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Boston, Mass., Dec 12, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA). An independent review board in the Archdiocese of Chicago has said there is “no reason to suspect” Father Michael Pfleger is guilty of allegations that he sexually abused a minor more than 30 years ago, Cardinal Blase Cupich announced Saturday. Pfleger, a famous Chicago priest known for his social justice activism, has now been exonerated on four different sexual abuse allegations brought against him since 2021. The inner-city St. Sabina Catholic Church pastor was reinstated as pastor in June 2021 after it was announced in January 2021 that an allegation of...

Due to the risks bound up with the novelty of the technology of biometric data, the Church stands for the fundamental right of citizens to refuse biometric identification, according to the head of the Russian Church. In a letter to the Chairman of the Russian State Duma regarding a large on biometric personal data adopted in October, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill notes that while technological developments are welcome, “the Church has always called for people to remember the risks they inevitably bring with them,” reports patriarchia.ru. As the Patriarch notes, the Russian Council of Bishops adopted a document on personal...

[Catholic Caucus] Prominent Vatican theologian: Pontifical Academy for Life is undermining Catholic sexual moralityMonsignor Livio Melina warned that the Pontifical Academy for Life is promoting 'a real questioning of the entirety of sexual morality and the morality of life, which the Catholic Church has taught so far.' ROME (LifeSiteNews) – A prominent theologian and former head of the Rome-based John Paul II Institute on Marriage and the Family has warned that the Pontifical Academy for Life is proposing a “radical paradigm shift” which rejects the Church’s condemnation of contraception. Monsignor Livio Melina made his comments in his keynote address to...

The group was arrested on Dec. 22, 2018, while participating in the pro-life ministry Red Rose Rescue at the abortion facility in Trenton.TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey prosecutor has dropped charges against Father Fidelis Moscinski, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal, and three other pro-life advocates for trespassing at a Planned Parenthood center, according to the law firm defending the group. The group was arrested on Dec. 22, 2018, while participating in the pro-life ministry Red Rose Rescue at the abortion facility in Trenton. Father Moscinski is at the same time facing federal charges under the Freedom of Access...

A study of an international chess tournament has revealed that wearing a face mask significantly reduced the average quality of player decisions, impacting the cognitive performance of competitive chess players. Australian chess Grandmaster and University of Queensland Prof. David Smerdon analysed almost three million chess moves played by 8,531 people in 18 countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The decrease in performance was due to the annoyance caused by the masks rather than a physiological mechanism,” Smerdon said. “The data showed masks were more likely to decrease performance in situations where there was a demanding mental task with a...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Joint Base San Antonio, TexasJoint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is a United States military facility located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 502d Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The wing's three Mission Support Groups perform the installation support mission at the three bases that form JBSA. The facility is a Joint Base of the United States Army Fort Sam Houston, the United States Air Force Randolph Air Force Base, Lackland Air Force Base and Martindale Army Airfield.Joint Base...

CLAIM: President Joe Biden signed an executive order in March 2022 that will introduce a cashless society, make paper money worthless, give government new power to inhibit purchases and create a social credit score system like the one in China, which would punish people financially for certain behaviors. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The executive order doesn’t do any of these things. It urged Federal Reserve to explore whether central bank should create its own digital currency and directed Treasury Department and other federal agencies to study the impact of cryptocurrency on financial stability and national security. THE FACTS: In March, Biden...

Longtime Fox News host Mark Levin has been facing heat for supporting Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in his Speaker run after criticizing the California rep for years. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Az.) called Levin “the biggest fraud in politics right now.” “For years, this guy castigated McCarthy publicly (with no shame). Now, he is all in for him and wants his audience to turn a blind eye,” Biggs posted to Twitter. Biggs tweeted a graphic that described Levin as a “Total Fraud & Flip Flopper” and listed out tweets Levin made over the past 8 years criticizing and attacking McCarthy’s role...

Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii´s largest landowners, died on Sunday at the age of 96. Kawananakoa died peacefully in her Honolulu home with her wife, Veronica Gail Kawananakoa, at her side. 'Abigail will be remembered for her love of Hawai`i and its people,' her 69-year-old wife said in a statement, 'and I will miss her with all of my heart.' Her death was announced formally on Monday morning outside 'Iolani Palace, America's only royal residence where...

