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Chapter 5: One, Holy, Catholic, ApostolicRead the IntroductionRead chapter 1: Equally Valid and HolyRead chapter 2: the New MassRead chapter 3: LatinRead chapter 4: Practice & BeliefEvery Sunday at Mass, we recite in the Nicene Creed, “Credo … unam, sanctam, cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam” (I believe in one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church). We call these the Four Marks of the Church, that is, given and known signs by which the Church can be distinguished from all other religions or denominations.[1] Each mark is like a trademark “that is used to distinguish the article bearing it,” in this case the...

Pope Francis laments ‘ecological debt,’ repeats call for ‘elimination’ of death penaltyPope Francis highlighted the three themes of the eradication of debt, the death penalty, and world hunger during his message for the 2025 World Day of Peace.Issuing a message for the 2025 World Day of Peace, Pope Francis renewed calls for global peace, the tackling of climate change issues, and the “elimination” of the death penalty.Entitled “Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace,” Francis’ message for the annual World Day of Peace – January 1, 2025 – focused on certain of his favored talking points, as well as...

BREAKING: Georgia Special Counsel Nathan Wade admits to collaborating with the Biden White House during prosecution against Donald Trump.

On Jan. 11, 2024 conservative US YouTuber Gonzalo Lira died in a Ukrainian prison, where he was held for the crime of criticizing the war, and the US and Ukrainian governments. Now, a FOIA request by Judicial Watch sheds stark light on the Biden Regime’s complete failure to stand up for a US political prisoner in a Ukrainian prison. The e-mails reveal the US Embassy was aware of threats to Gonzalo Lira’s life, which it considered “no rush.”After Gonzalo Lira’s death, the Embassy was mostly concerned with spin control and how to “beef up press guidance” to address the question...

The Process of Electing a President and Vice President The electors of each state convene after the election on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. Any disputes within the states over electors must be resolved by Dec. 11, 2024, when the executive officer of each state signs a Certificate of Ascertainment to appoint the electors chosen by voters in the general election. On Dec. 17, 2024, the electors in each state will meet to select the president and vice president of the United States. They almost always meet in person at the state or federal district capital....

Massive Explosion seen in Northwestern Syria near the City of Tartus, following an Israeli Strike against a Munitions Depot registering as a 3.0 earthquake

Wars are often chaotic, but the introduction of foreign troops can add another layer of confusion. In the Kursk region of Russia, that confusion appears to have turned deadly. According to Ukraine’s defense intelligence (GUR) and Hotnews, North Korean soldiers accidentally killed eight Chechen fighters from the Akhmat battalion. The incident, GUR claims, was caused by a language barrier between the North Korean troops and their Russian allies. The Chechens, loyal to Ramzan Kadyrov, were reportedly mistaken for enemy forces. The North Koreans fired on their vehicles, leading to the deaths. This is part of a larger development. Ukraine says...

On a cold, dark night in January 1952, a distress call went out over Death Valley. “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is Air Force 001 bailing out north of Barstow, California,” an official crash report would later read. Seconds later, six men jumped out of a 16-ton, two-engine, SA-16 Albatross plane into total darkness. The plane — with its backdoor hanging open — continued unmanned for a few moments, eventually crashing into a nearby desert mountain. More than 70 years later, the metallic carcass is still there. “The whole setting for it is just bizarre in a post-apocalyptic way,” said Abby...

It started with just a small group gathered in Mississauga's Celebration Square, rejoicing that 10,000 km (6,200 miles) away, the Syrian city of Homs had fallen to rebel forces. But when news broke that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, putting an end to the country's civil war, this town square in a small Canadian city became flooded with people celebrating, many of whom had fled Assad's regime for Canada just a decade ago. "I was crying for more than 45 minutes," said Khaled Abdulwahed, a 31-year-old Syrian who resettled in Toronto when he was just a young man...

A 36-year-old step-grandmother accused of beating and shaking an 11-month-old baby to death will not even spend a year in jail, after pleading guilty. Shanica Callaghan accepted a generous plea deal in the Queens Supreme Court just days before her trial, six years and at least 55 hearings after her arrest, according to documents seen by DailyMail.com. Her husband Clinton's grandson Jeramiah died on September 6, 2017, with a fractured skull and injuries to his brain, neck and spinal cord. A medical examiner found the baby died from 'violent, repetitive forces of acceleration and deceleration and significant blunt force trauma...

