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“Pope Francis” is Our Reward for Tolerating the Errors of Vatican IIAs we end the liturgical year, and begin another Advent with Francis still occupying the papacy, we cannot escape the reality that the Church’s crisis has grown significantly worse over the past year. All but the most obstinate self-deceivers recognize that Rome has not only lost the Faith but has also become the loudest voice against the true Faith. It appears that we now hear Satan’s unfiltered voice through these false shepherds. We naturally look back to Benedict XVI’s abdication with more dismay as the Francis crisis deepens —...

The body of an 18-year-old Israeli from the Druze town of Daliyat el-Karmel, southeast of Haifa, is being held by armed Palestinian Arabs in the city of Jenin, it was cleared for publication on Tuesday night. The young Israeli man was seriously injured in a car accident in the area and was evacuated by the Red Crescent to a hospital in the city, where he was pronounced dead. When it became known that he was an Israeli citizen, terrorists from the "Jenin Brigade" kidnapped his body and are now holding it. Efforts are currently underway to secure the release of...

As expected, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cleared the way for the Soros-backed Latino Media Network’s (LMN) purchase of 18 Televisa Univision radio stations, among them Miami’s Radio Mambí. Inside Radio reported this on Monday:The FCC decision clears the way for the closing of the sale that involves 18 stations including 10 AMs and eight FMs in the largest U.S. markets, including eight of the top 10 Latino markets. Markets included are Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, McAllen, Fresno, and Las Vegas. LMN, a new company founded by social entrepreneurs Stephanie Valencia and Jess...

Covid and flu spread more quickly in winter so, if you’re pregnant, the best thing you can do to stay safe is to boost your immunity with free vaccinationsCovid and flu jabs reduce the risk of serious complications from both diseases – and you can get them at any stage of your pregnancy. If you haven’t had a booster dose in over six months, you’re up to three times more likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19. Dr Robyn Powell is a consultant in emergency medicine, founder and CEO of Breastfeeding for Doctors, and a mum of three. She knows...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the outgoing chief medical adviser to the White House, said he would “cooperate fully” with any congressional hearings as Republicans vowed to investigate him if they took control of the House or Senate. “If there are oversight hearings, I absolutely will cooperate fully and testify before the Congress,” Fauci said during his last White House press briefing on Tuesday before stepping down as chief medical adviser to the White House later this year.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, hoping to become the next Speaker of the House, called for the resignation of President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, declaring him a threat to the nation’s sovereignty. If Mayorkas resists, McCarthy threatened House Republicans will consider impeachment proceedings against him. McCarthy made the announcement during a press conference along the United States-Mexico border, where he noted that under Mayorkas’s leadership, the U.S. has seen “the greatest wave of illegal immigration in recorded history, with an estimated 5.5 million border encounters since Biden took office in February 2021.

"And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him." "For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. "But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another." Luke, Chapter 5 1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw...

Rabbi Green Harassed By DCF – Political & Religious Persecution Targets The Esteemed Rabbi Green During The High Holidays At a time of introspection, joy, and family gatherings, “these insolent and Godless tyrants threaten to seize my dear children and rip them away from their joyous home,” laments Green. He was informed that seven of his children could be removed by DCF (aka CPS Child Protective Services) based on bogus, inconsequential accusations made through mandatory reporting.

Unveiling of an early 17th-century painting has caused a stir—but what does the evidence say?The unveiling and proposed £10m sale of an early 17th century portrait, reputedly of William Shakespeare, has caused a stir. The attribution is being debated, but what does the evidence show? The inner frame of the 20 x 18 inch portrait includes the title Shakespeare, but this is an 18th- or19th-century addition, when the painting was relined. The figure portrayed is a bearded, balding man in shirt and doublet, with the top left and right of the canvas helpfully inscribed 1608 and AE (aged) 44...

Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigationA major French criminal court case reached a verdict last week after a judge pronounced the "dissolution" of the Parisian gallery Belle et Belle, which offered dozens of drawings and prints stolen by a handyman from the daughters of Jacqueline Picasso and the gallerist Aimé Maeght. In a ruling on 18 November, the owners of Belle et Belle, the 80-year-old Anne Pfeffer and her husband Herbert, were found guilty of having purchased and concealed stolen art. They have been given suspended jail sentences of...

