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[Catholic Caucus] Head of Italian bishops says ‘the end of Christendom is not a defeat’Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has described secularization as a providential opportunity to free the faith from 'constraints of power and culture.'The president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) has said that secularization was willed by God to deprive the Church of its cultural hegemony.On November 17, during the General Assembly of the Italian Bishops in Assisi, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi explained to his confreres why secularism should not be regarded as a defeat, but rather as a providential opportunity to rethink the way Christians live their faith.“What is...

Several Colorado parents are suing their local school district after an overnight school trip allegedly tried to place a transgender-identifying male student in a hotel room — and ultimately the same bed — with an 11-year-old girl. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative legal organization that advocates for religious liberty, filed its opening brief Wednesday in "Wailes v. Jefferson County Public Schools" with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on behalf of four families. The lawsuit alleges that the district, located near Denver, allows biologically male students to share overnight accommodations with girls based solely on gender...

Trump signed an order designating parts of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. The order focuses mainly on Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan and omits Turkey and Qatar altogether... Conspicuous is the absence of reference to the Muslim Brotherhood's branches in Turkey and Qatar, which in fact are part of the government in those countries...

Campbell Soup Company is facing an employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court after a former security analyst alleged he was fired for reporting inappropriate conduct by a senior executive. The complaint, Garza v. Campbell Soup Company, case number 25-018465-CD, was filed on November 20, 2025, by the Runyan Law Group on behalf of plaintiff Robert Garza. The defendants are Campbell Soup Company and supervisor J.D. Aupperle. The claims—centered on a secretly recorded tirade in which a senior vice president allegedly mocked the company’s products, its customers, and Indian employees—challenge the credibility of Campbell’s public values and...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Camp Beauregard, LouisianaCamp Beauregard is a U.S. Army installation located northeast of Pineville, Louisiana, primarily in Rapides Parish, but also extending northward into Grant Parish. It is operated and owned by the Louisiana National Guard as one of their main training areas.The current base covers 12,500 acres and is home to many different units and elements of the Louisiana Army National Guard. The camp was named for Louisiana native and Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. Camp Beauregard is one of ten U.S. Army installations named for former Confederate Generals.Camp Beauregard’s long history...

Exposing Mamdani is “racist misinformation” according to the SPLC.The Southern Poverty Law Center took a victory lap after the death of David Horowitz, celebrating the passing of a man whom the leftist group shamelessly smeared as a “longtime anti-Muslim hate figure” and “a force in organized bigotry” and then attacked “mentees of his like Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA and Stephen Miller” for publicly honoring his memory.The SPLC did everything it could to destroy the man himself and his work at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, leveling false charges, putting us on a list of ‘hate groups’, and campaigning...

The bureau told Fox News that 45-year-old John Paul Cupp allegedly made the threats last month while law enforcement officers were approaching a crowd in South Portland. The Justice Department said Monday that a protester in Portland has been charged with threatening to kill law enforcement officers while at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building and of threatening to sexually assault their wives.The protester has been identified as 45-year-old John Paul Cupp, who allegedly made the initial threats last month while the officers were approaching a crowd in south Portland, where protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown have...

JUST IN: Ilhan Omar is being RIPPED for claiming Somalis have "always been seen as the fabric of this nation" and "we are not going anywhere!" MASS DEPORTATIONS must ensue among Somalis in Minnesota, starting with Ilhan Omar! ENOUGH.

Voters angry about crime, immigration and the economy are backing conservative politicians who want closer ties with the U.S.Chile is poised to elect as president a conservative who has proposed digging ditches to keep out immigrants. In Bolivia, voters recently kicked out the socialists who governed for nearly 20 years. And in Argentina, even the poorest voters have backed President Javier Milei’s efforts to shrink the state. Ruled several years ago by a cohort of leftists, many of them opposed to the U.S., South America is seeing its political pendulum shift to the right. It couldn’t come at a better...

The organizers and volunteers have 96 days to gather the needed one million signatures A California Voter ID initiative looks likely to appear on the 2026 ballot with over 600,000 signatures, just short of the million signatures needed to qualify. The organizers and volunteers have 96 days to gather the remaining signatures for the initiative to appear before the voters and have expressed confidence they will gather the million signatures within the next few months. According to Assemblyman Carl DeMaio’s Reform California, the organization spearheading the effort, “the ballot initiative is a state constitutional amendment to impose a Voter ID...

