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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo says Latin Mass question ‘very complicated’'Obviously, between the Tridentine Mass and the Vatican II Mass, the Mass of Paul VI, I’m not sure where that’s going to go,' he said during his first long-form interview as Pope.Speaking directly about the traditional Latin Mass, Pope Leo XIV expressed openness to meeting with advocates, adding the topic is “very complicated.”During the first long-form interview given by the new Pope, Leo XIV conversed with Crux about a wide variety of topics, including the traditional liturgy or Latin Mass, the Sino-Vatican deal, LGBT topics, Synodality, Vatican finances and reforms, and...

Freeper, what if your name was read out on the House floor associated with Epstein? But that could never happen because you are innocent,... right? If you are innocent, it is impossible for you to be named in and under any circumstance. Right?

On June 3, 2020, Emmanuel Cafferty was driving home from his job as an underground line locator for San Diego Gas & Electric, as he always did. On this particular day, he had his left arm hanging out of the window of his work vehicle and cracked his knuckles. Unbeknownst to Cafferty, another motorist snapped a picture and sent it to his employer, claiming Cafferty flashed a "White power" symbol. San Diego Gas & Electric, undoubtedly feeling pressure in the midst of the summer of BLM fired Cafferty. Four months later, Cafferty, who is Mexican, filed a complaint with the...

A car jumped over an open Seattle bridge to get away from officers, KIRO 7 reported. Seattle Department of Transportation traffic cameras showed the car hopping the University Bridge as it was lowering Wednesday afternoon. Before jumping the bridge, the driver hit the crossing gate. They managed to elude officers, who stopped before the gap. Car found, driver not located Officers found the car near Northeast 42nd Street and Pasadena Place Northeast with a broken windshield and damaged undercarriage, according to KIRO 7. Police searched the area, but did not find the driver.

A district court has ruled that Matthew Warman, a former student at Mount St. Joseph University, can sue campus police for violating his Fourth Amendment rights after he was detained for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Warman alleged that he was subjected to harassment, including derogatory comments from police officers, when he was forcibly detained for an hour at the campus security office. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals supported Warman's claim of a plausible Fourth Amendment violation despite dismissing most of his other claims, including those related to religious discrimination. [snip] Warman, who is Catholic, objected to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the number of Russian servicemen currently in the war zone in Ukraine, APA's Moscow bureau reports. He noted at a meeting with the leaders of the State Duma factions that more than 700,000 Russian servicemen are currently on the line of contact.

According to a recent Gallup poll, in 2010, socialism had a net approval rating of +7 among Democrats, which is bad enough. Fifteen years later, the margin has jumped to +37 — an increase in net approval of more than 500%. As I wrote yesterday when discussing the bizarre Hochul/Mamdani relationship--she endorsed him, but not the reverse--I pointed to the fact that no Democrat with national ambitions can afford to offend the communists, even if it endangers their general election prospects nationwide. And Hochul wants to be president. Before you drop the inevitable "Democrats just think socialism means more social...

Vladimir Putin’s blundering chief TV propagandist has given away the top secret location of Russia’s most elite drone unit. An unburied toilet sign in a report by Vladimir Solovyov led to the Rubicon HQ being geolocated. The trail leads to Hall D and part of Hall C at the Patriot Exhibition Centre, near Moscow. The site has been already targeted by Ukrainian attack drones, and could be again. Solovyov is a highly-paid state TV propagandist for Putin and the war - and the careless blunder failing to mask the toilet signs in a report about Rubicon is a huge embarrassment....

What Jimmy Kimmel suggested to be true --namely, that Charlie Kirk's assassin was MAGA--was false. Did he know when he said it that it was false? I don't know. Did he have reason to know it was false? Yes, but ideology warps people's heads. In any case, we should not want public officials pressuring companies to fire or discipline people for their First Amendment protected speech--even when it's false. It is simply too great a threat to civil liberty. Democrats and liberals are saying that now, but (with honorable exceptions) they have no credibility. When the shoe was on the...

WASHINGTON — An FBI investigation launched in the wake of the the 2020 election scrutinized nearly 100 Republican and GOP-aligned groups or people — including Turning Point USA, co-founded by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, unclassified bureau files released Tuesday show. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) published files related to the probe — codenamed “Arctic Frost” — during a panel hearing, saying the records revealed “Arctic Frost was much broader than just an electoral matter” and that the investigation “expanded to Republican organizations.” “Some examples of the groups the [Christopher] Wray FBI sought to place under political investigation...

