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[Catholic Caucus] The "Mayan Rite" and Papal Progressivism - by Abp. Héctor AgüerAbp. Héctor AgüerEmeritus of La PlataBuenos Aires, November 27, 2024 The Liturgy represents the intimate life of the Church, its essence: the worship of the Triune God, in which the First Commandment is fulfilled; the reproduction of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ; the communication of the Grace of the Holy Spirit in the celebration of the Sacraments. The Liturgy is carried out according to various Eastern and Western rites. The Roman Rite includes the Ordo of the Latin Mass, which originated around the 6th century and has...

WASHINGTON — When President-elect Donald Trump’s new defense secretary takes the reins of the Pentagon next year, they may quickly be faced with an internal debate to settle: whether the Army should continue with its traditional role of providing defenses for air bases, or whether the Air Force steps up to the task on its own.At the core of the issue is not only the capabilities brought to the fight by each service, but how they will be funded. The Army has traditionally been charged with defending air bases, which is part of the reason why systems like Patriot and...

It’s become a familiar story. A man is about to reach an upper echelon of public life when an accusation from his past resurfaces. Sometimes it’s a bad joke made in a woman’s presence or a rebuffed advance while the man was in a supervisor role. Other times it’s far more serious accusations of assault. The latter is what is happening right now to Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth. It’s the Brett Kavanaugh show all over again. Hegseth has vigorously denied the accusation, but that hasn’t mattered. The media has gone into smear-fest mode and won’t...

The death of Leah Seneng, 60, last week was confirmed to be from the horrific disease by Fresno County health officials, according to the report. Seneng had tried to save a bat she found lying in her classroom at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos in mid-October, her dear friend Laura Splotch told the TV news outlet. “I don’t know if she thought it was dead or what cause it was laying around her classroom and she was trying to scoop it up and take it outside,” Splotch told ABC30.

In the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Israeli ambassador met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and got from him a guarantee that Moscow would not kill his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Now, 3 years later, Israel got into two wars of its own and implemented a jaw-dropping program of decapitation strikes that took out the complete leaderships of Hamas and Hezbollah. But now, Russia, after having Western-made long-range missile strikes into its territory, has unveiled a new hypersonic weapon Oreshnik (Hazel), and after a first strike in a defense compound in Dnipropetrovsk, is warning that it may now...

John Morgan, a former major Democratic mega-donor, said Wednesday night that President elect-Donald Trump’s son, Barron, is “smarter” than Vice President Kamala Harris and her entire campaign. Harris has reportedly told her advisers that she is “staying in the fight” and is considering whether to launch another presidential campaign in 2028 or run for governor in California when Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s term ends, according to a Monday report by Politico. Morgan, an attorney who has grown increasingly critical of Harris’ campaign, argued that Barron Trump is smarter than anyone on the Harris campaign by encouraging his father to...

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been communicating with Donald Trump in recent months through secret back channels, helping the president-elect hammer out a policy agenda before and since his decisive White House victory, The Post has learned. The 68-year-old Wall Street titan — who, like 78-year-old Trump, grew up in Queens in New York City — has acted as “a sounding board” for the incoming commander-in-chief’s economic manifesto, four sources close to Trump’s transition team *** The quietly cozy relationship between Trump and Dimon has flourished despite the banker’s cryptic and tight-lipped tendencies when it comes to politics. Trump...

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President-elect Trump as an “intelligent” and “experienced” leader Thursday, while noting he does not believe the president-elect is “safe” following the two attempts on his life earlier this year. Putin, speaking to reporters in Kazakhstan after a summit, said relations between Moscow and Washington could improve once Trump is back in the Oval Office in January, CNN reported. “As far as I can imagine, the newly elected president is an intelligent and already quite experienced person. I think he will find a solution,” Putin said. The comments suggested a shift in tone by the Kremlin...

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been communicating with Donald Trump in recent months through secret back channels, helping the president-elect hammer out a policy agenda before and since his decisive White House victory, The Post has learned. The 68-year-old Wall Street titan — who, like 78-year-old Trump, grew up in Queens in New York City — has acted as “a sounding board” for the incoming commander-in-chief’s economic manifesto, four sources close to Trump’s transition team said. One GOP insider said the president-elect’s inner circle held a series of “no-holds-barred conversations” with Dimon — who at the time was rumored...

The Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet foils a major Iranian attack against the Jewish State, which planned on heavily equipping Palestinian terrorists within Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank. How will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu respond to this aggression from the regime in Tehran. Meanwhile, the IDF destroys a Hezbollah precision guided missile factory in Beirut. Watch now.

Just a few months ago, everything was different. Remember? Iran was on the warpath. Awash with petro-dollars (and just plain dollars, courtesy of the Biden administration), the Iranian mullahs were clearly the ascending power in their region. Meanwhile, Israel was ravaged by terrorist invaders; their one-proud intelligence services and military were exposed as inadequate. The Iranian proxy militaries surrounding the Jewish homeland (as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and more) kept a gun pointed at their enemies’ heads. This was the New World Order in the Middle East. America’s allies were on their heels. Iran thundered in apocalyptic prose: Israel...

"Sound familiar? These are the kind of political games the deep state has been playing for years to thwart a duly elected president who has campaigned on “draining the swamp.... ...“Stealing records and sharing the victim’s private information isn’t any way to build up trust — especially when that victim happens to be the president-elect,” Sen. Grassley said in a statement to The Federalist. “It’s no surprise the Trump transition team is skipping out on GSA.”- from the article

Political Strategist Chai Komanduri joins MSNBC's Ari Melber to discuss Donald Trump's 2024 election win over Kamala Harris. (The Beat's YouTube playlist: https://msnbc.com/ari Ari: / arimelber Beat merch: www.msnbc.com/Beat5).

Trump might announce that he is granting all governors and mayors who protect their “residents” will come last in the deportation project and ask NGO's to provide funds or transportation to help illegal immigrants move to them.

President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar is warning sanctuary cities of dire consequences if they refuse to turn over illegal immigrants, saying he’ll seek Justice Department authority to charge officials with obstruction and harboring if they don’t turn over illegal border crossers in their custody.

Hasbro stock surged early Friday after Elon Musk mused about buying the toy making powerhouse for the rights to Dungeons & Dragons. The day prior, Musk announced plans to start his own artificial intelligence video game studio. Telsa (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is an avid video game player, previously touting on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that he ranks top 20 in the world for Diablo 4. Now, Musk appears to be adding video games to his production portfolio. (snip) And Musk seems to want the rights to Dungeons & Dragons for the upcoming game studio. The tabletop...

Five years ago the nave at Notre Dame was covered in soot, charred wood and debris after a blaze that came close to destroying the 12th-century cathedral. On Friday, the stonework was resplendent once more, the chandeliers gleamed and sunlight filtered through the stained glass windows as President Macron visited the cathedral to mark the end of its renovation. ...

Spending on migrants in Denver has ballooned to an estimated $356 million, an updated analysis by the Common Sense Institute says. The estimate, which amounts to $7,900 per foreign national in the city, includes spending from the city, schools, and health care systems. Denver has seen an influx of almost 43,000 migrants since 2022. The city has received significant federal funding for migrant response. ... from May, the city received federal funding for migrant response from the Head Start Program ($13 million), Federal Emergency Management Agency ($8.6 million), U.S. Department of Local Affairs ($1.5 million), and the National Board for...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” Luke 21:32–33As we approach the final days of this liturgical year, we continue to read about the end of the world. Today we read that both Heaven and earth, as they currently are, will pass away. This is worth pondering. We know that life is full of change. It has been said that the one thing that never changes is change itself. Everything else changes....