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"The situation of women in the Church is absolutely contrary to the Gospel", claims SynodalistShe will become the first Spaniard in the history of the Church who will be able to vote in a Synod. "I feel a great responsibility, I don't think in terms of distinction" Throughout this month of October, the Vatican hosts a historic event that can lay the foundations for significantly changing the way in which the Catholic Church is understood (and perceived). Pope Francis has brought together 365 people there, in a world synod where until now only bishops had the right to participate. 75%,...

Physical attacks on women have surged a shocking 41% over the last four years ... Through Oct. 1 this year, 2,830 women have been the victims of felony assault, excluding domestic violence, compared to 2,006 just four years ago. The attacks, ranging from random subway shoves to vicious beatings, have jumped 5% from the same period last year, when 2,699 women were felony assault victims. “It seemed like a while ago, it was old Asian people, and now it’s young women,” one 27-year-old told The Post, three weeks after a stranger sucker-punched her in the face at the West 4th...

Mehdi Hasan worked for Qatar’s Al Jazeera propaganda channel as a host for years from London, spewing the talking points of Islamists. He arrived in the US with @CAIRNational support and now sits on MSNBC, blaming “you” — Israel — for the terrorism against her civilians. https://t.co/iSVF7UWpH7 pic.twitter.com/LEnAlAb3Wl — Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) October 9, 2023

[Catholic Caucus] Maltese Parish Launches Masses for Same-Sex Couples<MARSA, Malta (ChurchMilitant.com) - Feeling emboldened by Pope Francis' response to questions from five cardinals on same-sex blessings, a parish in Malta is launching Masses for homosexual and heterosexual couples. Maria Regina Church in Marsa, Malta A poster published by the parish of Maria Regina in Marsa, a city in south Malta, announced that beginning Oct. 15, it would begin monthly Eucharistic services for "couples" every third Sunday of the month at 11 a.m. On Oct. 3, parish priest Fr. Anthony Fitzpatrick announced the Masses for "couples," a day after the Vatican's...

Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis hasn't been doing all that well in the polls compared to his rival, Donald Trump, and according to jokes that have followed to the Florida governor for roughly a year, he may be seeking a "boost" in the form of high-heeled shoes. This recently caught the attention of former President Trump, who reposted a popular meme of DeSantis supposedly wearing high-heeled boots on a recent clip with Bill Maher, meaning there's a good chance Trump's next lowbrow line of attack will involve mocking DeSantis' footwear. Here's how DeSantis' shoes entered the national Republican presidential conversation. Why...

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 We sued President Biden and Secretary Blinken for violating the Taylor Force Act and illegally subsidizing Palestinian terrorism. Today, following barbaric attacks by Hamas — killing 14 Americans and 1000+ other innocent men, women, and children, and with an unknown number of Americans now beling held hostage in Gaza — the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted our motion to begin discovery in our case. We are going to show what the Biden Administration knew about their plans and the outcomes of their policies.

President Joe Biden’s Tuesday speech about Hamas’s terrorist attack ended without taking questions or mentioning Iran, which reportedly played a key role in planning the surprise strike on Israel over the weekend. Iranian security officials helped plan the attack and “gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday,” senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah told the Wall Street Journal. The Washington Post confirmed the Journal’s report. Hamas planned the attack “with key support from Iranian allies who provided military training and logistical help as well as tens of millions of dollars for weapons,” current...

Syria aimed “a number of launches” at Israel on Tuesday evening, prompting Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to respond with shelling aimed at the launch site, the military said in a statement. “A number of launches from Syria aimed for Israel were identified a short while ago. Part of the launches crossed into Israeli territory and presumably fell in open areas,” the IDF said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “IDF soldiers are responding with artillery and mortar shells toward the origin of the launching in Syria,” the IDF said in a subsequent statement on X.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the violence engulfing Israel and Gaza risked distracting international attention from the war in his own country."There is a risk that international attention will turn away from Ukraine, and that will have consequences", he said in an interview with the France 2 broadcaster.The tragedies affecting his Ukraine and Israel "are different, but both are immense", he said.