Someone recently suggested that as Artificial Intelligence progresses, it may well put a lot of postmodern college professors and other abstruse theorists out of business. Forget the ancient debate about whether ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie (it is, of course); our pal Josh Dunn of the University of Tennessee decided to test this proposition by asking ChatGPT to produce a plot summary of ‘Die Hard’ as written by PoMo major domo Jacques Derrida, and this is the result: Ah, Die Hard, a text of explosive multiplicities, invites us to deconstruct its narrative architecture, its spatial-temporal labyrinth, and the aporia...

The enigmatic drones looming over the tri-state area are likely a deliberate distraction by a foreign power trying to hide other nefarious activities in the US, one expert has claimed. “These drones and this activity is too large, too well-organized to be the work of hobbyists,” Gordon Chang, a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute think-tank and author of “Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America,” told Fox Business. “And that sort of leaves foreign powers. It could be Iran, it could be Iran in connection with China, but clearly, somebody is trying to absorb our attention,” he claimed of...

We have been fans of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni from the beginning. Now, even the liberals are starting to catch on. The London Times calls Meloni the “new Queen of Europe”:[Home Secretary Yvette] Cooper’s presence will cement the growing view in diplomatic circles that Meloni has become one of the key figures in European politics and an influential voice on the right throughout the West. *** When Meloni first came to power, in October 2022, she was seen as riding the populist wave sweeping the West and some wondered how long she would last in a country notorious for...

In August, a day after Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for president, a conservative-against-conservative argument erupted on social media. Steve Hayes, the editor and CEO of The Dispatch, called out his fellow conservatives for “fluffing” the progressive Harris and “embracing” the “nutty” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “What a mess the modern conservative movement is,” he sighed. The pile-on was swift. Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, was first. “Honestly, what are you talking about Steve?” she wrote. The problem with the conservative movement, she said, was the capitulation to Donald Trump, not the opposition against him. Hayes shot back:...

Former F-18 U.S. Navy fighter pilot Lt. Ryan Graves said he dismissed the involvement of commercial contractors in drone sightings reported around New Jersey in recent days."Based on my analysis of the situation and the statements made by the Pentagon and the legislative branch, I cannot believe that this is our own government acting in such confusion. God help us if so," Graves told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum Thursday on "The Story.""It's the same for commercial contractors," he continued. "There's zero benefit, all risk for operating these things so close to the ground, especially if it's some type of...

The founder of a “socialist apparel” brand who has called online for the death of corporate executives is planning to sell a deck of cards of “most wanted CEOs” — complete with names and faces and decorated with illustrations of gun range targets. Comrade Workwear founder James Harr announced the disturbing project just days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was executed on the streets of Midtown Manhattan. He said it was inspired by the “most-wanted Iraqi” playing card decks famously distributed to US and coalition forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq to help identify key targets in Saddam Hussein’s...

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” said the reaction to the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson showed “people’s anger” about the insurance industry. On MSNBC, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said, “You can only push people so far and then they start to take matters into their own hands.” Warren later stated, “Violence is never the answer. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.”

Whistleblower Tina Peters is wrongly imprisoned for doing what was right. Americans will never forget her or leave her behind. Yesterday we shared an Exclusive report highlighting the crimes committed by Colorado’s Secretary of State (Jena Griswold) and ignored, with the actions of whistleblower Tina Peters. Peters sits in a Colorado jail/prison with a 9-year sentence while Griswold walks free. The conditions for Tina are getting worse and she shared, “I’m letting your know that if I die here it wasn’t by my own hand, I’m not depressed.” ... Tina has not been forgotten. Some patriots in Dallas started a...

Secretary of State Jena Griswold Once Again Off the Hook—This Time for Appointing Former-Dominion Employee to Oversee Election as Lawfare Against Tina Peter Prevails.. Tina Peters wants you to know she didn’t kill herself.. In her latest text to me via the jail messaging app, Peters wrote: “I’m letting you know if I die here, it wasn’t by my own hand. I’m not depressed and would never hurt myself or anyone else….Let the people know the truth. They can silence me, but they can’t silence the truth. Things are getting more intense.” ... More intense, indeed. On Saturday, a three-judge...

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are dropping hints about where the co-leads of President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will focus its efforts on trimming federal spending when the new administration takes over in January. Musk, the wealthiest person in the world who is known for his ambitious goals, has set an aim to slash $2 trillion in federal spending under the initiative, while Ramaswamy, a billionaire in his own right, has said entire agencies will be “deleted” under DOGE’s recommendations. FOX Business compiled a list of what the successful entrepreneurs see as opportunities for improvement – and what...