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Opposition is in full swing to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ on-field ceremony honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an organization of “drag nuns” that the Catholic League calls an anti-Catholic hate group. Thousands of Catholics, other Christians, and even some people of the Jewish faith gathered in a parking lot near the Dodgers’ stadium on Friday afternoon to pray ahead of the game. Later, the religious groups marched to Dodger Stadium, shutting down one entryway on Vin Scully Avenue.Weeks of momentous opposition led to the drag nuns being announced on-field to a mostly empty stadium, while receiving some boos from...

There are two main types of remote sensing satellites: optical and radar. Each type can be subdivided further into sub-categories based on aperture, orbit, and bands. One of the most used is ESA’s Copernicus program Sentinel 1 pair of satellites, S1A and S1B, giving a combined average revisit time of 1.5 days in a best case scenario. Such a high-resolution and high revisit time, as well as the open access approach, has made the data these satellites provide essential in many fields of study, from emergency response, marine monitoring, vegetation analysis, wildfire quantification, and urban planning. The data can be...

Washington D.C., Jun 14, 2023 / 10:30 am An event advertised as a “Pride Mass” scheduled to take place on the feast of Corpus Christi at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University was canceled after the diocese’s bishop, David Zubik, disavowed the event in a letter sent May 31. The event was canceled by university officials, according to WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR station. Representatives from the private Catholic university declined to confirm with CNA if they were responsible for canceling the event. Instead, university officials forwarded Zubik’s letter that requested the Mass be canceled in light of the controversy. The Mass to which LGBTQ...

The liberal medical trade group refuses to stand for babies born alive.CHICAGO (LifeSiteNews) — The American Medical Association (AMA) voted down a resolution that would oppose the deliberate killing of babies who survive abortions. The liberal medical group, which endorses the dangerous chemical and surgical mutilation of gender-confused children, voted down the resolution from a self-described “pro-choice” Virginia doctor. The group is currently meeting in Chicago. MedPage Today reported: [Dr. Thomas Eppes] asked the AMA to “advocate for availability of the highest standard of neonatal care to [an] aborted fetus born alive at a gestational age of viability,” which occurs...

An anti-feminist influencer has sparked outrage online after arguing that divorce should be illegal and women shouldn't have the right to vote. Hannah Pearl Davis, who is known online as Pearl, has more than 1.52 million subscribers to her controversial YouTube channel, where she touts her conservative and misogynistic viewpoints. The 26-year-old content creator saw a spike in popularity this year after the arrest of misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, with whom she shares a number of controversial opinions. Davis defended her beliefs during her recent sit-down interview with Ethan Klein on his H3 Podcast, saying 'we should have policies that...

The Lessons of God’s Catechism Class to the World in the Coronavirus EraSince Francis’s introduction of his Pachamama idol and the subsequent beginning of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed some of the most profoundly bizarre and disturbing events in history. The nauseating succession of perversities has left many people despondent, but we know that God permits these evils for a reason. While it might be presumptuous to pretend to know God’s precise reasons, it would be foolhardy to imagine that He wants us to refrain from trying to draw lessons. As an initial step in trying to draw...

Several hours before the first pitch was thrown at the Los Angeles Dodgers' Pride Night, a large group of protesters gathered outside the stadium gates. The religious organization Catholics for Catholics, which has previously described The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as "Godless" and "Christ-mocking," planned to travel to Dodger Stadium Friday in protest of the Dodgers' decision to recognize the charity group. Earlier this week, Catholics for Catholics announced its intention to hold a four-hour "prayerful procession" in the hours leading up to Friday's game. The Sisters will receive the Community Hero Award during a pregame ceremony as part of...

