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Bishop Schneider: Pope’s ‘persecution’ of the Latin Mass an ‘abuse of power’ which must be resisted‘The current persecution’ against the traditional liturgy resembles the Arian persecution of the Catholic faith, said Bishop Schneider.PITTSBURGH (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Athanasius Schneider has described Pope Francis’ restrictions on the traditional Mass as a “gross abuse of the papal office” which “violate the 2,000 year tradition” of the Catholic Church.His Excellency made the comments in his prepared address to participants of the Catholic Identity Conference, organized by The Remnant in Pittsburgh over the weekend. The full recording of his talk, along with that of...

Researchers joined efforts to use machine learning and management of patients with cirrhosis to develop a non-invasive algorithm that can help clinicians identify patients with cirrhosis at highest risk for severe complications. There are two clinical stages of liver cirrhosis: compensated and decompensated. Patients with compensated liver cirrhosis have very few or even no symptoms. However, patients may progress decompensated cirrhosis, which occurs with severe complications. Unfortunately, the measurement of the risk of decompensation in patients with compensated cirrhosis currently requires an invasive procedure. i.e., the measurement of the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG). An elevated HVPG ≥10 mmHg is...

CNN — Sometimes you see a polling result that jumps out from the page. That was the case when I saw a recently released Gallup poll on who Americans think can better handle the issue that is most important to them. Put in a historical context, this poll potentially portends very good things for Republicans come November. We’re all used to polls that ask voters which issue is most important to them. Gallup puts the question to Americans open-ended, meaning a respondent can say anything from the mundane (e.g. inflation) to the inane (e.g. clowns). Gallup, unlike other pollsters, has...

President Joe Biden voiced concerns that there were not enough abortions allowed in the United States after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The president warned that “extremist laws” in Republican states were limiting abortions across the country, which he complained was backward.

It is a busy week for Kari Lake and for Republicans who harbor White House ambitions. Several are more than eager to share the stump with the Arizona gubernatorial candidate, a fact that Democrats believe underscores their arguments about the “ultra MAGA” right and the rise of GOP extremism. Tuesday morning in Scottsdale, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will have coffee with Lake and her supporters. The next afternoon in the Phoenix suburbs, Lake will share the stage with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Former President Donald Trump arrives Sunday to host a rally in the town of Prescott Valley.

Aretha Franklin was tracked by the FBI for 40 years as the agency repeatedly sought but ultimately failed to tie the Queen of Soul to “extremists” and “radicals,” newly declassified documents reveal. The 270-page FBI file — obtained by Rolling Stone magazine — details how the feds spied on the “Respect” songstress through “false phone calls, surveillance, infiltration and highly-placed sources” from 1967 to 2007. The FBI’s suspicion of the late star was laid bare in the cache of documents, which included a slew of phrases, such as “black extremists,” “procommunist,” “hate America,” “radical,” “racial violence” and “militant blackpower.” “I’m...

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." "Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved." Matthew, Chapter 5 1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set,...

MILWAUKEE - Most voters in Wisconsin who spoke with Fox News said addressing climate change is more important than curbing inflation ahead of the November midterm elections. "Climate change is going to affect our children, our children's children," Heather, from Green Bay, said. But Matt, from Milwaukee, said he cares more about lowering inflation as he feels the impact of price hikes every day. "It comes out of my pocket," Matt said. "I pay for that, and it's easy for me to pick out." Nearly 80% of Democratic Wisconsin voters said climate change was the most concerning issue, an August...

Boise-based Micron Technology announced today that they are spending big money, no considerable money east of the great river. Folks are wondering just how much money Micron will spend, considering they announced spending fifteen billion dollars to build a new Fab in Boise. Just like in Boise, Micron leadership thanked the democrats for passing the CHIPs and Science Act. The legislation gave billions of dollars to encourage companies to bring back fabs and other technological facilities to America. “I am grateful to President Biden and his Administration for making the CHIPS and Science Act a priority, to Senator Schumer and...

