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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis tells Communists: ‘Don’t back down, don’t give up’‘Imagine he had said that [don't give up] to the Traditional Catholics,’ said John-Henry Westen.Pope Francis meeting with the Marxist group, January 10, 2024Hosting a Marxist-Christian dialogue group at the Vatican on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged them to “be open, in dialogue, to new ways,” while avoiding reiterating the Church’s consistent condemnation of Marxism. Shortly before his weekly general audience on January 10, Pope Francis received a small delegation from the DIALOP group. DIALOP, according to its own description, is a “project of dialogue between Socialists/Marxists and Christians, involving...

Move over, Algore. There's a new King of Sighs in town, and his name is David Ignatius, columnist of The Washington Post. Gore famously put a dent in his presidential ambitions when he sighed his way through his first debate with George W. Bush in 2000. Those were sighs of disgust, as compared to the sighs of despair Ignatius unleashed on today's Morning Joe. For days, the show had blacked out the scandal surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's lengthy failure to inform the White House of his hospitalization and his cancer diagnosis. But Morning Joe could no longer avoid the...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has used a 'burner' account on X to secretly post and re-post anti-Donald Trump content on the social media app ahead of her state's first-in-the-nation caucus, according to a report. Reynolds, who endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the Republican primary, is not the first anti-Trump heavy hitter to get caught with a burner, after Mitt Romney's infamous 'Pierre Delecto' account was unearthed in 2019. But, the Reynolds revelation came just four days before voters will begin to caucus for both candidates, as well as former South Carolina Governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. 'The contrast...

Well, we've entered a presidential election year and President Biden's numbers are swirling the drain and nobody's believing the White House's gaslighting about how great the economy is. With that in mind, it looks like Team Biden has settled on a strategy: Handing out more money: A new federal program will provide summer grocery money to 21 million children across 35 states, part of the Biden administration's goal of making sure students get enough food when they're not in school and can't access free or reduced breakfast and lunch. The program will be rolled out in 35 states and all...

Watch: Concord police are investigating the cause of a fatal crash at Fort Eddy Road and the Exit 14 interchange on Friday morning. CONCORD, NH — Five people were sent to Concord Hospital, while three others were injured after a multi-vehicle crash at Fort Eddy Road and Loudon Road. An officer came upon the crash around 11 a.m. and told dispatch, “It doesn’t look good,” while requesting ambulances immediately. “I’ve got multiple hurt here,” the officer said. Other officers also headed to the scene. The damaged vehicles, at least six, including several SUVs and pickup trucks, were in the middle...

On January 12, 1949, Margaret Allen was executed by Albert Pierrepoint at Strangeways Gaol. She was the first woman hanged there since Charlotte Bryant in 1936. 41-year-old Margaret had beaten to death an elderly neighbor, Nancy Ellen Chadwick, on August 21, 1948, after Nancy stopped by Margaret’s cottage at 137 Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Lancashire. Several hours later, she dragged the body outside and left it in the road, almost literally right on her doorstep. The following facts can be gleaned about Margaret Allen’s life: Since her early twenties, she had habitually worn men’s clothing and said she wanted to be...

Article II, Section 4 in the constitution states this:The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.Currently in vogue for the Democrats is the phrase “no one is above the law.” In the Constitution, “high crimes” and “misdemeanors” aren’t defined so both are subject to subjective ethical value judgements. What if some laws are unjust, then should no one be above the unjust laws?As can be noted, a sense of morality or ethics is necessary to judge whether...

New York Attorney General Letitia James led a multi-state coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the Biden administration to halt the sale of 5.56 caliber ammunition to civilians by the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, a Missouri-based supplier for the U.S. military. “Billions of rounds of military-grade ammunition manufactured at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant have been sold on the commercial market, leading to their use in many of the most tragic mass shootings in recent history,” the AGs stated in a Jan. 9 letter to the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. “We ask your Office...

Here's the original story January 5th. My daughter in law has asked for prayers for her cousin's 4 year old little girl. Allie is her name. Allie recently showed symptoms of maybe a flu or a virus but now that has turned to septic. It pains me so to even write about Allie because she is now on life support in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia CHOP. Please prayer with our family and friends for Jesus to save this little angel. NOW FIVE DAYS later: ALLIE is off life support and her heart seems to have sustained little damage!! She is...

America's leading pediatricians have sparked controversy after suggesting that it is child abuse to deny gender-affirming care to minors. The influential American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said that ‘withholding [gender-affirming care] is harmful to children and amounts to state-sanctioned medical neglect and emotional abuse.’