President Joe Biden's non-binary nuclear waste official has left the administration. Sam Brinton, 35, who uses 'they/their' pronouns, no longer has their Department of Energy job after they were accused of stealing luggage in two separate incidents. A Department of Energy spokesperson said on Monday evening: 'Sam Brinton is no longer a DOE employee. By law, the Department of Energy cannot comment further on personnel matters.' Brinton, who was appointed in June, is now accused of stealing suitcases from airports in Minneapolis and Las Vegas. The White House has repeatedly refused to comment on the scandal, claiming it is a...

resident Joe Biden's non-binary nuclear waste official has left the administration. Sam Brinton, 35, who uses 'they/their' pronouns, no longer has their Department of Energy job after they were accused of stealing luggage in two separate incidents. A Department of Energy spokesperson said on Monday evening: 'Sam Brinton is no longer a DOE employee. By law, the Department of Energy cannot comment further on personnel matters.' Brinton, who was appointed in June, is now accused of stealing suitcases from airports in Minneapolis and Las Vegas.

American officials will hold talks “this week” with Russian leaders about negotiations to release former Marine Paul Whelan, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday. “With respect to the question of whether we’ve had engagement with the Russian Federation on the Whelan case, we will have an engagement with them this week,” Sullivan told reporters. Sullivan was not asked about and did not address the case of American Marc Fogel — who like Whelan was left behind last week when President Biden signed off on a prisoner swap in which the US released convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout...

On Monday’s edition of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” ABC News Correspondent Matt Rivers reported from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico along the U.S.-Mexico border and stated that, in his years covering the border, he’s “never seen anything quite like” the “hundreds of people lined up” near the border. Rivers said, “These are the scenes in the shadow of downtown El Paso, hundreds of migrants crossing the Rio Grande in a matter of hours overnight, many forced to spend the night on the river bank burning whatever they could find for warmth.”

Josh Sigurdson reports on the news that BitChute, the popular alternative video sharing site has had their money frozen by HSBC after years of battling the big banks to be able to access their own funds as banks across the board censor people for having their own beliefs outside of the state and bank sanctioned groupthink. In this video, we break down exactly what happened to BitChute and what people can do to help. This is becoming a far too common thread as we see Ye among many others have their accounts shut down or frozen over words they say...

President Biden will establish a task force to coordinate government efforts to address antisemitism and other forms of religious bigotry, the White House said Monday, in the wake of a rise in antisemitic rhetoric from high-profile public figures. Biden is creating an interagency group led by the staff at the Domestic Policy Council and the National Security Council, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. The group’s first order of business will be to formulate a national strategy to counter antisemitism.

First, Sam Bankman-Fried agreed to testify in the House Financial Services Committee meeting on December 13, 2021. Then Bankman-Fried said he would testify remotely. Then ,,, he was arrested by the Bahama’s police. How convenient! Does this mean that SBF will testify from behind closed doors? According to Reuters, FTX’s Bankman-Fried says he will testify remotely at congressional hearing. WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, on Monday said he would testify remotely at Tuesday’s U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing to examine the collapse of the company. FTX filed...

Seventy-one percent of Americans believe accurate reporting of Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell” could have altered the 2020 presidential election, TIPP Insights polling revealed Monday. Leading up to the election, many in the establishment media falsely claimed Hunter’s laptop was Russian disinformation. Those false claims were pushed by many in the intelligence community, who suggested in a now-debunked Politico story from 2020 that Hunter’s laptop was “Russian disinfo.” The poll found over two-thirds of Americans believe the intelligence community intentionally lied to voters about the laptop by pushing big tech to censor the first report of Hunter’s laptop by Breitbart...

Upon hearing that Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas today, I realized that this man has too much on too many people (Waters, McConnell, ALL sorts of people). There is no way they permit him to live. So, being as I like to be ahead of the curve, let me state: 𝗦𝗔𝗠 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗠𝗔𝗡-𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛!

No article, just a comment from OiB: New quakes --- all minor --- in a very small area of California Who knows ... could be nothing

As temperatures in the UK plummet, National Grid, the transmission system operator, asked two contingency coal-fired power plants to be ready to send more electricity to the grid on Monday if needed. "We've issued a notification to warm two winter contingency coal units. This measure should give the public confidence in Monday's energy supply," National Grid said today, as temperatures dropped and snow fell in London, creating traffic chaos. ... With low temperatures and low wind speeds, wind generated just 7.6% of Britain's electricity on Saturday, National Grid ESO said on Sunday. Natural gas generated 62.0% of electricity, more than...