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Synod official refuses to answer whether members must follow Church teaching in discussionsWhen questioned by LifeSiteNews, Cardinal Lacroix was unable to give a succinct answer as to whether Synod on Synodality participants have to adhere to Catholic doctrine.Leading officials behind the Synod on Synodality have refused to confirm that participants must commit to upholding Catholic teaching during the event’s discussions. Speaking to journalists on October 11, Dr. Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, and Quebec’s Cardinal Gérald Lacroix provided an update on the latest events of the Synod on Synodality, all while maintaining the Vatican’s peculiar policy...

This week, a superintendent of a Massachusetts school district sent an email to their staff that included links to left-wing resources arguing that “Israeli terrorism has been significantly worse than that of the Palestinians.” According to parental rights organization Parents Defending Education, the email sent from the superintendent of Revere Public Schools was to alert parents of “the investigation currently underway regarding racist and anti-Semitic graffiti” on school grounds. The email included links to “teaching resources” about the conflict. “Learning for Justice has provided the teaching resources at this link which is specific to the Israeli and Palestinian fighting,” the...

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced Tuesday that 10,000 assault rifles are being purchased and distributed to civilian security teams in communities along the country’s borders.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) admitted in a September report that foreign terrorists are exploiting the Biden-manufactured border crisis to illegally enter the United States. Released last month by the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the “Homeland Threat Assessment” for fiscal year 2024 includes an admission by the agency that international terrorists are looking to capitalize on the Biden administration’s open border policies and the resulting influx of illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border to enter the American homeland. Under the section titled, “Border and Immigration Security,” the report specifically noted how “[t]errorists and criminal actors may exploit...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday directly lobbied dozens of Western defense officials for more military aid, assistance that is sure to stretch thin following an ever-widening conflict between Israel and Hamas. Zelensky’s attendance at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a meeting of more than 50 defense leaders in Brussels, is the first time the Ukrainian leader has attended such a gathering. The event offered a gain for Kyiv, with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announcing that the U.S. will send another $200 million in new weapons and equipment to Ukraine. That package includes munitions for air defense systems, anti-tank and...

The two men who were on the 2012 Republican presidential ticket are holding a closed-door event with a few 2024 candidates – but noticeably absent from the lineup are Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. Sen. Mitt Romney and his former running mate Paul Ryan are hosting the two-day summit in Park City, Utah with the goal of finding an alternative to Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination next year. The candidates at the forum Tuesday and Wednesday are former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.

Kamala Harris: "Whenever I'm facing, like, a conflict and I need to sort it out, give me a Venn diagram every day of the week!"

Damn it, Janet! (Yellen) Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen, notorious for leaving rates too low for too long (TLTL) and then suddely raising them after Donald Trump was elected President, wants rates lower again for much longer. Make rates great again (MRGA?). On October 5, 2023, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made a very telling statement about the future course of interest rates. YELLEN SAYS DEBT SERVICE COSTS WILL BE 1% OF GDP FOR THE NEXT DECADE. – Reuters Her statement implies that the economy will be strong and the government will run budget surpluses, or interest rates will be near...

The 'Ebony Alert' bill was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom Monday The new law establishes a platform specifically designed to alert California residents to cases of missing black women and children Critics say the law emboldens racists to ignore the messages all together A new alert for missing black women and children in California is receiving backlash as some critics say that it will embolden people to ignore the messages. The so-called 'Ebony Alert,' signed into law Monday by Governor Gavin Newsom, is a completely separate notification system from the already existing Amber Alert. Authored by state Senator...

Luke 11:1-4Friends, our Gospel today gives us an opportunity to reflect on the Lord’s Prayer, the prayer for the Christian journey. I want to consider three of the prayer’s petitions.“Father, hallowed be your name.” We’re not implying that God should make his name holy (as though it isn’t); we’re praying that we might make it holy for us, that God might be honored above all. Everything else in the spiritual life flows from this prioritization.“Your Kingdom come.” God’s kingdom refers to God’s way of ordering things. Jesus’ teaching and his manner of life give us a very good idea of...

Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., on Wednesday announced his bid for House Majority Leader just moments after House Republicans nominated current Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., for House speaker. In a statement posted to X, Hern said it is clear “that there is an appetite for a new face in leadership” after speaking with every member of the conference. “I believe that my experience outside of Congress makes me uniquely qualified to lead our Majority,” Hern said. “We need leaders who listen twice as much as they speak, who are conservative because they've seen the impact of Democrat policies firsthand, and...

Biden ignores questions on American citizens taken hostage by Hamas terrorists

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A Harvard University student later identified as Luke Dillon left a lecture on microaggressions a little early so he could make it to the "Kill the Jews" rally on time.The University happily hosted the rally for mass murder and rape after being assured that no one would be misgendered. "Hate speech has no place here at Harvard," assured President Claudine Gay. "We affirm everyone's right, regardless of gender, to feel safe to express their deep hatred and longing to kill Jewish people. That's why Harvard is more than a school - it's a family."

In recent days, we've seen that real median household income in the United States fell for the third year in a row, and that union strike activity is on the upswing. The more well-known strikes include the Hollywood writers and the United Auto Workers. These two things - the fall of real income and the rise of strike activity - are connected. During the pandemic and shutdown, the government blanketed the country with money bombs. Hundreds of millions of dollars in spending turned into billions, and then billions turned into trillions. As the money spigots were thrown open, the US...

Former congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) posted Wednesday on X that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), who is a Republican candidate for House Speaker, is the “best option for Ukraine.” Kinzinger is a strong advocate of defending Ukraine’s eastern border with $113 billion of American taxpayers’ dollars, while illegal aliens invade the U.S. southern border. Best option for Ukraine https://t.co/SsILrH2IdL — Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺 (@AdamKinzinger) October 11, 2023 “With the rank and file of my party losing faith in the fight for democracy, I see yet another example of how the conservatism I once knew, and that America...

CNN caught FAKING Attack In Israel For The Camera! This Is INSANE & disgusting

Feras Al-Jayoosi followed the woman into a staff-only storage room and shouted at her for giving him a dirty look, a court heard A convicted Hamas supporter told a UK shop worker “I’m going to cut your head off” just two days after the Israel attacks began, a court heard. Feras Al-Jayoosi followed the woman around One Below, in Swindon, Wiltshire, before she started her shift, repeatedly shouting “Don’t ignore me” on Oct 9. The court heard Al-Jayoosi, 36, followed her into a staff-only storage room, where she told him: “Please leave me alone, I’m not on shift yet.” He...

In the early hours of Thursday, a loud explosion ripped through a quiet residential street of new-build family homes just north of the Swedish city of Uppsala. Soha Saad, 24, was killed in the blast. She lived with her parents, and had recently qualified as a teacher. In footage of the aftermath, her mother can be heard screaming for her daughter, cursing the nation to which they once fled. Saad was one of three victims of gangland violence in a violent 12-hour spell last week, and one of 12 people to be killed in September - Sweden's deadliest month since...

Just addressed Israel full speech at link

In 2011, Israel released 280 terrorists in exchange for 1 Israeli soldier.All 280 of those terrorists had been previously sentenced to “life in prison” due their being highly dangerous.You can read about it at this link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit_prisoner_exchangeI’m Jewish. I’ve lived my entire life (so far) in Squirrel Hill, the Pittsburgh neighborhood where 11 Jews were murdered at a synagogue in 2018. My mother was born in Tel Aviv.I think this exchange was an incredibly stupid thing for Israel to do.