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[Catholic Caucus] Transalpine Redemptorists Take Bishop to CourtThe Transalpine Redemptorists, who follow the Roman rite, have filed a canonical complaint against Bishop Michael Gielen of Christchurch, New Zealand, who is kicking them out of his diocese (Zenit.org, 6 August).Last month, an apostolic visitation recommended that the Redemptorists be banned from celebrating Mass in the diocese. The bishop willingly followed the Vatican's instructions.The order's canon lawyer has now formally asked the bishop to rescind his decision. If this request is refused, the order intends to take the case to the Apostolic Signatura, the Church's highest tribunal.The Redemptorists must know that there...

Day #3 of the Top 50 songs on my iTunes playlist -- ranked in reverse order by play frequency from #50 to #1 and presented here on a series of FR threads. I'm posting them here on a new thread that compiles the growing list one day at a time over the next couple of months. I only post them on weekdays and may miss a day or two here and there, so it will take at least ten weeks to do this. And to show my gratitude to the FR management for giving us all a forum to post...

Democrats are eager to introduce Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the country. He is a veteran who used the GI Bill to get to college, a former public-school teacher who coached high school football, and a two-term governor of a midwestern state with a record of accomplishments on behalf of working-class families. Republicans are just as excited. Despite his Rust Belt resume, they say Vice President Harris has selected a radical as her running mate. In an interview with RealClearPolitics, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said, “Tim Walz is really, truly her ideological soulmate.” The emerging Republican plan to...

VIDEOLaura Loomer appears to be hinting at something about Tim Walz. However, exactly what she is hinting at seems to elude me. Perhaps somebody more alert than Yours Truly can figure out what Laura is trying to tell us.

Kamala Harris’ running mate pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, boasts on his resume that he is a National Guard veteran, but a few issues have come to light. Retired Minnesota Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Behrends said Walz left military service in 2005 after receiving a warning order that his unit, the 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion, was to be deployed to Iraq, according to Alpha News.

- The CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds former President Donald Trump holding a commanding lead among voters on key economic issues, but ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris by just a 2-point advantage in the head-to-head race for the White House. After the replacement of President Joe Biden with Harris, an assassination attempt on Trump and the Republican convention, Trump’s 48%-46% lead is within the CNBC survey’s margin of error and unchanged from the 45%-43% lead Trump held against Biden in the NBC News July Survey. While the head-to-head competition remains the same, there have been dramatic but offsetting changes...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a podcast interview released Thursday that she has “never been that impressed” with President Biden’s “political operation.” “I’ve never been that impressed with his political operation,” Pelosi said of Biden in an interview with The New Yorker’s David Remnick on a Thursday episode of “The New Yorker Radio Hour.” Pelosi’s comments follow The Hill’s reporting that, out of public sight, the California Democrat pushed the president to leave the 2024 presidential race, which he eventually did. The former House Speaker’s fellow Californian, Vice President Harris, is now at the top of the...

Texas executed Arthur Lee Burton on Wednesday evening ... He was convicted, and ultimately executed, for murdering a Houston woman in 1997. He also attempted to kidnap and rape her, court records show. ...

Good afternoon Freepers. I got an IT question I'm hoping you all can help me with. I have been experimenting with using a "dark mode" for my browsers. I know that browsers like Brave have a built in dark mode that can be found in chrome://flags, and I've experimented with a few plugin extensions, like Super Dark Mode. The problem is none of them "quite" do the job. For instance, Super Dark Mode can be a good one. The extension has options built in where you can white list a website that doesn't do well in dark mode, and it...

A convoy of Ukrainian armoured vehicles carrying jubilant troops was captured trundling through Russia's Kursk region in a fresh humiliation for Vladimir Putin after Volodymyr Zelensky's forces launched a surprise assault earlier this week.Tanks, armoured personnel carriers, a UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle and other army equipment were seen surging through a rural area in footage taken by a Ukrainian mortar position and shared to Telegram this morning. Kyiv's forces stormed across the border on Tuesday morning, deploying around 1,000 troops and more than two dozen armoured vehicles and tanks in an unexpected assault on Russian soil, according to the Russian army.The...