Simply put, illegal immigration is a felony under Mexican law. In fact, Article 123 of the General Law of Population mandates that “a penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to five hundred thousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally.” Mexican Immigration Enforcement Other penalties regarding illegal immigration per the General Law of Population are as follows: *Article 125 – Foreigners who have legal issues involving immigration will be at risk of deportation from Mexico rather than being sentenced to prison. *Article 126 – Any foreigner who...

Hate speech is on the minds of many Republican leaders in the wake Charlie Kirk’s assassination. But in their rush to condemn anyone who has said anything critical of Kirk, himself a polarizing figure in U.S. politics but beloved in GOP ranks, conservatives are engaging in forms of cancel culture that they used to blame liberals of conducting.

Hollywood stars, unions and fans have criticized Disney's ABC for indefinitely pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air after pressure from the Federal Communications Commission over his comments about the death of Charlie Kirk. Kimmel criticized Republicans and the MAGA movement in his monologue Monday night and ABC announced it was axing the show Wednesday, hours after FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened to “take action.” The move drew praise from President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans. But Hollywood, where Kimmel is popular as a frequent host of the Oscars and Emmys, leapt to to his defense.

As my PJ Media colleague Catherine Salgado previously reported, Disney and ABC have suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after his grotesque, politically charged comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk—remarks that not only mocked the tragedy but also peddled lies about the shooter’s ideology.(snip) It was exactly the kind of late-night propaganda that’s driven audiences away in droves, and outraged conservatives flooded social media demanding his firing. Technically, Kimmel hasn’t been fired… yet… but for many, this was still a satisfying development. And in perhaps the most delicious twist of all, it was Roseanne Barr—the woman ABC infamously canceled over...

Israel announced Wednesday the operational deployment of the Iron Beam, the world’s first high-energy laser defense system ready for combat, a breakthrough officials hailed as a strategic game-changer in modern warfare. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, confirmed completion of final development trials for the Iron Beam 450, demonstrating the ability to intercept rockets, mortars, and drones “with unmatched speed, precision, and near-zero cost per engagement.” Defense sources emphasized that the system’s speed-of-light engagement means Israelis may no longer need to run to shelters in most attacks, as projectiles can be destroyed almost immediately after...

VIDEOBritish leftists have become completely deranged as exemplified by this leftist Munchkin who went over the edge at the sight of people flying the English flag. Why? Because the Munchkin screamed that it is a symbol of hate.

Orcas are behaving strangely, lately. Lately, there’s been a surge in incidents involving Orcas in the Oceans, from a pair of giant beasts killing 17 sharks in one day to a series of attacks on boats. Now, it’s reported that a pod of killer whales has ‘repeatedly rammed and sunk’ a small yacht filled with tourists out on the coast of Portugal. The targeted vessel was sailing off the coast of Fonte da Telha beach last Saturday, when the animals struck it. Daily Mail reported: “Footage shows several orcas chasing the boat before they start violently slamming against it, sending...

“Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared during a fiery press conference Tuesday, adding that he intends to “eradicate” that sickness. Johnson made the remarks after a reporter asked him about his administration’s public safety plan. “I get so sick and tired of people believing that the only thing that Black and Brown and poor people get to get in this city are badges,” he continued. “No. It’s a sickness and we’re gonna eradicate it.” Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd), who recently announced a campaign to unseat...

During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz, raised an issue with FBI Director Kash Patel that others, including President Trump, have raised as well. “I want to more broadly encourage you to follow the money,” said Cruz. “The violence we are seeing is not purely organic. There is, I believe, significant money that is spreading dissension, that is spreading violence.” As to whether the George Floyd riots of 2020 were orchestrated, Senator Cruz need look no further than an extraordinary article published by Time magazine in February 2021. The author, Molly Ball, laid out in exquisite detail what...

The Harris-Biden administration’s campaign to censor COVID-related content on Facebook during the height of the pandemic – as revealed by a remorseful Mark Zuckerberg this week – was so aggressive that it even cracked down on lighthearted memes, satirical posts and regular old jokes. On Monday, Zuckerberg admitted in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that “senior Biden administration officials, including the White House, “repeatedly pressured” Facebook parent Meta to “censor” pandemic-related content in 2021, as well as The Post’s exclusive reporting on Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop. The takedown requests included posts that Zuckerberg considered...