Thousands of Catholics and Christians gathered outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday night to protest the team honoring the demonic group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Dodgers and Major League Baseball are allowing the radical demonic gay group to mock Catholics and Christianity tonight. They think its funny. LOS ANGELES- A huge group of Catholics and Christians have already arrived outside of Dodger Stadium to pray in protest of the Dodgers honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. A drag group that has repeatedly mocked Christ and the Catholic faith: pic.twitter.com/oHPIeHoCI3 — Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 16, 2023

President Biden caused an uproar of confusion Friday after closing his remarks at a Connecticut summit on gun control reform ended with a phrase more closely identified with the country that his previously declared its independence from. As he closed his speech at the National Safer Communities Summit in West Hartford, Biden told the crowd a storm might be approaching the area and that he would be unable to shake hands with all attendees. (snip) To the confusion of observers, he concluded, "All right. God Save the Queen, man," before looking around to figure out where to walk offstage. The...

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An elementary school in Charlottesville, Virginia, encouraged fourth graders to lead a pride month celebration of LGBTQ+ gender ideology during a schoolwide monthly meeting, video obtained by The Daily Signal shows. Video shows a little girl at Johnson Elementary School speaking into a microphone and telling a crowd of assembled children, who are all sitting on the ground, that “LGBTQ+” stands for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer.” At one point, a man who appears to be Assistant Principal John Kronstain walks through the crowd of children and leads one away by the hand. “Cool,” another girl says cheerfully. “Now, let’s...

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First lady Dr. Jill Biden is emerging as a prominent voice taking on Republicans and former President Donald Trump since his indictment – even as the White House has maintained a stay-silent strategy on the legal case. In her first solo events of the campaign, the first lady has not shied away from critiquing the former president and offered a rare comment related to his legal woes as she reflected on Republican support for Trump despite his indictment. “My heart feels so broken by a lot of the headlines that we see on the news,” she said during an off-camera...

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Update from Ukraine | Counterattack develops every day | Main strike will not happen until... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjhRbPU8dBI The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 14th June 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time) https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-476-summary/ *** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

For patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), rituximab is not noninferior to ocrelizumab, according to a study. Izanne Roos, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D. and colleagues examined whether the effectiveness of rituximab is noninferior to ocrelizumab in relapsing-remitting MS in an observational cohort study. Participants had a history of relapsing-remitting MS treated with ocrelizumab or rituximab, a minimum follow-up of six months, and sufficient data to calculate the propensity score. The analysis included 710 patients treated with ocrelizumab and 186 treated with rituximab. The researchers found that the annualized rate of relapses ratio was higher in patients treated with rituximab versus ocrelizumab (rate...

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) was directed by Michael Curtiz, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, and Alan Hale. The film is noted for its Academy Award-winning score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.Olivia de Havilland in the 1938 masterpiece of 3 strip Technicolor saturation "The Adventures of Robin Hood"

Joe Biden’s Justice Department on Friday harassed President Trump with another court filing in the classified documents case. The Justice Department filed a motion seeking to block Trump from releasing classified documents that will be shared with his lawyers. Judge Cannon on Thursday ordered Trump’s lawyers representing the former president in Jack Smith’s classified documents case to obtain security clearances. The protective order will be reviewed by magistrate judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the initial FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. The Hill reported: The Justice Department on Friday filed a motion seeking to block former President Trump from releasing any classified...

People with diabetes run the risk of nerve damage if they at the same time suffer from vitamin D deficiency, research suggests. Called neuropathy, the nerve problem which gets worse over time, afflicts 50% of patients in the United Arab Emirates, according to Dr. Bashair M. Mussa. Science illustrates that "about 30% to 50%" of patients with type 2 diabetes experience neuropathy at a point in their life, Dr. Mussa states. However, Dr. Mussa's study finds that neuropathy is at the highest documented rate among UAE's diabetes patients. The research involved 600 Emirati patients. The cross-sectional study examined data in...

Kanekoa The Great published new evidence on Friday that ties Hunter Biden to a bank Burisma-linked bank account in Malta and the $10 million bribe from Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky. Zlochevsky paid $5 million bribe each to Joe Biden and Hunter Biden to halt investigations into Burisma and Hunter Biden’s role at Burisma. 2) Mykola Zlochevsky, Burisma's founder, allegedly paid a $5 million bribe each to then-VP Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. Zlochevsky, who faced investigations for money laundering, reportedly employed Hunter to leverage his political influence in order to halt the investigations. pic.twitter.com/BgxDdpS14l — KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) June 16, 2023