According to tradition, “Sangre de Cristo”, which means “Blood of Christ” in Spanish, were the supposed last words uttered by a dying priest. Despite the legend, history suggests the name originated from a much more practical beginning: an expedition.

IRS Study shows California is losing a taxpayer every minute to states like Florida, Texas, and North Carolina California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing a retroactive billionaire tax targeting the roughly 220 billionaires residing in California in 2025, ignoring that these individuals are the most financially mobile and can live anywhere. Expecting them to remain in the state as if they will happily and willingly hand over even more of their wealth surely must be facetious. SEIU is sponsoring the “2026 Billionaires Tax Act.” The measure, recently listed on the Attorney General’s website, would impose a one-time 5% tax on...

The word “antinomianism” simply means “against the law.” “Anti” means against, and “nomos” means law. An antinomian is anyone who denies that God’s law is the standard or rule of conduct in the life of the believer. ........ And so they come to believe that Christ died so that they don’t need to worry about keeping God’s law, and they can safely stay in their sins against God’s law. To antinomians, the cross means that they can live their lives without measuring themselves against God’s law anymore. To an antinomian, God’s law is harsh, terrifying, and almost cruel. But if...

The United States has designated the Cartel de los Soles (Spanish for Cartel of the Suns) - a group it alleges is headed by Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, and senior figures in his government - as a foreign terrorist organisation. Labelling an organisation as a terrorist group gives US law enforcement and military agencies broader powers to target and dismantle it. In recent months, the US has been ramping up pressure on Maduro, saying his government is illegitimate following last year's election, which was widely dismissed as rigged. The designation gives it another way to turn up the heat. But...

Brigadier General G., who served as head of the Operations Division in Military Intelligence on October 7 and moved to a Mossad position last year, will also conclude his role in the intelligence agency. The decision was made by Mossad Director David Barnea. The Mossad confirmed the decision, stating: “As decided yesterday, the former head of the Operations Division, Brig.-Gen. G., will retire from the IDF and may continue to serve in the reserves. In coordination between the Chief of Staff and the head of the Mossad, it was agreed that a retirement date will be set, at which Brig.-Gen....

CAPERNAUM — Residents of several nearby villages were abuzz with excitement this week, as the traveling carpenter-turned-teacher Jesus of Nazareth healed a demon-possessed man by taking away his smartphone. According to witnesses, the man's desperate friends and family brought him to Jesus after His disciples were unable to help him. Multiple reports indicated that the man's rages, convulsions, and foaming at the mouth were instantly healed as soon as Jesus removed the man's smartphone from his hand. "You could tell he was immediately a different person," one witness said. "He had been screeching and wailing, screaming about arguing with...

Judge dismisses cases against ex-FBI Director James Comey, NY AG Tish James A federal judge dismissed the Virginia criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, finding that interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed to her position and “had no lawful authority” to secure indictments of either of President Trump’s longtime adversaries. The humiliating defeat for the administration came 11 days after attorneys for both Comey and James had argued that Halligan had to be confirmed by the Senate after Attorney General Pam Bondi used up her allotted 120-day...

As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse. Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discourse: The New York Times reports that Republicans are quietly looking beyond Trump, suggesting he’s losing his grip on the party. Axios claims that it’s “red alert” time for Trump and the GOP. Politico describes how Republicans are getting routed in school board races, a sign...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned that President Trump calling Democratic lawmakers “traitors” is “reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible” “But if you take it at face value, the idea that calling your opponents traitors — and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty — is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible.” “It’s not something that is helping the country heal wounds. I think it stirs things up,” he added. The president vented his fury after the Democrats posted the video in which they urged members of the military to refuse unlawful orders. “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these...

Rep. Crow targeted by ‘unfounded’ bomb threat at Aurora office following Trump remarks by: Jacob Factor Nov 22, 2025 DENVER (KDVR) — Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado is safe after a Friday bomb threat at his Aurora office building was deemed unfounded, Crow’s office and the Aurora Police Department reported. The bomb threat came the day after President Donald Trump on Thursday posted a series of Truth Social posts calling for the representative, a Democrat from Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, and a group of five other Democrat lawmakers to be charged for “seditious behavior” and alluding to the death penalty...