An Israeli woman has been hailed a hero after saving kibbutz Nir Am from Hamas as infiltrating terrorists began to invade. Inbar Lieberman, 25, who is the security coordinator for the village near the Gaza Strip, lead a group of residents to kill more than two dozen advancing terrorists. Lieberman, who has been part of the security detail in the region since December 2022, heard explosions erupting early Saturday when Hamas launched the unprecedented and deadly attack on Israel, according to Walla News. She quickly realized that the sounds were different to those she's heard during the usual rocket attacks...

The Biden administration has funneled more than $730 million to a United Nations organization for refugee assistance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that harbored personnel who have incited violence against the Jewish people *** The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has been accused in recent years of employing educators who “regularly call to murder Jews” and teach from textbooks “that glorify terrorism, encourage martyrdom, demonize Israelis and incite antisemitism,” according to a March joint report by the non-governmental organization UN Watch and the Israeli non-profit Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education. The...

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“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” It’s a quote often attributed to former Texas Congressman Ron Paul, a fierce defender of life and the preborn (though some sources argue it first came from British author George Orwell). It applies beautifully to actions recently taken by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who last week released legal analysis on the impact that the November 7th vote on Issue 1 could have on the Buckeye State. According to reporting from Cleveland.com: “Yost contends that Issue 1 would create stronger protections for abortion than those that existed nationwide until last year, when...

The Washington Post is reportedly cutting 240 employees in the 'hopes of averting more difficult actions such as layoffs — a situation we are united in trying to avoid." An email obtained by New York Times reporter Ben Mullin states that employees will be attending a 10 am meeting on October 11 to discuss the action. "Following this meeting, all eligible employees will be notified by email if their position is included in the program, and they are welcome to consider the package. Senior leaders will then share department specific information in meetings to follow throughout the day," the email...

They raped the girls, then they killed them. Then they switched - did the opposite, first murder then rape them. They always laughed when they did it, I can't forget how they laughed ...We are all one big family on Israel. All of us are brothers and sisters Raz Cohen Survival music event, interviewed on PBS News Hour, Oct 10, 2023 18:18

A plane carrying advanced ammunition landed at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel on Tuesday night. "The ammunition is intended to allow significant strikes and preparation for additional scenarios," the IDF said. "We are grateful for American backing and assistance to the IDF in particular, and to the state of Israel in general...

The inferno was caused by a car fire, London Luton airport said in a statement All flights have been suspended at Luton airport as a huge fire tears through a terminal car park. Access to the airport has been restricted by the fire at Terminal 2 short stay, with people warned not to travel to get their flights. The inferno was caused by a car fire, the airport said in a statement, and emergency services are in attendance. Passengers have claimed online that boarded flights on the tarmac are being disembarked and that they have been told the airport has...

The staff at the Everytown-supported website “The Trace” have done an amazing job of integrating their anti-gun viewpoints into mainstream media over the past few years. Reporters for the pro-gun control website have seen their bylines at USA Today and more than 150 other news outlets, while Trace reporter Jennifer Mascia was named to CNN’s “Guns in America” team last October. While mainstream media outlets have incorporated The Trace’s reporting into their own coverage, the views of their staffers are anything but mainstream, as Mascia reminded us on X/Twitter on Monday. "@JenniferMascia" "To the gun lobby and its media, a...

Babies beheaded, grandparents slain and families torn apart – the full horror of 'Israel's 9/11' was starting to emerge last night. Hamas gunmen massacred 40 children in one farm settlement alone, their small bodies lying in their rooms riddled with bullets. And as shellshocked survivors told their stories, one bereaved grandson, Shmuel Harel, told me: 'They are the new Nazis. This was a holocaust, pure and simple.' He said his terrified 90-year-old grandmother's last moments were being dragged into her living room and shot twice in the head. A sobbing Israeli woman said she had to listen in helpless horror...

The White House has started a "Go Fund Me" page to buy back American hostages held by Hamas. The White House and State Department have stated that they will not pay ransom for Americans taken hostage by foreign actors. However, SOS Blinking stated that a Go Fund Me page is not technically a government action to pay ransom. Blinking stated that they are hoping to raise up to 80 billion dollars to purchase the up to 80 Americans held hostage at the going rate of 1 billion dollars each. Although Oprah is not donating any cash, she stated that she...