Very well worth 4 minutes of time to watch. Old Bill O' on fire and I agree...

acknowledging a "clearly disappointing" quarter marred by one-off charges that resulted in a $1.8 billion loss. ... in the middle of a multi-year effort to cut bureaucracy, increase profits and boost a stock that has lagged peers ... "The fourth quarter was very clearly disappointing," CEO Jane Fraser .. We know that 2024 is critical." ... layoffs from the sweeping reorganization, Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason ... Citi will also no longer count 40,000 jobs when it spins off and lists its Mexican consumer unit Banamex in an eventual initial public offering, eventually aiming to reach a staffing level of...

Mark 2:1-12 Friends, in our Gospel today, Jesus says matter-of-factly before healing the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.” Shocked, the Pharisees respond, “He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?”They were quite right, of course, which is the whole point. If you had hurt me, I could with some legitimacy offer you my personal forgiveness of your offense. But if someone else had harmed you, I could scarcely offer that person my forgiveness for his sin. The only way that such a statement could be anything but blasphemous would be if I were the one who is...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (TND) — Maine has begun paying rent for homeless immigrants living in apartments located in the town of Brunswick. The state budgeted nearly $3.5 million to provide 60 migrant families in Brunswick with two years of rent. Maine expects the immigrants to “gain the means” to pay housing costs through state “support” and “guidance.” The state is also supplying $100,000 to dozens of Brunswick migrants for a year’s worth of asylum application and work authorization assistance. The legal support seeks to ensure immigrants receive work approval “as soon as possible” so they can “provide for themselves,” reduce pressure...

Hi everyone, senior tech reporter Kylie Robison here. I don’t want to say the L-word first, but it’s starting to look like some feelings are changing. Layoffs, not love, are in the air again. Google slashed hundreds of jobs today, while Instagram cut several dozen of its own on Wednesday Also this week, Amazon’s Twitch and Prime Video divisions announced hundreds of layoffs each, or a 35% reduction in staff, and AI startup Humane, which raised over $200 million and plans to ship its new wearable in the coming months, just cut 4% of its employees. Adding to the bloodshed,...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday sent Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a sweeping letter about the ongoing migrant crisis, urging him to stop dropoffs during a dangerous winter storm.“While action is pending at the federal level, I plead with you for mercy for the thousands of people who are powerless to speak for themselves,” Pritzker said in the letter. “Please, while winter is threatening vulnerable people’s lives, suspend your transports and do not send more people to our state.”

President Joe Biden on Friday admonished Lloyd Austin for his lapse in judgment when the defense secretary chose not to reveal his hospitalization, but said he still has confidence in him. While visiting small businesses in Allentown, Pa., Biden was asked if he has confidence in Austin, to which he responded: 'I do.' Asked if it was a lapse in judgment for Austin to not inform him of his hospitalization, Biden said: 'Yes.' The president also made a bit of a blunder when he entered the Nowhere Coffee shop.

Russia's egg shortage is being exacerbated by bird flu-riddled imports from Turkey, one of the country's biggest trading partners and a NATO member, according to a recent report citing a Russian government official. More than one-fifth of the eggs imported from Turkey were found to be infected with the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza, as well as other dangerous ailments including salmonella and botulism, Russian authorities warned. -snip- Russia's attempt to pivot to Turkey for emergency egg supplies in January now appears to have backfired, as the delivery of the first batch of Turkish eggs was promptly followed by reports...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a statement on Thursday sternly condemning President Joe Biden for approving airstrikes against the Houthi jihadist terror organization of Yemen, accusing him of “unnecessarily, illegally and dangerously risking the loss of more innocent lives.” “We fail to understand why President Biden would rather risk a regional war by bombing Yemen instead of simply stopping the Gaza genocide that is fueling conflict across the world,” Nihad Awad, the executive director of CAIR, asserted. United States Central Command (CENTCOM) and the British Defense Ministry confirmed the execution of dozens of strikes on Houthi targets in...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan launched a probe into Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor in former President Donald Trump's Georgia case and the alleged lover of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Earlier this week, one of Trump's co-defendants alleged that Willis maintained a clandestine relationship with Wade, whom she hired for the case as has paid more than $650,000. Jordan's letter did not directly address the allegations of the relationship, but focused on Wade's receipt of funds. "According to a recent court filing, you have been paid more than $650,000—at the rate of $250 per hour—to serve as...