Tropical Storm Debby has made a second landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina as Debby slowly moves up the Eastern Seaboard and unleashes a dangerous flood threat for millions of Americans. The death toll from Debby has risen to six after the latest news of a boater in Gulfport, Florida, was killed while trying to ride out the storm. President Joe Biden has approved emergency declarations for Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida. These declarations authorize FEMA to provide federal assistance to save lives, protect property and ensure public health and safety.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that he had been picking up roadkill meat his “whole life” and that he had a “freezer full of it” at home in a revelation that comes just days after his bizarre Central Park bear cub dump bombshell. On Sunday RFK Jr. admitted he was responsible for leaving a dead bear cub in New York ten years ago after he picked up the animal he said a woman hit with her van. The presidential candidate published a video online talking to actress Roseanne Barr on Sunday, trying to get ahead of a New Yorker article....

Daily Readings from the USCCBThen Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Matthew 16:22–23What a shocking statement this must have been that was spoken by Jesus to Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” Jesus said. In the paragraph before this, Peter professed that Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus in turn told Peter that he...

The ISIS teen who plotted a terror attack on a Taylor Swift concert has been pictured for the first time as neighbours say he completely changed his look recently. The 19-year-old ISIS fanatic has been identified as Beran A., who lived in a newly-built end-terraced house in Ternitz, nearly 50 miles south of Vienna, where he spent his childhood. A few years ago, Beran A.'s parents - who immigrated to Austria from North Macedonia - moved into a new-built house in the Neunkirchen district of Ternitz with him and his younger sister. Beran A. and his accomplice had planned to...

On the battlefields of Ukraine, the future of war is quickly becoming its present. Thousands of drones fill the skies. These drones and their operators are using artificial intelligence systems to avoid obstacles and identify potential targets. AI models are also helping Ukraine predict where to strike. Thanks to these systems, Ukrainian soldiers are taking out tanks and downing planes with devastating effectiveness. Russian units find themselves under constant observation, and their communications lines are prone to enemy disruption—as are Ukraine’s. Both states are racing to develop even more advanced technologies that can counter relentless attacks and overcome their adversary’s...

Are Trees Making New York’s Air Quality Worse? August 8, 2024 Trees are supposed to be good for the environment, but a new study reveals the complicated role certain trees play in hurting New York’s air quality.

A 20-year-old woman has accused Planned Parenthood of rushing her into a gender transition when she was 18, leaving her with lifelong side effects. Cristina Hineman has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest single provider of abortion, contraception, reproductive care, and sex education. The organization has in recent years also become a leading provider of gender transition hormones for young adults, offering the service at more than 400 locations. At least 40,000 patients have gone to Planned Parenthood for hormone treatment this year. Hineman claims she was given a prescription for testosterone following a 30-minute consultation with...

Pro-Palestinian protesters repeatedly disrupted Vice President Kamala Harris at a Michigan rally on Thursday with chants about “genocide,” causing Harris to appear to lose her temper. “We believe in democracy. Everyone’s voice matters, but I am speaking now,” Harris said in a first rebuke. As the chants continued, Harris appeared to grow frustrated with members of the radical left, a flank with which her policies most identify. “You know what, if you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking,” she said with an angry face, staring down the protestors while waving her arm: Temper, temper! pic.twitter.com/5qV9TNIAti...

-Salem Media Group, Inc. (OTCQX: SALM) announced today that Larry Elder will be rejoining the Salem Radio Network, Salem News Channel and Salem Podcast Network. When it comes to Larry Elder, the phrase "We’ve Got a Country to Save" could not be any more appropriate. We are happy to announce that the "Sage from South Central" is back on the radio and TV where he belongs. Larry Elder rejoins the Salem Radio Network and the Salem News Channel on August 5th, 2024 after a 2-year hiatus,

Ukraine has reportedly captured hundreds of Russian soldiers in a further major blow to Vladimir Putin's army. -snip- New video images posted by Ukraine's army appear to show Russian prisoners of war captured during the incursion. The prisoners include troops from Russia’s 225th Assault Brigade, as well as FSB border guards. One captured Russian identified himself as 22-year-old Danil Kolesnikov from the Belgorod region. In a video clip of his interrogation, the soldier said he served in the 488th regiment on the border in the Kursk-Sudzha area. He was captured early on after Ukrainian troops crossed into Russia on Tuesday....