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Sandra Magister reveals that George Cardinal Pell was "Demos"There are no coincidences. Vox.The last writings of Cardinal Pell. And those diaries of imprisonment so dear to Benedict – Settimo Cielo - Blog - L'Espresso (repubblica.it)A memorandum is circulating among the cardinals about the upcoming conclave. Here it is – Settimo Cielo - Blog - L'Espresso (repubblica.it)THE VATICAN TODAYCommentators at every school, though for different reasons, with the possible exception of Father Spadaro SJ, agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or more respects, a catastrophe.1. The Successor of St Peter is the rock on which the Church...

DENVER (AP) — Earth’s fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top five or six warmest on record, government agencies reported Thursday. But expect record-shattering hot years soon, likely in the next couple years because of “relentless” climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas, U.S. government scientists said.

Taylor Dudley, a U.S. Navy veteran held in detention in Russia for nearly a year, was released Thursday, according to his family. Dudley was detained by Russian border patrol police in April after crossing from Poland into Kaliningrad. He was backpacking in Europe and looking for inspiration for possibly writing a book. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, a nonprofit founded by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, spearheaded the negotiations for Dudley's release. "Earlier today, Russian authorities released American Citizen Taylor Dudley, a 35-year-old Navy veteran, across the Polish border to Gov. Bill Richardson, his team, and a representative...

The sixties band, Buffalo Springfield, had a hit song that I think captures the dramatic developments in Ukraine and Russia over the last 36 hours — “There’s Something Happening Here.”The collapse of Ukrainian resistance in Soledar was confirmed even by some of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine, which means that Bakhmut is expected to fall under Russian control in the next few days. Russian forces are moving from the South, the North and the East and are creating a potential cauldron that will leave Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut surrounded.Remember my last article? I credited CNN with getting something right. Well,...

-The cause of Logan Holgate's death at the age of 18 are yet to be confirmed. -Holgate had featured as part of the England Community Lions Under-18s team. -He helped England win the Under-19 European Championship title in 2022. -Tributes have poured in from his club Salford Red Devils as well as the RFL Salford Red Devils Rugby League future star Logan Holgate, has tragically died at the age of 18. Tributes have flooded in after news broke on Wednesday that the teenager - who was part of the youth set-up at Salford - had passed away, with the Rugby...

The news has three more terrible stories about the inroads so-called “transgenderism” is making in society. This madness destroys our children and our country—and the Ur source of its power is Justice Neil Gorsuch. Now, there are only three ways to get ourselves out of the mess he put us in.As you contemplate the inroads so-called “transgender” madness is making in America, don’t lose sight of the fact that there are no studies that I’m aware of that prove that people can be born in the wrong body and that gender is just a societal construct. Instead, as my most...

Following the recent passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill by our Congress and the subsequent signing of it into law by our president, details of this massive spending frenzy were provided by Rep. Dan Bishop’s (R-NC) office. Thankfully, Congressman Bishop and his staff were able to provide citizens of our country with details on the 4,155-page, out-of-control spending bill, highlighting such things as $3 million for “bee-friendly highways,” $50 million to research North Atlantic Right Whales, $410 million to “remain available to Reimburse (“Reimburse”?) Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt Tunisia and Oman for enhanced border security (What?!).” Simultaneously, we all...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in South Texas seized more than $930,000 in U.S. currency during an attempted border crossing to Mexico. The officers found the undeclared cash in a vehicle being driven across the Brownville-Matamoros International Bridge on Tuesday. CBP officers assigned to the Brownsville-Matamoros International Bridge on January 10 observed a 2013 Chevrolet approaching in the exit lanes. Officers selected the vehicle for a “routine inspection” and directed the 21-year-old U.S. citizen driver to the secondary inspection area, according to a statement by CBP officials.

I have hearing loss. I get by with earbuds and subtitles, but I could use help. I imagine many people could benefit from this. I believe it’s possible to boost volume, because I have VLC Media Player, which boosts volume enormously. However, it only seems to work on DVDs. So, I still need help in boosting volume on internet videos and streams. An internet search yielded the BOOM 3D add-on, but reviews say its Volume Booster only works in Macs. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 15-3501, running Windows 11. I’ve searched Windows Settings and Registry Editor for help, without...

