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Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America hopes to implement the jurisdiction-wide practice of girls serving in the altar and being tonsured as readers. This would include not just young children, but even students of the Archdiocese’s Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, according to a resolution submitted to the Metropolis of New Jersey’s Clergy-Laity Assembly yesterday. The resolutions, which are intended to be passed on to the Archdiocesan Clergy-Laity Congress, read: Resolved: That the Metropolis of New Jersey Local Assembly convey to the Archdiocesan Clergy-Laity Congress the request to develop the role...

An owner of a restaurant that held a private event for the San Francisco Republican Party — the content of which reportedly made a San Francisco Chronicle reporter vomit — told SFGATE in an interview Thursday that he would not have hosted the event if he had known it was going to be as controversial as it turned out to be.

It was just like the old days: As New York wrestles with a race-tinged tragedy, Al Sharpton sends a nastygram. SNIP Yet Friday’s race-baiting, however deplorable, is also ironic. It may have benefited Sharpton’s interests — and certainly his ego — but it also undercut a black mayor struggling to govern an increasingly unstable city. Indeed, government in New York — even in Albany — is now overwhelmingly run by black, brown or otherwise minority incumbents. How does racializing a crisis help them?

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Paglia on relevance of 'Humanae vitae' today The President of the Pontifical Academy of Life offers his thoughts on a bioethical perspective that he says calls for a worldwide alliance among all the sciences for the future of the planet and humanity.By Vatican NewsA two-day Congress organized by the Jérôme Lejeune International Chair of Bioethics opened on Friday, 19 May on the subject “Humanae Vitae, the audacity of an Encyclical on Sexuality and Procreation”. In his introductory greeting to the assembly, Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, emphasized...

Washington State University fired its head football coach Nick Rolovich and refused to accommodate his sincerely held religious beliefs, a lawsuit against the university argues.SPOKANE, Washington (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic head football coach allegedly fired for refusing to violate his conscience over taking the abortion-tainted COVID-19 jab had two high-profile supporters accompany him during a recent court date for his lawsuit. Nick Rolovich is a devout Catholic who lost his job at Washington State University after he refused to take the abortion-tainted COVID jab; Democratic Governor Jay Inslee had mandated in 2021 that all state employees would be required to...

A healthcare worker claims she has receipts after screaming for help while trying to take an e-bike from a Black man. Dr. Rashad Richey discuss on Indisputable

Italian media claims that Moscow and Kyiv agreed to the proposal of the Pope to receive special envoys to discuss a truce.Moscow and Kyiv agreed to the proposal of the Pope to receive his special envoys to discuss a truce. This is reported by the specialized portal of the Vatican information Il Sismografo without naming the sources of its information. The report notes that Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, might go to Moscow as a papal special envoy, while Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, head of the Conference of Italian Bishops, could go to Kyiv....

Justice Neil Gorsuch called government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic the “greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country” on Thursday... “Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale,” he said. “Governors and local leaders imposed lockdown orders forcing people to remain in their homes. They shuttered businesses and schools, public and private. They closed churches even as they allowed casinos and other favored businesses to carry on.” ... Gorsuch slammed deference to “experts” for decision-making during the pandemic and warned that doing so could lead to losing “many cherished civil liberties.”...

Documentary on how the United States is blessed with immeasurable geographic advantages that puts every other country to shame.How Geography Made The U.S. Ridiculously Overpowering

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec. Putin just announced he has banned Capitol police officer Michael Byrd from ever entering Russia... Putin playing games... divide and conquer. I wonder if Mr Byrd planned on traveling to Moscow? Discussion is interesting on this thread...

As has been long predicted, the first of many hit pieces on Casey DeSantis, the wife of Ron DeSantis, has dropped. Politico did the honors on Friday, attacking the recent cancer survivor as too involved in her husband’s life, citing numerous anonymous sources and some non-anonymous ones who really should have been. The big bombshell in the story can be summarized as follows: Ron and Casey DeSantis have a good marriage, and they also support each other in their endeavors. I know, it’s shocking stuff, but Politico did its level best to try to turn Casey DeSantis into an ominous...

Democrat state legislators in New York are reviewing legislation that would have sought-after kidney transplants rewarded to illegal aliens ahead of thousands of Americans who are waiting for such donations. According to the New York Times, Democrat legislators in New York are considering the plan to open organ transplants, specifically kidney transplants, to illegal aliens. Such transplants are typically reserved for Americans with Social Security Numbers (SSNs).

Former Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s epic courtroom battle challenging the signature verification process in Maricopa County drew to a conclusion Friday, leaving the fate of the case hanging in the balance.Lake’s attorneys argued signatures weren’t properly verified in the 2022 governor’s race, potentially allowing thousands of illegal ballots to be cast.Catch up with coverage from the last two days:Recap: Fiery Moments from Day 1 of Kari Lake Election Court BattleFireworks at Day 2 of Kari Lake Election Trial as Expert Witness Challenges Signature Verification Time: ‘Don’t Believe It Can Be Done’Check out highlights from Day 3 below via...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine is close to cut the south area of Bakhmut | F-16s Approved! Awesome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoY0-Lv_c4 ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 450– Summary May 19 , 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-450-summary/ *** Greatly appreciate the viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use on each Front map!

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Adidas will start selling some of the shoes from its defunct Yeezy partnership with rapper Kanye West at the end of May, the company said on Friday, and plans to donate the proceeds to selected organizations combating racism and hate. The news fleshes out plans initially outlined last week and follows Adidas’ move to cut ties with West over anti-Semitic comments made last year, leaving the German sporting goods maker with Yeezy brand shoes worth 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion). The initial sale of some of the shoes marks the first time the products have been available to customers since...

Mayor Eric Adams has made his anger at President Biden over the migrant crisis very clear. Good. Proving that the DeSantis/Abbott strategy of busing and flying migrants to Blue cities is working, more and more mayors and governors are speaking out against current Biden policies. Someday, perhaps, the political momentum will shift decisively against the president’s policies. In the meantime, though, the crisis is growing. Adams has revealed that nearly 50%–so far–of hotel rooms in New York City are now housing migrants at city expense. 50% ... This explains why the city planned to house migrants in public school gymnasiums–a...

Critics bashed an online profile Friday of the wife of expected presidential contender and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling the piece misogynistic and vicious. The Politico article, “The Casey DeSantis Problem: ‘His Greatest Asset and His Greatest Liability,” quoted anonymous former DeSantis staffers, alleged insiders and Democratic strategists who accused the first lady of Florida of being “blindly ambitious” in an effort to help her husband become the next US president. SNIP The story labeled the 42-year-old former Jacksonville TV anchor, breast-cancer survivor and mom of three “paranoid” and “vindictive” while quoting a male DeSantis supporter who said she needed...

Cactus Flower is a 1969 American screwball comedy film directed by Gene Saks, and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn, who won an Academy Award for her performance.Nightclub scene from "Cactus Flower" (1969) [Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn]

We fight against a truly unprecedented disinformation campaign, where the liars are claiming that everyone else is giving out misinformation, basically turning truth on its head. While propaganda takes many forms, mainstream corporate media play a crucial role. The good news is that people are starting to catch on and trust in corporate media has dropped to an all-time low. By the early 1900s – literally a century ago – American journalists like Upton Sinclair and George Seldes were discussing the corruption of the media, how they were owned by big business with a profit agenda, and how they were...