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Cartels mutilate, cut throats, torture, off fingersAttacks against priests in Mexico have risen to an unbearable level. Organized criminals have turned to hunting down and maiming parish clergy to rise up the ranks of drug cartels and shut out the pastoral work they do in their communities. At least 70 priests have been killed — officially recognized — in recent decades, which makes Mexico the most dangerous country in the world to be a priest. The Centro Católico Multimedial keeps track of murdered priests (diocesan and religious) from 1990 to this year. In addition to murders, desecrations of temples have...

TUCKER CARLSON: The Democratic Party is replacing parents w In your head, you at all times think about the revolution when it begins. It will begin with tanks and gunfire with chaos and troopers on the street. You will know when it comes, however it by no means does. As an alternative, the actually massive modifications to American life, the profound ones that have an effect on all of us without end, these modifications virtually at all times start quietly with mild pleas for tolerance. We might love to do issues a little bit otherwise, they inform you. We might...

The Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins, participated in the pagan purification ritual of 'smudging,' as Pope Francis had done during his visit to Canada earlier this year.TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) — The Archbishop of Toronto organized and participated in an indigenous pagan ritual of purification, known as a “smudging” ceremony, in Toronto’s Cathedral of St. Michael on September 30. The smudging ritual took place directly in front of the main altar just before the beginning of Mass, which was presided over by Cardinal Thomas Collins. Both the ritual and the Mass were intended to mark the National Day for Truth and...

The body of a 12-year-old girl has been found inside a suitcase in Paris, according to reports. Her father became concerned after she failed to arrive home from school on Friday, BFMTV reported. The girl's mother reported her missing to the local police station in the French capital's northeastern 19th arrondissement later that day. Detectives quickly launched an investigation after signs of a kidnapping were discovered in the basement of the family home. CCTV footage then showed a woman outside the building carrying a suitcase, which was later found a few streets away in rue d'Hautpoul with the girl's corpse...

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is set to appear on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash and Jake Tapper on Sunday after weeks of establishment media ignoring Lake and her rise in the polls. Lake, a Trump-endorsed candidate and former local news correspondant, had critisized establisment media in the past for their bias in reporting on her candidacy; they even went so far as to attack her daughter in June.

They throw sculptures in Vatican Museums. Photo: La RepúblicaA man was detained by the Police and handed over to the Italian Authorities.(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.10.2022).- Two Roman busts of one of the Vatican Museums’ Galleries were violently thrown to the ground by a visitor from the United States on Wednesday, October 5. The incident happened in the Chiaramonti Gallery where, at the end of the morning, a man aged about 65, manifested his mental instability, talking to himself and asking to see the Pope. Moments later, he threw two busts to the ground in quick succession. The man...

Police in California say they have caught a suspected serial killer responsible for a handful of murders that have haunted the Stockton and Oakland areas. Authorities say they apprehended the suspect, identified as Wesley Brownlee, 43, just as he was about to claim another life. Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said on Saturday, 'Early this morning he was on a mission to kill, he was out hunting.' 'He was wearing dark clothing and had a mask around his neck. He was also armed with a firearm when he was taken into custody. We are sure we stopped another killing,' he...

Rome Newsroom, Oct 5, 2022 / 22:00 pm The prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, announced in a letter Oct. 5 that he will convene an extraordinary general congress in the first half of 2023 to adapt the prelature’s statutes to the instructions in the motu proprio Ad charisma tuendum.The head of Opus Dei made the announcement to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei, St. Josemaría Escrivá. Ocáriz explained in the letter that the Dicastery for the Clergy has advised the general council and the central advisory of Opus Dei not...

US diesel prices doubling. Diesel, the lifeline of the shipping industry, is UP 100% under Biden (that is, diesel prices have doubled) while the inventory of diesel fuel has declined by -37.5% under Biden. ... And you wonder why inflation is at 40 year highs?

World’s richest man previously said company would not pay for satellite internet in war-torn country indefinitely Elon Musk Elon Musk on Saturday announced that his company would continue to pay for Starlink satellite internet in war-torn Ukraine, a day after suggesting he could not keep funding the project. “The hell with it,” the world’s richest man wrote on Twitter. “Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.” Musk had said on Friday that SpaceX would not be able to pay for Starlink in Ukraine...

