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VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) –– The former prefect of the Vatican’s highest doctrine office, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, saying it is “infanticide” and that those promoting “infanticide” should be “excommunicated.”

U.S. — Despite holding a narrow lead in the Senate amid a hotly contested election year, Democrats have issued a nationwide Fetterman recall to address documented instances of malfunctions from the Pennsylvania senator. Democratic leaders reportedly held high-level meetings to discuss potential solutions for the issue of John Fetterman failing to advocate for the party's prescribed positions and regularly acting counter to his manufacturer's programming, leading to a full recall being issued. "We thought he'd be a reliable Democrat, but he's just not functioning correctly," said one Democrat official. "Once a product starts to fail in its intended purpose, it...

Democrats desperate to see President Biden reelected are calling for more coordinated force against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The independent’s rollout this week of patent lawyer and investor Nicole Shanahan as his vice president prompted Biden allies and liberal groups to escalate efforts against him, fearing his newfound cash flow and ballot access could be disastrous in November. With a wealthy running mate by Kennedy’s side, Democrats say they should work harder to diminish his chances, insisting they need to spotlight his controversial positions and do whatever they can to make him an electoral afterthought. “Democrats should use every tool...

1:58 "He is a repeat offended, according to police. He has an extensive criminal record. He's been arrested three times in the last six months for similar crimes." 2:18 "They are arresting the same people for the same crimes over and over and"

The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could! The Russian soldier made his way nervously up the ragged side of the hill, holding his gun ready. He glanced around him, licking his dry lips, his face set. From time to time he reached up a gloved hand and wiped perspiration from his neck, pushing down his coat collar. Eric turned to Corporal Leone. “Want him? Or can I have him?” He adjusted the view sight so...

HARRISON, Tenn. — UPDATE: 2 suspects involved in a deadly home invasion in Harrison are still on the loose, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. HCSO says there were 3 armed suspects involved in the invasion. The preliminary investigation reveals the three suspects broke into the home around 1a.m. and were confronted by the homeowner, according to HCSO. Gunfire was exchanged between the homeowner and suspects. HCSO says one of the suspects was shot during the exchange and died at the scene. Two other suspects jumped through a window to escape and fled the scene, according to HCSO. Members...

A higher number of Democrats than Republicans are leaving the House of Representatives after November's elections. All members of Congress are up for reelection in November, when President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off in a historic presidential race. But several members of Congress have opted to not run for reelection this year after a tumultuous Congress defined by leadership battles and few bills becoming law. In total, 25 Democratic members of Congress have announced they are not seeking reelection in the House, the latest being Representative Annie Kuster of New Hampshire. Many plan to run...

The following is adapted from a talk delivered on March 11, 2024, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. The writers of our Constitution placed their faith not in specific guarantees of rights—those came later—but in a system of checks on government power. Foremost is the separation of powers among the three branches of the federal government, as well as between the federal government and the states. For this system to work as designed, people in each branch of the federal...

Several stats stand out. First, we’ll look at those members giving up significant power — or potential power: Five committee chairs — more than 20 percent of all standing and select committee chairs — have announced their retirements this year, although one (Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green of Tennessee) later reversed course. Two of those chairs are subject to term limits, but Gallagher, Green and House Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) are not. More than one-fourth of Republicans on McMorris Rodgers’s powerful committee — eight of 29 — are retiring. The retirees also include four members...

From the outside, Johannesburg does not look like it is doing well. Roads littered with potholes. Broken traffic lights not repaired for months. Rotting rubbish in the streets. But from the inside, the scale of the problems facing the biggest city in South Africa and the richest and most industrialised in the continent is even worse. From taps regularly running dry to daily four-hour power cuts – known locally as load shedding – life for many people in Jo’burg has declined dramatically. The decline of southern suburb Forest Hills is a case in point. Previously dominated by poorer white people,...

This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire Topline: A relatively new program in New York State will use $39.5 million of taxpayer funds to match small donations to political campaigns for state offices, expanding them up to 12 times their original value. Key facts: The Public Campaign Finance Program multiplies campaign contributions of $250 or less. If an individual donates $10 to a legislative candidate, the politician will receive an extra $120 from the government Candidates running for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general or comptroller receive funds at a 6 to 1 ratio. Politicians running for the state...

Almost as inevitably as Santa Claus arriving in department stores and town squares or the appearance of garland and ornaments beside Halloween costumes, there appears the annual debate over the “war on Christmas.” The question is whether Christmas is being obliterated from the public square, with “Merry Christmas” replaced by “Happy Holidays,” the banishment of carols from school choruses, or the generic coffee cups at Starbucks. I have two different questions: Is there a war on Easter? And has Easter lost? Let’s be honest. Easter in America is increasingly culturally invisible. “Easter weekend” can come and go and not be...

Donald Trump is someone you should think carefully about hitching your financial fortunes to. The guy is a gifted carnival barker, no doubt. But when it comes to serious business, he is a bad bet. Many of his ventures, from vodka and steaks to casinos and “university” degrees, have flopped like dying fish. Declaring corporate bankruptcy seems to be one of his favorite hobbies. And even when he wriggles away from failure largely unscathed, the other parties involved aren’t always so fortunate. Where money is involved, anyone still foolish enough to crawl into bed with him should be prepared for...

A resounding message, “Go Red… No More Blue, No Matter Who!” has become the battle cry of frustrated Chicagoans facing neglect from long-standing Democratic leadership.

Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover, not pagan myths

“Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law” (Romans 13:8). If believers fulfill their constant debt of love, they will have a continual attitude of sacrificial humility. Origen, the early church father, wisely said, “The debt of love remains with us permanently and never leaves us. This is a debt which we pay every day and forever owe.” The primary reason you and I can pay that debt is that “the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to...

The Talk Shows March 31st, 2024 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio; Cindy McCain, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program; Wilton Cardinal Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C.; and Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C. Bishop Mariann E. Budde.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md.; Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.; and American Christian novelist Karen Kingsbury. Legal panel: Jonathan Turley and Tom Dupree. Panel: Julia Manchester, Howard Kurtz,...

As the Christian world celebrates Resurrection Sunday, the Northern Hemisphere is springing with new life. Buds on trees are visible, and baby animals are moving around for the first time. It is a season of rejuvenation. These sights are pleasing reminders that physical death is insignificant next to the prospect of everlasting spiritual life. Farmers are counting down the days until the final frost and the opportunity to plant new crops in warming soil. Growing food teaches that, as in our individual lives, timing is often critical. If you plant corn too early, seedlings will die; if you plant too...

Protesters shouting “Free Palestine!” and demanding action on climate change interrupted an Easter Vigil on Saturday evening at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The protest was captured on the cathedral’s live stream of the service on YouTube, about 47 minutes into the program, during a reading in Spanish.

Australia’s left-wing Labor government has joined U.S. President Joe Biden and issued gushing praise on Easter Sunday for the “Transgender Day of Visibility.” Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong, the country’s first openly gay female parliamentarian, gave the public affirmation on behalf of the government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.