump’s support to boost Schmitt’s numbers.“Wow, great dishonesty in politics. Too bad!” Trump wrote of the Remington Research Group...

Explanation: It's stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars are winning. More precisely, the energetic light and winds from massive newly formed stars are evaporating and dispersing the dusty stellar nurseries in which they formed. Located in the Carina Nebula and known informally as Mystic Mountain, these pillar's appearance is dominated by the dark dust even though it is composed mostly of clear hydrogen gas. Dust pillars such as these are actually much thinner than air and only appear as mountains due to relatively small amounts of opaque interstellar dust. About 7,500 light-years distant, the featured image...

Former President Donald Trump is endorsing "Eric" in a race for Missouri's open Senate seat that features two top candidates who have that first name......"

Cardinal Censured for ‘Criminal Conspiracy’Top judge accuses prelate of conniving to 'fabricate' DNA paternity test MUMBAI, India (ChurchMilitant.com) - A veteran high court judge is charging a leading cardinal with "criminal conspiracy" for attempting "to procure a fabricated and false" DNA paternity test certificate for "illegal purposes." Justice Michael F. Saldanha wrote to India's apostolic nuncio, Abp. Leopoldo Girelli, on Monday stating Bombay's cardinal-archbishop, Oswald Gracias, is guilty of a "serious criminal offense, punishable with 10 years rigorous imprisonment." Phone LeakCiting Church Militant's exposé of a leaked phone call between Cdl. Gracias and Mysore's scandal-plagued bishop K. A. William, the...