Kanye West is “not alone” in his skepticism at the Black Lives Matter movement, a leading black professor has said. The rapper’s views are reflected by African American communities across the country despite the “harm” his actions may cause, political scientist Tatishe M. Nteta warned. While the 45-year-old singer is not upholding the beliefs traditionally held by black people across the US, there will be people within communities who agree with him, he added. […] Nteta said he is “very skeptical” BLM will ever reach the highs it did in 2020 — but Kanye’s controversial shirt and comments has thrown...

U.S. startup SpinLaunch — the company that aims to disrupt the rapidly-growing satellite launch industry by catapulting payloads into space with minimal rocket fuel — has just passed a massive test.

President Trump’s team has requested that the Supreme Court look into the Biden FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago. Axios is reporting: Former President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court ruling to allow the Department of Justice to review classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago, per a filing. Why it matters: Tuesday’s emergency request by Trump’s legal team marks a major escalation in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe. Driving the news: Trump’s legal team in the Tuesday filing said the 11th Circuit lacked the judicial authority to stay the special master order “authorizing the review of seized...

British couple was kidnapped, murdered and fed to crocodiles while searching a nature reserve in South Africa for rare seeds, a court heard Tuesday. Horticulturist Rod Saunders, 74, and his wife, microbiologist Dr. Rachel Saunders, 63, were camping in the remote Ngoye Forest Reserve when they disappeared in February 2018, the Daily Mail reported. The couple was last heard from on Feb. 8, when they told an employee about their plans to camp in the reserve 30 miles north of Durban. Police now say that Sayefundeen Aslam Del Vecchio, his wife, Bibi Fatima Patel, and their tenant Mussa Ahmad Jackson...

A Catholic mother who has been praised by JK Rowling claims she had her personal devices seized in a police raid and was quizzed by cops over a series of 'malicious' posts on the far-right chat board KiwiFarms. Caroline Farrow, a journalist and mother-of-five, shared a lengthy thread online detailing her experience with Surrey Police after two police officers reportedly 'forced' their way into her home to arrest her last night. While in the middle of preparing a roast dinner for her priest husband Robin and five children on Sunday, two police officers rang her at home and allegedly demanded...

Voters overwhelmingly oppose sexually explicit books in public school libraries, and believe schools have an obligation to inform parents what their children are being taught. A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and the Capitol Resource Institute finds that 89% of Likely U.S. voters think it is important that public schools fully inform parents about what is being taught to their children in classrooms, including 70% who say it is Very Important.

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party remained in Herschel Walker’s corner Tuesday following a report that alleged the pro-life Senate hopeful from Georgia paid for an ex-girlfriend to get an abortion 13 years ago. Trump said Walker, whom he encouraged to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has been “slandered and maligned by the Fake News Media and obviously, the Democrats.” “Interestingly, I’ve heard many horrible things about his opponent, Raphael Warnock, things that nobody should be talking about, so we don’t. Herschel has properly denied the charges against him, and I have no doubt he is correct,” the...

As drug legalization groups and the cannabis industry lobby to legalize cannabis across the United States, with initiatives to legalize marijuana on the November ballot in five more states, many experts warn this will only increase the physical and mental harm from the unregulated, high-potency cannabis. President of the American Board of Pain Medicine and a vice president of the International Academy on the Science and Impacts of Cannabis, Dr. Ken Finn, said high potency cannabis use is being linked to poisonings in young children, as well as psychosis and schizophrenia in an increasing number of regular users. “A lot...

Paul Kutz, 53, was married with three adult children and owned a Long Island financial planning business. He was shot and killed early Sunday morning, when police said he was gunned down by a homeless man whom he didn’t know during a "random" attack in a hotel lobby.

Dimitri Simes On our pilot episode of «Against The Trend» we will focus on the conflict in Ukraine and the geopolitical implications that it poses. Our guest today is Douglas Macgregor, Colonel of U.S. Army (Ret.), Ph.D.

The U.S. national debt has passed $31 trillion for the first time in history. Treasury Department data released on today showed the total national debt was $31.123 trillion as of Monday. The new milestone was reached even as the federal government’s insatiable spending has slowed considerably as the COVID pandemic has waned. In the months following the outbreak, the national debt rose by $1 trillion in just a month’s time — not just once, but twice in 2020. As a result, the federal government spent $3.1 trillion more than it received in 2020, and it spent $2.8 trillion more than...