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On August 18, the Main Russian Armed Forces’ Cathedral hosted a round table themed "Spiritual foundations of Russian statehood and military service to the Motherland: history of development and cooperation between the Church and the Army". The event was held as part of the International military and technical forum "Army-2022".In his opening address Deputy Defense Minister, Colonel General Victor Goremykin noted that the military victory is always preceded by a spiritual victory. Military chaplains stay with the military units and hold Divine services right in the field conditions. Given the high demand for worship and religious rites among servicemen, who...

A federal judge in Idaho has barred the state from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical emergencies over concerns that it violates a federal law on emergency care. The ruling Wednesday evening came after a federal judge this week in Texas made the opposite call, barring the federal government from enforcing a legal interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act that would require Texas hospitals to provide abortion services if the health or life of the mother is at risk. In Idaho, the ban makes performing an abortion in any “clinically diagnosable pregnancy” a felony punishable by...

Top political adviser Wang Yang met the newly elected leaders of two state-sponsored church bodies in ChinaHe urged them to deepen ‘Sinicisation’ by fostering politically reliable clergy so control remains in the hands of patriotsTop political adviser Wang Yang has urged new Catholic leaders in China to resist foreign influence and ensure that control of the church remains in the hands of patriots. He made the remarks after the two state-sponsored Catholic Church bodies in China elected new leaders at a twice-a-decade conference that wrapped up in Wuhan, Hubei province on Saturday. During the three-day meeting, Archbishop Joseph Li Shan...

Organizers have confirmed that participants in Germany’s “synodal way” will vote next month on a controversial proposal that would create a powerful permanent “synodal council” to oversee the local Church. The organizers announced on Aug. 22 that a total of 14 papers will be put to a vote at the initiative’s fourth plenary assembly in Frankfurt on Sept. 8-10. They include a text entitled “Sustainable strengthening of Synodality: A Synodal Council for the Catholic Church in Germany,” which will have its second reading on Sept. 9. If the document passes its second reading, it will be formally adopted as a...

The war currently underway in Ukraine, which pits Ukraine as a proxy for the collective West against Russia, is primarily an ideological or religious one, with Russia representing what is left of Christian Europe, and “the West” representing a totalitarian ideology that abhors religion in general and Christianity in particular. This statement may sound strange, given the fact that some Westerners – though fewer every day – still see “the West,” (basically Europe and North America) as Christian, and Russia as Communist, or crypto-Communist.

Two people who are part of a religious organization that believes in the sovereign citizen movement have been arrested for breaking into and squatting in the home of NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. According to WBTV, the couple broke into the Mooresville, NC mansion and have been squatting inside. The home is currently listed for sale for $15,995,000. Darius Trrone Hall, 29, has been charged with breaking and entering, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, carrying a concealed gun, and second-degree trespassing. Nataijah Shaieena Fields, 37, was charged with breaking and entering, two counts of contributing...

Roughly six in 10 Republicans responding to a new poll believe that former President Donald Trump should be their party's presidential nominee in 2024.The poll, conducted by USA Today/Ipsos, found that 59% of Republicans want Trump as their nominee in 2024, compared to 41% who want someone else representing the party.Conversely, 44% of Democrat respondents say President Joe Biden "deserves reelection," while 56% said it's "time for a change" regarding who represents them in 2024."Republican voters in this poll tell us they clearly want a fighter in 2024, and they see Trump as their champion," Ipsos President Cliff Young said,...

Stew Peters did an episode looking into the deaths of Canadian doctors after the vaccine mandates were rolled out. But here is new info that is even more shocking.Steve Kirsch5 hr agoWatch this episode of Stew Peters which talks about the increased number of young doctors dying in Canada: Basically, you can view Canadian doctor deaths at www.cma.ca/memoriam.This tweet got my attention: But the 2019 numbers are misleading because it reflects only part of 2019. The full number was probably around 170 for the year. So the number of doctor deaths in 2021 seems to be about double normal, but...

Friday afternoon, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a visitor who fell from the rim west of the Bright Angel Point Trail on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, KTLA sister station KTVX reports. Responding rangers located the body of a 44-year-old man approximately 200 ft. below the rim. The visitor was reportedly off the trail when he accidentally fell off the edge. The man has not yet been identified, and additional details have not yet been released. Rangers say visitors should remain on designated trails and walkways, staying a safe distance from the...

The discovery of the three bodies on Indonesia's Alor Island, dating from 7,500 to 12,000 years ago, sheds new light on burial practices and migration through the area... Dr. Sofia Samper Carro said the three burials are significant because the positioning of each body shows a different mortuary practice. Dr. Samper Carro said this might relate to multiple migratory routes through the area from thousands of years ago...The mere process of finding and uncovering the bodies saw Dr. Samper Carro and her team uncover more than 250 bones, including the three bodies, which were in a seated, flexed (on side)...