Most people's view of politics is shaped by the stifling limits of the two-party system. Politics is seen as something politicians do, which has little to do with "us." The two parties, the Democrats and Republicans, appear, to quote Frederick Engels, as "two great gangs of political speculators, who alternately take possession of the state power and exploit it by the most corrupt means and for the most corrupt ends--and the nation is powerless against these two great cartels of politicians, who are ostensibly its servants, but in reality exploit and plunder it." It should be no surprise, then, that...

Meta's Pixel tracking tool is causing more headaches, this time for people filing their taxes online. The Markup has discovered that large tax prep services like H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer have been sending users' sensitive contact and financial information to Facebook through the Pixel. This sometimes included income data, filing statuses and even kids' college tuition grants. Intuit's TurboTax also uses the Pixel to send data, although that's limited to usernames and the last sign-in dates for given devices.

Hundreds of suspected wife-beaters, burglars, drunk drivers, and berserkers of various intensity will not face justice in Oregon's most populous county, according to leftist Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. For lack of public defenders, dangerous personalities are being set free under the justified impression that Portland, the slogan of which is "the City that Works," is a legally dysfunctional city in a legally dysfunctional county. Schmidt announced on Monday that in "February of this year, a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge dismissed the first of what is now nearing 300 cases due to a lack of defense counsel over...

Former President Donald J. Trump holds a towering 30-point lead over the rest of the potential 2024 Republican primary field, according to a poll.In an Emerson College Polling survey released Tuesday, 55.1 percent of registered voters said they would vote for Trump in the 2024 GOP primary, placing him 30.3 points ahead of his nearest competitor, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). The Florida governor garnered 24.8 percent of the response.Former Vice President Mike Pence came in third place as 7.5 percent of participants said they would back him, and 3.6 percent would support outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the vice chair...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was swiftly ridiculed for decrying the mass shooting in Colorado, while her own city is plagued with rampant gang violence and fatal shootings. The Democratic mayor responded to the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado, where five people were killed and dozens were injured, by saying that it made her "sick." "I’m sick of this s---. How many people need to be murdered? How many lives torn apart? Until it actually stops? We don’t have to live like this. And we don’t have to die like this," she wrote on Twitter on Sunday. This...

Noah’s Ark is among the best known and most captivating of all Old Testament stories: After creating humans, God became so displeased with them that he struck Earth with an all-encompassing flood to wipe them out—with one noteworthy (and seaworthy) exception: the biblical patriarch and his family, accompanied by pairs of each of the planet’s animals, who rode out the deluge in an enormous wooden vessel. For people who accept the religious text as a historically accurate account of actual events, the hunt for archaeological evidence of the Ark is equally captivating, inspiring some intrepid faithful to comb the slopes...

Incidents involving Football Association of Wales staff and Wales supporters having rainbow-coloured bucket hats confiscated before the Group B opener against the USA are being urgently investigated by authorities. Fifa and the Qataris were in talks on the matter on Tuesday, where Fifa reminded their hosts of their assurances before the tournament that everyone was welcome and rainbow flags would be allowed. The Guardian also understands Fifa is deeply concerned about several incidents around the match, including Welsh FA staff and fans being confronted by security for bringing the hats into the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium and a US fan...

Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, the first-ever house of prayer in Israel for Bnei Menashe immigrants from India, was inaugurated last Shabbat (Nov. 19) in the northern Israeli city of Nof Hagalil. About 150 worshippers, most of them members of the community, attended. ..... “The opening of the first synagogue in Israel for the Bnei Menashe is an historic and exciting event. Just like any other Jewish community, the Bnei Menashe have their own unique customs, traditions and hymns, which are worthy of preservation. We are delighted that the Bnei Menashe immigrants will now have a synagogue of their own in which...

Critics claim food companies and restaurants are taking advantage of inflation to raise prices higher and higher.If you’ve been grocery shopping lately, you’ve probably noticed markedly higher prices on items like bread, milk, and eggs. It’s been widely reported that inflation has driven up prices, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ food index, a measure of price changes in grocery stores and restaurants, increased 11.2% year over year last month. But a new New York Times report says some food companies may be raising prices higher than inflation calls for—just because they can. “Corporations have used inflation, the pandemic, and...

Swiping, benching, ghosting… Dating apps can be so cold. Now that disgruntled singles are realising the best way to meet someone is in real life, will a new world of ‘offline dating’ bring people back togethercan’t remember how we started talking, only that we were sitting on the rooftop of a friend’s house with the fake leather of the sofa underneath us tacky on the back of my thighs. He wasn’t my usual type. In his vintage football shirt and mullet he looked a bit like an art school student, but he was funny enough to make up for it....