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From wiki - take it for what it's worth: James Wells, Moderator of the United Free Church of Scotland, tells the story of a little girl carrying a big baby boy in his 1884 book The Parables of Jesus. Seeing her struggling, someone asked if she wasn't tired. With surprise she replied: "No, he's not heavy; he's my brother." In a 1918 publication by Ralph Waldo Trine titled The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit, Trine relates the following anecdote: "Do you know that incident in connection with the little Scottish girl? She was trudging along, carrying as best she...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 30, 2023 / 14:30 pm The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as well as numerous Catholic universities blasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s Thursday decision to overturn affirmative action in higher education. In a June 29 press release, the ACCU called the court’s decision “more than disappointing,” saying that it ignores “the more-than-apparent effects of continued racism in our society.” In a controversial 6-3 decision penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, the nation’s highest court effectively struck down public and private universities’ ability to include race-based affirmative action in their admissions decisions. “In doing so,”...

CV NEWS FEED // Senate staffers have told CatholicVote that Catholic Relief Services recently attempted to mislead senators by falsely telling them African bishops were not opposed to the Biden administration’s push to use an AIDS relief program to promote abortions. The House is moving quickly towards a reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). As it currently stands, the measure would allow organizations to use grants from the program to promote abortions and gender ideology abroad. Six African bishops joined a number of other African leaders in signing a group letter protesting America’s use of AIDS...

An entrepreneur who previously turned a Miami synagogue into a venue that hosts ‘same-sex weddings’ and other scandalous events is trying to buy the shuttered St. Adalbert Church.CHICAGO — Ever since their parish was suppressed in 2016, former parishioners and others connected to St. Adalbert Church in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood have tried to keep the church building in the community’s hands. But now, St. Adalbert members are facing the prospect that not only might they lose their bid to reacquire the church and keep it as a place of worship, but that it might be put to use in sacrilegious...

Q Thanks, Jen. There are reports of illegal cluster bombs and vacuum bombs being used by the Russians. If that’s true, what is the next step of this administration? And is there a red line for how much violence will be tolerated against civilians in this manner that’s illegal and potentially a war crime? MS. PSAKI: It is — it would be. I don’t have any confirmation of that. We have seen the reports. If that were true, it would potentially be a war crime. Obviously, there are a range of international fora that would assess that. So, certainly, we...

The pro-life priest said he locked the gates of the facility because Planned Parenthood ‘is in the business of killing.’(LifeSiteNews) — Pro-life priest Fr. Fidelis Moscinski was sentenced to six months in prison for blocking access to a New York abortion facility in attempt to save innocent unborn children. On Tuesday, the priest was dealt the punishment in a federal court, months after being found guilty of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Moscinski is frequently involved in Red Rose Rescues and “lock and blocks” — forms of pro-life advocacy in which volunteers enter the waiting...

The Multnomah County Health Department will begin distributing tin foil and straws this month to fentanyl smokers at sites across Portland, WW has learned. The “smoking supplies,” which also include glass pipes for smoking meth and crack as well as “snorting kits,” are part of a national effort to minimize the health consequences of drug use. Smoking is considered by many health experts a safer way of consuming hard drugs than injection, and government officials are now seeking to encourage users who haven’t already switched to do so—and to make it safer for those who already have. The Oregon Legislature...

***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: Disco Night! *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For The Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time & effort...

Excuse us while we adjust the fourth ... no wait ... fifth tinfoil hat we've had in just this year alone. We've learned to appreciate the tinfoil because it seems more often than not there is enough truth in what we're hearing (seeing, reading, etc) that we need to pay attention. We need to write about it, share it, get that info out there because we know the mainstream media will not. In fact, they'll work very hard to make those of us talking about it out to be CRAY-CRAY. It's what they do. And this from Tucker Carlson about...

Manson family killer Leslie Van Houten's recent whiff of freedom will not be snuffed out by California Gov. Gavin Newsom ... he says he won't block her upcoming parole. Newsom's office announced the decision in a Friday afternoon news dump, saying the governor would not challenge an earlier appeals court decision clearing the way for Van Houten's release.

