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[Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Roche, Synod cardinals avoid direct answers to questions on Latin Mass restrictionsThe Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments insisted the restrictions on the ancient liturgy were not his but Pope Francis’s.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The distress of faithful Catholics who love and attend the Traditional Latin Mass was brought to the attention of several high-ranking cardinals at the Vatican this weekend.Newly elevated Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, deflected the issue, insisting that the restrictions of the Latin Church’s ancient...

The 34-year-old attorney who had “never run for junior class president, let alone mayor” now holds the keys to the state’s most populous city. He brings with him a progressive agenda and much of the leftover to-do list of his father’s administration. He sees his victory – collecting 93% of the vote in Jackson’s 6 June election – as proof that even in a deep red Republican state, and even in the age of Trump, the city’s residents are ready to move in a new progressive direction. “The citizens of Jackson have demonstrated overwhelmingly a readiness to be a progressive...

CNA Newsroom, Aug 30, 2022 / 05:15 am After a website dedicated to Benedict XVI received thousands of congratulations in 24 languages on the occasion of his 95th birthday this year, the organizers moved to make www.BenedictusXVI.com available in English, broaden its scope — and take it international. Launched on Aug. 28, the new international version in English aims to provide a “beacon in the stormy seas” of rampant secularization, the Tagespost Foundation announced. Currently, the site offers a newsletter of inspirational quotes and excerpts from key texts by the noted theologian, biographical notes, background information, and a statement on...

In April, the Satanic Temple tried to establish an After School Satan Club in Northern Elementary School in York, Pennsylvania, but the school board did not support its attempts. On Tuesday, Northern York County School District approved a Satanic Temple event and allowed the organization to rent a high-school auditorium for a back-to-school fundraiser night, according to Fox News. "As a public school district, the use of our school facilities must be permitted without discrimination. We cannot and do not arbitrarily pick and choose which organization may or may not use our facilities. If we allow one organization, we must...

Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz helped revive a 27-year-old male passenger who collapsed on an American Airlines flight from Louisville to Philadelphia Saturday morning. "I was sitting in my seat and a woman a few rows ahead of me yelled out that there was a crisis," Oz said. "I ran to the bay and a gentleman had collapsed to the ground. He had been trying to get into the bathroom." "When I got to him, he was conscious but disoriented," the cardiothoracic surgeon continued. "I asked the stewardesses to come help and get me something with sugar in...

The Pontifical Academy for Life issued a statement Monday clarifying the academy's opposition to abortion after its president, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, called Italy's abortion law a 'pillar of our social life.'VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – The scandal-plagued Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) has clarified its president Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia’s recent remarks calling Italy’s permissive abortion law “a pillar” of Italian society. Speaking on Italian state television channel Rai Tre on Friday, Paglia said that Italy’s Law 194, which permits abortion for any reason within the first 90 days of pregnancy and for specified reasons thereafter, has now become “a pillar of...

Democrat Mary Peltola was the apparent winner of Alaska’s special U.S. House race and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress, after votes were tabulated Wednesday in the state’s first ranked choice election. Peltola led Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin after ballots were tallied and votes for third-place GOP candidate Nick Begich III were redistributed to his supporters’ second choices. Peltola, a Yup’ik former state lawmaker who calls Bethel home, is now slated to be the first woman to hold Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat.

I thought my 4-year-old was transgender. I was wrong. We raised both our sons as gender neutral as possible, with gender neutral clothes, toys, and language. It was a mistake I was a true believer. I was a social justice organizer and facilitator before social justice overtook the world. I was on the forefront, introducing the concept of intersectionality to progressive organizations, and having people share their pronouns. My friends and I felt we were the cool kids, the vanguard of revolutionary work to change the world, to achieve what people in the social justice movement call “collective liberation.” I...

Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman recently attended a fundraiser in the Hamptons, a previously unreported appearance as he recovers from a stroke and ramps up to face Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz -- whom he often attacks as an elitist celebrity versus his blue-collar style. Photos posted to a public Instagram on Aug. 19 show Fetterman, Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, at a gathering in Amagansett on Long Island. "Another fun one with our guy #johnfetterman #winning," Quinn Blackwell wrote in a caption. Blackwell declined to comment when reached by phone; he also made his account private. An account tagged in the photos,...

