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In a message for the upcoming Season of Creation, Albanian Archbishop Angelo Massafra of Shkodër-Pult, a member of the Pastoral Social Care Commission of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE), echoes Pope Francis’ call for an ecological conversion, recalling that the current climate crisis is mainly attributable to the actions of man.As the Church prepares to celebrate the Season of Creation, from 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to 4 October 2021, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron Saint of Ecology, the European Bishops join Pope Francis in urging...

CNA Newsroom, Aug 29, 2022 / 10:05 am The chief organizer of the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality has decried as “denunciation" the number of public criticism of the German "Synodal Way."Cardinal Mario Grech said he did “not agree with the method used by the critics" of the German process in an interview with the German publication "Herder Thema."The secretary general for the Synod of Bishops added that he disapproved of the style: "I think a fraternal correction and dialogue is very positive. But why a public denunciation? It doesn't help. It only polarizes further." Grech also said he could...

As if high school weren’t scary enough: a Harrisburg building once used as a secondary school will host a haunted house this fall. The Bridge Eco Village, which is located in a building that was once the Bishop McDevitt High School, has announced a haunted attraction in partnership with Rotten Concepts. The attraction will be called The Unholy Schoolhouse, and plays into the building’s past as a parochial school under the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. “We wanted to keep the theme of the school,” said Dennis Miller Jr., founder of Rotten Concepts. “We wanted to capitalize on what it was.”...

Megan Fox served looks and dropped bombshells in her cover girl appearance in Glamour magazine. The Midnight in the Switchgrass actress discussed her love life, acting career, and son Noah. Megan Fox’s blood drinking was another topic of conversation, as was her manifestation of Machine Gun Kelly. As far as her family life, she briefly discussed her children. Megan has three children with her ex, Brian Austin Green, Noah, 9, Bodhi, 8, and Journey, 5. But it was Megan’s eldest child, Noah, who she talked about with Glamour. The protective and proud mother shared that Noah started wearing dresses at...

President Joe Biden called on Americans to “stop” MAGA Republicans, whom he consistently cast as a dark force against democracy in his “Soul of the Nation” prime-time speech on Thursday. While much of the president’s dark and brooding speech focused on demonizing MAGA Republicans, one particular moment took the demonization a step further when the president appeared to suggest that Americans take up the mantle of isolating Trump supporters.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In” that President Joe Biden had an obligation to call out “temptation toward violence” of so-called “MAGA Republicans.” Johnson said, “In the wake of Mar-a-Lago, and the wake of the attack of the FBI field office. I believe that President Biden felt like he had an obligation to give that speech. I felt it was notable that he mentioned Donald Trump by name, something he rarely does. I think it’s notable that he called out ‘MAGA Republicans’ for not telling the truth, for not respecting the Constitution, for not...

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is asking former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) to voluntarily sit with its investigators, claiming he advised the Trump team in the days after the former president’s loss in the 2020 election. “Information obtained by the Select Committee suggests that you provided detailed directives about the television advertisements that perpetuated false claims about fraud in the 2020 election, that you sought ways to expand the reach of this messaging, and that you were likely in direct conversations with President Trump about these efforts,” the committee wrote in its...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called on President Biden to use a prime-time speech to apologize for a remark calling “MAGA” philosophy “semi-fascism.” “President Biden has chosen to divide, demean and disparage his fellow Americans. Why? Simply because they disagree with his policies. That is not leadership,” McCarthy said in a prebuttal speech to Biden’s planned address from the president’s hometown of Scranton, Pa., Thursday evening.

As RedState reported, excerpts from Joe Biden’s “MAGA speech” previewed a gross abuse of the Executive Office of the President. Sure enough, that’s exactly what was delivered as the president appeared in Philidelphia, standing in front of a blood-red background, flanked by Marines. Lines were crossed that can’t be uncrossed, from the use of the military as props in a blatantly political speech to Biden suggesting that nearly half the country is a “danger” to the republic. This was a speech that went far beyond anything seen in the modern era of presidential addresses. Of course, because we are dealing...

MAGA American Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec Biden just declared MAGA Americans an enemy class but we are supposed to believe the upcoming Trump indictment it totally unconnected 7:58 PM · Sep 1, 2022

CNN chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins said Thursday on “Anderson Cooper 360” President Joe Biden’s speech was a “full frontal attack” on “MAGA Republicans.” Collins said, “It was a very political speech. I think with the exception of the speech that he gave on the anniversary of January 6 at the Capitol. This might be the most political, most forceful speech in that sense that he has given since taking office.”

VIDEOJoe Biden's very angry TDS speech in Philadelphia flopped so badly that even a Washington Post columnist, James Hohmann, gave it a big THUMBS DOWN.

CLAIM: President Joe Biden said that Republican political leaders were not only predicting, but calling for “rioting in the streets.” VERDICT: FALSE. No Republican leader called for violence; Biden, again, apparently misquoted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

"Mashed Potato Time" is a 1962 single written by Brian Holland, Daniel Rey, Dee Dee King, Freddy Gorman, Georgia Dobbins, Kal Mann, Robert Bateman, William Garrett, and performed by Dee Dee Sharp, with backing vocals by The Orlons, on her debut album It's Mashed Potato Time. The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance move, which was a fad at the time. It was one of several songs that came out at that time that referenced the dance. Dee Dee Sharp - "Mashed Potato Time" (1962)

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. It's casual FRiday here at the Canteen. Pull up a seat and relax. We serve coffee, tea, conversation and music. Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here. Birthday wishes for all of the September babies.No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a cup...

"On Thursday evening, President Joe Biden delivered his first primetime address to the nation in months, using the speech to attack the Republican Party with nearly two months until voters hit the ballot box nationwide in their states’ respective primaries." "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic." "Biden said that his "duty" as president to "tell you the truth," stating that "MAGA republicans do not respect the Constitution, they do not believe in the rule of law, they do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept...

In a surprising change to its Minor Guest Policy that applies to passengers under 21 years of age, Carnival Cruise Line has instituted an onboard youth curfew for all its vessels. The curfew will only apply to travelers 17 years of age and younger, and goes into effect immediately across the entire fleet. Curfew for Young Guests Outlined on the cruise line’s Minor Guest Policy page, the new curfew is as follows: “Guests 17 years of age and under who are not accompanied by an adult in their traveling party, 21 years of age or older, must be clear of...

If anyone wants to watch it at leisure (starts at about 10:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffvlm5gbz8

A Boston grandmother has been fined $2.1million by the IRS for failing to report $4.2million in a Swiss bank account given to her by her Jewish father who fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s. Monica Toth's father, a successful businessman, opened the account shortly before his death in 1999 in case his daughter ever needed to flee the country to escape persecution as he did. Her father was traumatized by his family's experience of escaping Nazi Germany in the mid-1930s, when he relocated to Argentina, where his daughter was born, according to Reason. 'Like many who fled Germany or later...

President Joe Biden was flanked by two Marines and bathed in red light against a brick wall as he delivered a prime time address in which he told Americans that those he called “MAGA Republicans” were a threat to the United States and to American democracy. Biden delivered the speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the birthplace of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But the style of his address — carried on every news network — oddly recalled that of leaders in military juntas.