Fox News retracted a hit piece against former President Donald Trump and admitted they “inaccurately attributed” an anti-Trump quote to former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Fox News’s story had the following headline: “Former Trump Cabinet member tells him to ‘kiss’ his ‘butt.” The since-retracted, purportedly exclusive story read, in part: EXCLUSIVE: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price told Fox News Digital there’s “no way” he will support former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid. When asked whether he will endorse Trump, Price said, “After he fired me? No way.” “The only thing that guy has...

Brace yourself for the strangest trend yet: RCTA, otherwise known as "race change to Asian," currently has a chokehold on some chronically-online teens. Trends are always popping up and finding new, impressionable victims. In the past couple of years, several TikTokers were found to fake mental conditions ranging from multiple personality disorder to Tourette's syndrome. Now, TikTok users have discovered a small (but growing) movement known as "RCTA," which stands for "race change to Asian." In this case, they usually mean Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. The term was popularized after Rachel Dolezal made headlines for faking her ethnicity. Dolezal, a...

"Despite not being confirmed by the U.S. Senate, John Kerry is still negotiating with the Chinese Communist Party to push a radical, Green New Deal agenda detrimental to American interests," House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Friday. "President Biden granted his Climate Czar the ability to unilaterally set foreign policy and bind the United States to international agreements without consent from Congress," Comer continued. "China now recognizes that this is an opportunity to take advantage of this Administration’s weak leadership that consistently puts the priorities of Americans last."...

Update from Ukraine | Cluster Shells approved | It will help to break through the Ruzzian defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QH8ofpAvQ The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 6th July 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-498-summary/ *** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Authorities in the South Bay have arrested a man at Westfield Valley Fair mall on grand theft charges after he allegedly stolen $139,000 in sunglasses from stores across the Bay Area. According to Santa Clara Police, two thefts took place at the Macy's Men store at the mall on consecutive days last month. In each theft, a suspect stole high-end sunglasses that were worth $7,851. During the investigation, detectives determined that the same suspect carried out similar thefts at other Macy's stores in the Bay Area, including locations in Alameda County, Contra Costa County and San Mateo County. The suspect...

Would you look at that? What is being referred to as a Lefty Twitter Wannabe that is supposedly free of hateful content (because you know, Elon Musk ensuring people of all political persuasions have a voice on his platform is hateful) sure seems hateful if you're in any way, shape or form Right-leaning. Some have even called it the 'Twitter Killer,' but so far we are less than impressed. Look at what's happening to Libs of TikTok's Chaya Raichik: As a woman, it’s pretty creepy when a man is obsessed with you and harasses you on social media. pic.twitter.com/pKelmEwDKM —...

Tribulation explained https://www.youtube.com/live/Vl5-MdgnmVk?feature=share

Until this past weekend, Nadia Baranchuk, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Northwell Health on Long Island, had never treated a shark bite victim -- or even seen one -- in her 10-year career. But this July 4, she treated two shark bite victims in a single afternoon. Luckily, both patients could walk and didn't need an ambulance to bring them to the emergency room. While shark attacks remain exceedingly rare, Long Island makes up a significant portion of East Coast cases. Last year, there were five bites in a 2-week period, and this weekend, there were at least two...

The Ruby Princess cruise ship won't depart San Francisco until Sunday after being damaged while docking at Pier 27, the cruise line confirmed to ABC7 News Friday afternoon. Ruby Princess says repairs are currently underway and the new estimated departure time from San Francisco is 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 9. As a result, the itinerary has been revised and the ship will now sail a seven-day Pacific Northwest/Alaska voyage, visiting Ketchikan on July 12 and Prince Rupert on July 13, returning to San Francisco on July 16 for disembarkation as originally scheduled. The cruise line says guests will be...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope’s new doctrine watchdog assures: ‘I’m not a Soros spy’ROME – Pope Francis’s new top theological advisor has attempted to reassure voices in the United States and elsewhere who’ve questioned his adherence to Catholic teaching and tradition, vowing that he’s not a “Soros spy infiltrated in the Church.”“I am not a Freemason, nor an ally of the New World Order, nor a Soros spy infiltrated in the Church. Those are pure fantasies,” said Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, an Argentine theologian tapped by the pontiff July 1 as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the...