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(CP) The Church of Scotland has lost more than half of its members since the year 2000, with the average age of worship attendees being 62, according to a General Assembly report. The Assembly Trustees' report for the Church's General Assembly taking place in Edinburgh analyzed statistical information about the denomination. According to the report, the membership of the Church in 2021 was 283,600, which represented a 4.6% decline compared to 2020, and well below the 1.3 million reported in the 1950s. The report explained that the 2021 membership numbers represented 46.6% of what was reported in 2000, while the...

Two men have been arrested in connection with the fire at St. Bernard Catholic Church in the northern Alberta community of Grouard.GROUARD, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – A historic 122-year-old Catholic church in western Canada has sustained unrepairable heavy damage after being set ablaze in what police say was an act of arson that has led to two men being arrested and charged in connection to the fire. On Monday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) assisted firefighters in putting out a blaze that engulfed most of St. Bernard Catholic Church, located in the northern Alberta community of Grouard. The fire appears to...

Owners of new Ford vehicles will continue having access to AM radio, reversing a previous decision by the company, CEO Jim Farley announced Tuesday. "We've decided to include it on all 2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles," Farley said on Twitter and LinkedIn. "For any owners of Ford's EVs without AM broadcast capability, we'll offer a software update.”

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, the ninth slain in the country in the past four years. The church’s Catholic Multimedia Center identified the priest as Rev. Javier García Villafaña, who had been assigned to the Capacho parish in Huandacareo just one month earlier. The Michoacan state prosecutor’s office said that García’s body had several gunshot wounds and was found inside a vehicle.

Well, technically trans women ARE men, so this reads. As Twitchy readers know, every once in a while we come across a thread that is so well done it needs very little commentary from us. This thread from ‘Lorelei’ exposing what trans activism is REALLY about is one of those threads and just wow. Take a look at this: We’ve long said that if you replace the word “terf” with the word “woman” you see what trans activism really is When you replace the word “transwomen” with the word “men” the same revelation applies Here’s a quick thread of examples:...

Biden's DOJ has decided not to charge Rachael Rollins after evidence found her guilty of election interference, raising concerns about a double standard in the criminal justice system.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., slammed the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate bodies of water, calling it a "MAGA" court even though the decision was 9-0. On Thursday, the high court issued an opinion that narrowed the EPA's broad definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The court said the federal government must define WOTUS as a water source with a "continuous surface connection" to major bodies of water. The decision upended an attempt by the Biden administration to regulate wetlands, lakes, ponds, streams and other "relatively permanent" waterways, which...

A watchdog group has provided further confirmation for what many Americans already suspect: Mail-in balloting, motor voter eligibility, and massive third-party ballot harvesting are enabling non-citizens to vote in US elections.The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has “litigated cases that have created a body of favorable jurisprudence and real wins for election integrity” since its founding in 2012, states its website. The organization certainly has its hands full keeping an eye on all the shenanigans going on across the country these days.Broken Voter Rolls and Ballots Unaccounted For“Pennsylvania has been covering up for years, the tens of thousands of aliens...

Pope Francis calls for an ‘end’ to ‘the era of fossil fuel’ in Prayer for Creation message‘It is absurd to permit the continued exploration and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructures,’ the Pope said.Pope Francis has called for world leaders to implement an “end” to the “era of fossil fuel,” in his message released for the ecumenical Season of Creation taking place later this year.“Let us heed our call to stand with the victims of environmental and climate injustice, and to put an end to the senseless war against creation,” Pope Francis said in his message for the World Day of...

Oath Keepers Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. This is the second sentence to be handed down to a defendant found guilty of seditious conspiracy with relation to the Jan. 6 riot, with the first being handed to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison. Rhodes received the longest sentence, to date, related to the attack on the Capitol. Along with a 12-year prison sentence, Meggs, 53, of Dunnellon, Florida,...

A peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Information Warfare (JIW) confirms a “Loss of Control” breach has occurred in the NYSVoter Database. A peer-reviewed paper of their results in a respected journal is a hard-won and “significant milestone,” according to Marly Hornik, Executive Director of the NY Citizens Audit. The audit of the voter rolls was led by Marly Hornik and Andrew Paquette, Ph.D., Director of Research, who submitted the paper to JIW. Paquette “co-founded the International Game Architecture and Design Academy (now BUAS) in the Netherlands after a career in the feature film and video game industries. He received...

