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[Catholic Caucus] Ex-Synod Has Become an Image of a Dying ChurchFrancis' ex-synod continues "in the midst of general indifference", writes Specola (InfoVaticana.com, 6 October).At a recent press conference of the ex-synod, there were more speakers than journalists, so to speak.The ex-synod is turning out to be "a series of monologues that are not even interesting as jocular entertainment"."The sight of a few hundred brainy Synod mothers and fathers at a kind of sterile wedding banquet is sad and is the living image of a Church that is dying out".The obsessively repeated term "synodality" has become like those political slogans such...

Kamala Harris has deployed a gaggle of Hollywood celebrities — whose estimated personal net worths exceed $200 million — to campaign for her in Arizona as former President Donald Trump’s lead in the Grand Canyon state continues to grow, with one recent poll showing him leading 48 percent to 42 percent in the crucial swing state.Actresses including Kerry Washington, Jessica Alba, and Fatal Attraction’s Glenn Close lent their star power to a Kamala Harris campaign event in Phoenix. on Sunday, while Jennifer Garner put in a separate appearance on Saturday, according to a report from the Arizona Republic.***The celebrities didn’t...

Former Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-FL) announced on Monday that he is “100 percent comfortable” endorsing former President Donald Trump, with a desire for “world peace” as the “driving force” for his support.Deutsch revealed his endorsement on a press call with the Trump Campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) regarding the first anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel.“I feel very comfortable today publicly announcing that I’m endorsing Donald Trump to be reelected as president. I’m planning on voting for him on November 5, and I take this decision very, very seriously. I also feel 100% comfortable with the decision,”...

For more than 70 years, America has been on the verge of honest government. In election after election, politicians have promised to finally take this nation to the moral high ground once and for all. In 1952, Dwight Eisenhower captured the presidency based in part on his promise to end “the mess in Washington”—festering corruption from 20 years of Democratic presidents. Housewives were swayed to support the Republican ticket with red, white, and blue scrub pails with the slogan, “Let’s clean up with Eisenhower and Nixon.” Those pails did not prevent waves of scandals and top Eisenhower appointees resigning in...

An earthquake of moderate intensity occurred in Iran and Israel on Saturday night, October 5. Strangely enough, both the countries experienced the earthquake at a marginal difference in the timing. In such a situation, it is being speculated whether Iran has conducted its nuclear test. The earthquake occurred in the Aradan city of Semnan province in Iran. Its intensity was 4.5 on the Richter scale. The earthquake occurred at around 10:45 pm local time and its epicentre was at a depth of only 10 kilometers from the ground. The tremors were felt in Tehran which is 110 kilometers away from...

BUTLER, PA — Prominent Democrats recently came under fire for cruel insensitivity after they callously mocked an autistic African American jumping up and down for joy at a recent political rally. According to sources at the scene, the sweet, innocent little African-American autist, who is also an immigrant, was just exuberantly bouncing around for sheer happiness, prompting Democrats to mercilessly make fun of his heartwarming dance. "This sort of racist and ableist bigotry is completely unacceptable," said James Veti, who had attended the political rally and later saw Democrats doing their best to down the dear little jumper-for-joy. "Autistic African...

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Marlean Ames, 60, filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services, alleging she was passed over for a promotion and ultimately demoted because she is heterosexual. The US Supreme Court is set to hear a case involving an Ohio woman who claims her workplace discriminated against her by prioritizing her gay and male colleagues. Specifically, the Supreme Court will rule on the question of whether or not the woman needs to "make a showing in addition to the usual ones for establishing a prima-facie case" due to her being of the non-minority, heterosexual status. The ruling from the...

he Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA, tiny molecules that help control how genes are expressed. Their findings unlocked new areas of research into the roles these molecules play in human health. Researchers are exploring microRNA treatments for cancer, hepatitis and heart disease. Ambros and Ruvkun were postdoctoral fellows in the 1980s in the laboratory of biologist Robert Horvitz, who won the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his research in gene regulation. In Horvitz’s lab, they studied the roundworm C. elegans to better understand the role genes play in...