Ritter notes that Russian war aims have expanded to include the idea that Russian and Russian-speaking regions of the former Ukraine will come under Russian governance and control, noting that Ukraine has forfeited the right to govern Russians. He notes that these areas have basically been abandoned by Kiev one way or other.

A sponsor of the bill that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law late last year sought to clarify on Wednesday amid recent confusion by convenience and grocery store owners who believed they were required to ID people buying whipped cream much as they would alcohol and tobacco. The law bans people under age 21 from buying “whipped cream chargers” — devices that can be used to fill balloons with nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas, which is then inhaled for a high. While the devices are visually distinct from the refrigerator case cans of Ready Whip and other brands meant for...

EXCLUSIVE: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's claim that illegal immigrants aren’t just "walking across" the southern border has sparked anger and shock from Border Patrol agents — who witness hundreds of migrants flooding across the border every single day. "How out of touch can this administration possibly be?" one agent told Fox News. "Well, I guess this is a new level." Jean-Pierre was asked on Monday why migrants are allowed to illegally enter the U.S. without being vaccinated for COVID-19 but an unvaccinated foreign national traveling on a plane is not.

We’ve all repeated some form of tribal rhetoric because the underlying narrative came from people we strongly associate ourselves with. It becomes tribal rhetoric because it’s widely believed and accepted uncritically by those within the tribe. I’d love, for example, to meet this mysterious black person I keep hearing about from politicians who is completely incapable of getting to the DMV to receive a photo ID. When you apply critical thinking to the narrative that it’s racist to require people to provide photo ID to vote and it’s a Herculean effort for minorities to meet the request, you begin to...

Barack Obama and Joe Biden had such a "fraught relationship" that Obama wanted to drop Biden from the 2012 Democratic ticket, according to excerpts from a new book obtained by the Daily Mail. Obama considered replacing his vice president with Hillary Clinton, leaving Biden "distraught," according to The Long Alliance by Gabriel Debenedetti. Obama eventually stuck with Biden, though he was furious at his veep's decision to blurt out the administration's support for gay marriage, an announcement Obama wanted to make. Biden's actions were "tantamount to betrayal" and "an example of Biden trying to position himself in front of the...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Coasties On The Job! An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew, Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage and members of a remote community near Bethel, Alaska, take a moment for a photo August 28, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots. (U.S....

Share Tweet ... More Some Republican candidates are trying to publicly distance themselves from former President Trump just as President Biden is beginning to see small signs of Democrats more openly embracing him. Trump-endorsed candidates including Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz and Arizona Attorney General nominee Abe Hamadeh have scrubbed aspects of Trump’s presence from their Twitter accounts following their primary victories.

Pollster Rich Baris, Director at Big Data Poll, slammed David Wasserman’s Cook Political Report midterm predictions favoring Democrats as biased and based on his “love of flawed polls.” Baris took Wasserman to task after he tweeted an analysis of a downgraded “outlook for GOP gains from 20-35 seats to 10-20 seats.”

The largest children’s hospital in Chicago has created partnerships with local school districts to promote radical gender theory, “kink,” “BDSM,” and “trans-friendly” sex toys for children. I have obtained insider documents that reveal this troubling collaboration between gender activists at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and school administrators throughout the Chicago area. According to these documents, and a review of school district websites, Lurie Children’s Hospital has provided materials to school leaders promoting radical gender theory, trans activism, and sexually explicit materials in at least four Chicago-area public school systems: District 75, District 120, District 181, and District 204. According...

The Senate race between Democrat John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican, has garnered national attention in the past several weeks. The two are vying to fill what will be Pennsylvania's open Senate seat currently filled by Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican. Although Fetterman has been slightly leading in the polls, it's a slim enough lead where Dr. Oz can certainly make that up. In addition to being in the news for refusing to campaign with Biden and his racist comments about IDs, Fetterman has now made news for refusing to debate with Dr. Oz. NBC News' Zoë Richards...

Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election to fill Alaska's House seat for the remainder of 2022, according to unofficial results released by the Alaska Division of Elections, thwarting former Gov. Sarah Palin's bid at a political comeback -- at least for a few months. Peltola emerged as the victor Wednesday when Alaska's Division of Elections tabulated ranked-choice ballots in the state's first use of the system.