Alaska Republicans are calling on the Kentucky GOP to formally censure Sen. Mitch McConnell for the bluegrass senator’s interference in the Alaskan Senate contest against the party-endorsed candidate. On Thursday, the Alaskan Republican Party’s District 9 central committee passed a resolution to condemn the Senate minority leader’s spending on behalf of Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The incumbent senator running for a fourth full term in the upper chamber is locked in a tight contest against Donald Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka, who is also endorsed by the Alaskan Republican Party. McConnell’s super PAC to reclaim the majority, the Senate Leadership Fund, is...

These high school football players were flagged for patriotism. Simple gestures by the Irvington High School football team to honor fallen 9/11 first responders during a varsity game on Sept. 10 thrust an affluent Westchester suburb and its educrats into a politically-correct frenzy.

This is how Republican Senators voted with or against Joe Biden’s destructive agenda. Note: The U.S. Senate consists of: 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 2 Independents, who both caucus with the Democrats. Data show the RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) voted 54.50% to 69.10% of the time for Joe Biden’s radical and destructive agenda: – Susan Collins (ME): 69.10%– Lisa Murkowski (AK): 66.70% – Rob Portman (OH): 61.80% – Lindsey Graham (SC): 58.20% – Mitt Romney (UT): 56.40% – Mitch McConnell (KY): 54.50%

Data show ALL Democrat U.S. Senators, including the “independents” of Angus King and Bernie Sanders, voted 90% to 100% of the time with Joe Biden, except “moderate” Joe Manchin with 88.9%! Note: The U.S. Senate consists of: 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 2 Independents, who both caucus with the Democrats. [table]28% of Democrats voted 100% with Biden. 32% of Democrats voted 98% with Biden. [...] Midterm elections 2022: Vote Democrat if you want more destruction: Higher inflation, higher crime rates, higher gas and food prices, more illegal aliens and drugs crossing the southern border, etc.

“There is no question people are feeling pain at the grocery store and pump,” Warnock admitted about inflation. “While we are seeing record prices, a lot of our corporate actors are seeing record profits in the gas industry and the pharmaceutical industry.” Trump-endorsed Republican challenger Herschel Walker slammed Warnock for fueling inflation by spending massive amounts of taxpayer money.

When asked about his views on abortion, Warnock declined to say if he believed there should be any limitations on how late in a pregnancy the procedure can take place. (...) Walker responded that he was personally "a Christian, I believe in life," and said he hadn't "seen too many pastors" who openly support abortions. "I heard about [Warnock], I heard he was a neat talker," said Walker. "But did he not mention that there's a baby in that room as well? And did he not mention that he asking the taxpayer to pay for it? So he bringing the...

Truth Social, the social media platform created by former President Donald Trump, has soared to the top of the Android app download charts after finally being allowed in the Google Play Store this week. Upon becoming available, Truth Social quickly launched to the top of Android’s app downloads, making it not just the top social media app, but the most popular app in the Play Store overall, according to data from Sensor Tower. Truth Social has been available for iPhone users through the App Store since February, but Google had blocked the app from its Play Store for the majority...

While speaking on a panel, Zucker claimed CNN researched into the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop but admitted the network did not spend enough time vetting the authenticated story. CNN finally admitted 532 days Hunter’s “laptop from hell” was authentic after the initial story broke on October 24, 2020 — notably calling it “Russian disinformation” and “made up” at the time.

- The analysis...shows almost 2.2 million border crossers and illegal aliens have entered American communities since Biden took office — including nearly 1.35 million who were directly released into the U.S. interior by Biden’s DHS. - Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Projected to Hit Record 70M by 2060: - Changing Demographics: "During a speech for Hispanic Heritage Month, Biden celebrated that the U.S. foreign-born population has hit a record-breaking nearly 47 million and that 26 percent of students in American schools speak Spanish rather than English." - All part of the plan:

THE PARABLE OF THE FENCE Once upon a time there was a little boy who was talented, creative, handsome, and extremely bright...a natural leader. The kind of person everyone would normally have wanted on their team or project. But he was also self-centered and had a very bad temper. When he got angry, he usually said, and often did, some very hurtful things. In fact, he seemed to have little regard for those around him...even friends. So, naturally, he had few. "But," he told himself, "that just shows how stupid most people are!" As he grew, his parents became...