The expression “crossing the Rubicon” refers to the actions of Julius Caesar in crossing the Rubicon River and marching on Rome. Roman armies were forbidden to do so. The rule was very practical. The Romans understood the danger of allowing a large armed force to march on the capital city. To allow this might spell the end of the republic. Best that popular conquering generals and their armies stay a safe distance away and respect the democratic institutions at the heart of Roman democracy. Caesar broke the rule. He marched on Rome. He didn’t care what the Senators thought. The...

The California Powerball winner who landed a $2 billion jackpot last year was served legal papers at his $25.5 million Hollywood Hills estate in a suit claiming the ticket was stolen, according to a report. A pair of process servers arrived on April 25 at lucky lottery billionaire Edwin Castro’s palatial estate — where amenities include seven bedrooms, an infinity pool and a spa — and were greeted by a man in his 50s who initially tried to dodge being hit with the suit, The Sun reported, citing court filings. “The subject said we are serving the wrong Edwin Castro,”...

The White House on Thursday rolled out a 60-page strategy to counter anti-Semitism in the United States that some Jewish and anti-hate groups say misses the mark. The Biden administration cites an alarming rise in hate crimes that disproportionately impact American Jews as part of the impetus for the government-led effort to combat anti-Semitism. As part of the strategy’s four-pillar approach, the White House seeks to increase awareness and understanding of antisemitism, including how it threatens America, and broaden appreciation of Jewish American heritage. The administration would also like to improve safety and security for Jewish communities; reverse the normalization...

First lady Jill Biden suffered a Jeb Bush “please clap” moment on Thursday, when her applause line fell utterly flat during an event in Washington. “I’ve visited red states and blue states and I’ve found that the common values that unite us are deeper than our divisions,” Jill told an audience at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education in Washington, DC. After saying the line, the first lady paused for a moment before reacting with surprise at spectators’ non-reaction. “And, um, I thought you might clap for that,” said Biden, drawing laughs and applause.

I predict that, long term, singer Steve Young will be more famous than his namesake, the great '49ers quarterback, whom nfl.com ranks as the 15th greatest quarterback of all time. At the moment the footballer is much more famous than the singer, whose birthday is coming up on the 12th of July. Who wants to help me bridge the current gap in fame between these two men? For those who know little about the singer, please listen to "My Oklahoma" written by Young's wife, Terrye Newkirk, aka Cheryl Young. The lyrics are gloriously free American words about being as one...

On the road for sales, not the first time. Let a homeless guy sleep in my truck for a night, not going to deny him shelter for a night. So his water bottle fell on my Laundry open and I failed to catch it. So I've a bunch of mold and mildew on half of the clothes in my laundry basket. The interwebs go into Borax, Oxygen Bleach, Vinegar and Baking Soda. Sorry, but with the loss of Misses Founded a couple years ago, not sure where to really go. Nice shirts, Khaki Pants ect. that I want to save....

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The organ of the German episcopate regrets the existence of priests who do not bless gay couplesChristoph Paul Hartmann deplores on Katolische.de that there is no "unified approach" among the German clergy on the blessing of homosexual couples or those not united by Catholic marriage.At the bottom of every heretic, of every 'dissident', there is always an ordinancer who wants to convert orthodoxy into dissent and then ban it. The German episcopate has already defied Rome and, above all, the unanimous Tradition of the universal Church by blessing regularized sodomy with a rite yet to be standardized, despite the express...

Rep. Lauren Boebert's son called 911 in December to report that his father, Jayson Boebert, had gotten physical with him and was "throwing" him around the house and that he didn't know why. Minutes after the call ended — while Garfield County Sheriff's Office deputies were on their way to their home — the teen called again to take the accusations back, with Lauren Boebert jumping on the phone to say her son "doesn't need help." Jayson Boebert denied to the deputies — and to Insider — that he had gotten physical with the teen. … the congresswoman is suing...