President of the Pontifical Academy for Life: Abortion Liberalization “is a Pillar of our Social Life.” Asked about Italy's abortion law yesterday on Italian public television network Rai 3, Abp. Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said the following: "I think that Law 194 [the law that liberalized abortion in Italy] is now a pillar of our social life.” And when asked, “Is it not up for debate?” - Paglia replied: “But no, absolutely not, absolutely not.”

While Katie Hobbs continues to ignore public demands that she debate Kari Lake, three new reasons she may want to avoid a face-to-face with her gubernatorial opponent came to light this past week with the issuance of three Decision Orders by the Arizona Supreme Court in election challenges to voter initiatives.The Decision Orders were signed by Chief Justice Robert Brutinel, and point the finger directly at Hobbs for failing in her role as Arizona Secretary of State to implement a process that allows petition circulators to comply with Arizona Revised Statute 19-118.One of the three challenged initiatives involves the Voters’...

Anthony Fauci announced on Monday that he will step down from his National Institutes of Health leadership posts in December, and the fact that this is a major news story suggests the problem with his tenure. He became the main symbol of the rule by experts who imposed lockdowns on America and brooked no scientific debate on Covid. Dr. Fauci has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984, and his personal research contributions are impressive. He first became known to the public during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and his agency was an...

“In some pockets of space, far beyond the limits of our observations,” wrote cosmologist Dan Hooper at the University of Chicago in an email to The Daily Galaxy, referring to the theory of eternal inflation and the inflationary multiverse: “the laws of physics could be very different from those we find in our local universe. Different forms of matter could exist, which experience different kinds of forces. In this sense, what we call ‘the laws of physics’, instead of being a universal fact of nature, could be an environmental fact, which varies from place to place, or from time to...

President Biden has announced that the federal government will forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for Americans making less than $125,000 annually as well as extend the student loan repayment moratorium. This plan is estimated to cost taxpayers $330 billion and should be seen as the most unfair, outrageous, and disgraceful decision in many years. The president is telling Americans that they do not have to bear any responsibility for their voluntary obligations in borrowing money or going into debt. His proposal is also regressive and inflationary, and possibly unconstitutional.

[Catholic Caucus] Abp. Viganò: By praising legalized abortion, the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life has aligned himself with the anti-Christ ideology of the UN, WHO'As Shepherd and Successor of the Apostles, I am unable not to condemn with the greatest force Paglia’s scandalous words, which contradict the Gospel and the teaching of the Roman Pontiffs.'(LifeSiteNews) — The President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vincenzo Paglia, in the course of an interview given to Italian television channel RaiTre on August 26 (here), referred to the infamous Law 194 legalizing abortion as “a pillar of our social life,” scandalizing...

Jason Jenkins, the Dolphins’ senior vice president of communications and community affairs, died Saturday, the team announced at halftime of its preseason game against the Eagles. He was 47. The cause of death is not known. The Palm Beach Post reported Jenkins died after “a medical emergency.” Jenkins had been a senior VP since 2015 and worked for the Dolphins since 2009.

DETROIT – Detroit police want help identifying a suspect in four separate shootings that happened early Sunday morning. According to Detroit police Chief James White, a 44-year-old woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds at 4:45 a.m. in the area of Wyoming and Margareta avenues. While police were investigating that shooting, a witness found a 28-year-old man who had been shot multiple times in the area of 7 Mile Road and Wyoming Avenue. At around 6:50 a.m. a woman in her 40s was found shot multiple times in the 19700 block of Livernois Avenue. At 7:10 a.m. a man...

Former FBI official Peter Strzok said in an interview that foreign intelligence services in countries, including Russia, have been "absolutely" interested in gaining access to former President Donald Trump's Florida property, Mar-a-Lago. Strzok's comments come after the FBI raided the property earlier this month as part of an investigation into whether Trump potentially mishandled classified information. During his interview, Katie Phang asked Strzok if he believes it's a possibility that the Russians would have been interested and "possibly tried to infiltrate" Mar-a-Lago. "Well Katie, absolutely the Russians, but not just the Russians, any competent foreign intelligence service, whether that's those...

Two men were arrested on Thursday and Friday in connection with the murder of 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel last week, who was shot to death at her family's home in Liverpool, northwestern England, on Monday evening, police said. A 33-year-old man and a 36-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of murder, as well as two counts of attempted murder, but were both released on bail. The 36-year-old, however, was later returned to prison for violating the terms of his license, which is similar to probation.