Several democrats, led by Anrew Weissman, have been thumping their chests boasting about the coming prosecution of Donald Trump. That has come to a complete stop. A second batch of classified documents has been 'found" by White House lawyers- in Biden's Wilmington garage. He claimed to be surprised by the first batch but when asked about the second batch he went batty Peter Doocy on new batch of classified documents found in Biden's garage: "Classified material next to your Corvette! What were you thinking?" Biden responds: "My Corvette is in a locked garage, OK? So it's not like they're sitting...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Jason Schofield, a former Rensselaer County elections commissioner, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully using the names and dates of birth of voters to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots. Schofield, 43, faces up to five years in prison on each count (a 12-count indictment), a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of up to three years. Schofield was arrested in September of 2022. The Department of Justice says Schofield pleaded guilty to unlawfully using the names and dates of birth of voters to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots during elections held...

And publicly humiliates hapless deputy PM for 'fooling around' Sergei Surovikin was demoted yesterday after just three months in command He was replaced by his heavily criticised understudy Gen. Valery Gerasimov An enraged Putin also publicly humiliated one of his deputy prime ministers Denis Manturov was blasted for failing to procure military and civilian planes During his short time overseeing the troops in Ukraine, Surovikin was credited with strengthening coordination, reinforcing control and introducing a campaign to knock out the invaded country's public utilities as a pressure tactic. But he also announced a humiliating withdrawal in November from Kherson, the...

Biden home security system failed so often last year the Secret Service switched it off False alarms went off enough in the Delaware home last year that Secret Service shut down the system for months before November repairs An investigation has also revealed that no cameras were pointed at the road where a motorist fired shots at the vice president's home Saturday Despite the apparent flaws, Joe Biden said Wednesday morning that he is 'not at all worried' about his family's security

An employee at Row, one of New York City's best known hotels, became a whistleblower Wednesday after he released video and photos of illegal immigrants trashing the hotel and leaving fresh food out to rot. "It’s a disgrace," Row New York City employee Felipe Rodriguez said on "The Ingraham Angle." "The chaos that we see at the Row today is [caused] by migrants being drunk, drinking all day, smoking marijuana [and] consuming drugs," Rodriguez said.

With the reported discovery of a second batch of highly classified documents connected to President Biden, the decisions of Attorney General Merrick Garland are fast moving from inexplicable to incomprehensible. Garland was presumably briefed that classified documents were discovered in Joe Biden’s old office on Nov. 2. He also presumably knew about the Biden documents when he appointed a special counsel to investigate the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago 16 days later. At the time of the appointment of Jack Smith, some of us noted the inexplicable refusal of Garland to appoint a special counsel to look into alleged Biden influence...

House conservatives on Thursday bashed a resolution that called for a bust of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be installed in the U.S. Capitol to honor the Kyiv leader. “Absolutely NOT! We serve AMERICA NOT UKRAINE!” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of the resolution introduced Monday by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.). Wilson’s proposal would direct the House Fine Arts Board to obtain a bust of the Ukrainian president and then to find “suitable, permanent location” for the statue in the House side of the U.S. Capitol Complex. “There is now a House resolution that...

FIRST WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME Mark 1:40–45Friends, our Gospel today gives us one of the great scenes of Jesus healing a leper. And as is usually the case, it becomes an icon of the spiritual life in general.Once in the Lord’s presence, the leper kneels down and begs him. The suffering man realizes who Jesus is: not one prophet among many but the incarnation of the God of Israel, the only one before whom worship is the appropriate attitude.In our sickness, our weakness, our shame, our sin, our oddness—lots of us feel like this leper. We feel as though we’re...

A professor recently began to advance his idea on how to combat onerous progressive ideologies on campus, encouraging students to report professors who bash Christians, white people and conservatives to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Title IX offices for investigation. Conservative students should file complaints for speech that attacks their identity – especially when it comes from a professor, said Adam Ellwanger, a professor of English at the University of Houston-Downtown, in a recent telephone interview with The College Fix. “There is a perception that the DEI and Title IX offices exist just to support leftist activism, but there is...

Harvard Medical School students can learn about how to provide healthcare to “infants” who are LGBTQIA+, according to a course catalog description. “Caring for Patients with Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities, and Sex Development,” a regularly available med school course, promises to give students a chance to work with “patients [who] identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or asexual.” “Clinical exposure and education will focus on serving gender and sexual minority people across the lifespan, from infants to older adults,” according to the course description. Students in the course may also “engage in a mentored scholarly endeavor” such...

Washington — Attorney General Merrick Garland will make a statement from the Justice Department on Thursday, the department said. Garland will speak at 1:15 p.m. The Justice Department didn't provide the topic of his remarks. His scheduled statement comes as President Biden is under scrutiny after roughly 10 documents with classification markings were discovered in his vice-presidential office at a think tank in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2. The records discovered at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement were immediately turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Justice Department was notified, according to...