I’m not a 'kids person'. Is it odd saying that as a mother of a four-month-old? Babies are messy and loud, while children are volatile, stubborn, and often nonsensical — and yet, my husband and I had a kid of our own. On purpose. And of our own volition. On some nights, I ask myself, WHY? Why did I choose what feels like an eternity of bouncing our baby to sleep on a yoga ball, when just a year ago, we were perfectly content with our unfettered, unscheduled existence as DINKs (Dual-Income-No-Kids)? Here are just a few of the reasons...

Some say the early bird catches the worm, while some studies suggest that night owls have better cognitive function (intelligence, reasoning, and memory) compared to early risers. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of rising early. You'd think that after waking up early all my life — first as a student and then as a mum — I'd be used to it by now. But nope, I firmly belong to the sleep-in brigade. Are you an "Early to bed, early to rise" sort, or a "Stay up late and sleep in" night owl? If you're not an early bird, check...

Democratic strategist Aisha Mills claimed Monday on CNN’s “News Central” that former President Donald Trump “would absolutely try to exterminate people.” Monday on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” Trump said, “How about allowing people to come to an open-border, not as 13,000 of which were murderers. Many of them murdered far more than one person. And they’re now happily living in the United States, you know. Now a murderer, I believe this, it’s in their genes. We got a lot of bad genes in our country right now.” Host John Berman said, “Talking about the immigrants who come over, he was...

There are more millionaire college athletes than ever before. Last October, there were just 10 NCAA athletes whose NIL earnings exceeded $1 million, according to On3’s NIL deal tracker. That number grew to 24 during last season’s March Madness basketball tournament, and now sits at 34. College athletes have been allowed to make money from their names, images and likenesses since 2021, after decades of having to judiciously avoid any form of payment that could compromise their amateur status and NCAA eligibility. Many student-athletes during those years lamented the rules that barred them from seeking any form of financial payment...

Bono rejected an apparent kiss from Sean “Diddy” Combs 10 years before the rapper was arrested for alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. A video has resurfaced of Combs, 54, seemingly trying to plant a smooch on Bono, 64, at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards. Combs, Usher and Kate Beckinsale were onstage and presented Bono’s rock band U2 with the award for Best Original Song for “Ordinary Love” from the Nelson Mandela biopic “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” As Bono grabbed his trophy from Usher, Combs approached the “Beautiful Day” singer and gave him a hug. Ten, Combs turned his face...

A swing-state activist coalition called on Muslim voters Monday to punish Vice President Kamala Harris for “overseeing” the Israel-Hamas war and turn out to back Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein instead. The organization formerly called Abandon Biden released its anti-Harris endorsement on the anniversary of Hamas terrorists massacring an estimated 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapping roughly 250 others — and one day after Harris’ campaign released an endorsement of her candidacy from 25 Islamic religious leaders. “A vote is not just a political act; it is, more profoundly, a moral one. With this in mind, the Abandon...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls because they “seemed political,” according to a DeSantis aide. “Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” the DeSantis aide told NBC News. The same person said “not to my knowledge” when asked if DeSantis had spoken to President Joe Biden. Last week, DeSantis said Biden had called him, but he was flying at the...

As we prepared yesterday afternoon for this conversation, the war that Iran has outsourced to its proxies for the last year finally became a war being waged by Iran itself, as it launched over 100 ballistic missiles towards Israel. Israel’s 9 million citizens huddled into bomb shelters, while missiles rained down on their homes, with a handful making direct impact. As of this recording, two people were injured, and one person was killed—that person was a Palestinian man in Jericho. Just before that onslaught, at least two terrorists opened fire at a train station in Jaffa, Israel, killing at least...

Funny anti-Starmer song once the theme song of a classic British sitcom. Transcript linked below video.

The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East, according to a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project, released on the anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel. An additional $4.86 billion has gone into stepped-up U.S. military operations in the region since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, researchers said in findings first provided to The Associated Press. That includes the costs of a Navy-led campaign to quell strikes on commercial shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, who...

Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed KidsA major study involving 1.7 million children has found that heart damage only appeared in children who had received Covid mRNA vaccines. Not a single unvaccinated child in the group suffered from heart-related problems. In addition, the researchers note zero children from the entire group, vaccinated or unvaccinated, died from COVID-19. Furthermore, the study found that Covid shots offered the children very little protection from the virus, with many becoming infected after just 14 to 15 weeks of receiving an injection. The 1.7 million children observed in the study...