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[Catholic Caucus] AUDIO EXCLUSIVE | The strong man of the Doctrine of the Faith for abuses: «We have to try to protect the Church from scandal»Previously unreleased audio recordings of the apostolic commissioner of the Sodalicio reveal the logic with which part of the Roman apparatus continues to handle sexual abuse cases: the Church’s institutional priority above the victims. Bertomeu himself even compares this principle to “the law of the Third Reich”.InfoVaticana today publishes two audio recordings of Mons. Jordi Bertomeu, an official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and one of the principal instructors of sexual...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – A Montgomery County man accused of secretly giving a pregnant woman an abortion pill that killed their unborn baby, has been officially indicted by a grand jury. The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Jon Rueben Demeter was indicted Thursday on an abortion charge and injury to a child. The abortion charge is a first-degree felony carrying a punishment of five years to life in prison. KPRC 2 News reporter Corley Peel obtained a search warrant revealing new details about how Demeter allegedly administered the drug without the woman’s knowledge or consent. According to the warrant,...

A flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Airport was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from a country currently affected by an Ebola outbreak was allowed to board. According to a Customs and Border Patrol spokesperson: Air France boarded a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo in error on a flight to the United States. Due to entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus, the passenger should not have boarded the plane. CBP took decisive action and prohibited the flight carrying that traveler from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne...

Washington state has agreed to stop forcing Christian foster parents to push the LGBTQ agenda on their foster kids. The Democrat-run state will no longer require Christian parents to fake gender pronouns or socially transition foster children in violation of their religious beliefs. That comes under a settlement reached with a couple who lost their foster-care license for refusing to compromise their faith and push the trans agenda on their foster children. The agreement, announced May 20, includes a permanent injunction requiring the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families to revise its licensing policies. The department can no longer...

there has been renewed attention on the mosque’s history and past connections to individuals linked to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The New York Post described the mosque as one of the largest Islamic centers in California and noted that it has been the subject of national attention since the early 2000s. According to the report, two of the 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf alHazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, attended the mosque while living in San Diego before the attacks. Federal investigators later examined their activities in the city and their connections to members of the local Muslim community. The mosque’s current imam,...

Robert L. Woodson, civil rights activist, community leader, and noted conservative author, died peacefully Wednesday at the age of 89. Woodson spent more than six decades challenging the poverty industry he believed exploited the very communities it claimed to serve. In 1981, he founded the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in Washington — later renamed the Woodson Center. “Bob Woodson was more than the founder of an organization,” the Woodson Center’s statement reads. “He was a visionary and civil rights leader whose life transformed countless communities from the inside out. For more than six decades, his life’s work rested on...

A UN body of researchers that puts together possible climate scenarios announced last week that one extreme scenario it put forward back in 2011 is no longer plausible. As Roger Pielke Jr. from AEI puts it, the climate apocalypse is no longer around the corner.The climate apocalypse isn’t around the corner after all. That’s the upshot of a recent report from the international panel that supplies official “scenarios” to researchers, governments and banks. It turns out that the most extreme assumptions about the future — the doomsaying predictions embodied in the worst-case scenario known as RCP8.5 — are “implausible.”...The substance...

House Republicans are heading into the 2026 midterm cycle with record-breaking cash and a shrinking battlefield. Despite the polls and the narrative being pushed by the mainstream media, Republicans seem to have momentum that Democrats appear unable to match. And Democrats can’t spin this, no matter how hard they try. Rep. Richard Hudson, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told CBS News this week that the NRCC raised $47.1 million in the first quarter of the year, the largest first-quarter haul in the committee's history. March alone brought in $28.1 million, also a record. The committee now has $78.2...

Younger consumers’ drinking habits have been the focus of much attention over the past few years. Statistics have painted a broad picture of an alcohol industry in crisis, driven in part by a declining interest in liquor among the Gen Z cohort. Though the numbers don’t always add up (do they ever?), the prevailing hypothesis is that the 18 to 34 crowd is trading alcohol for cannabis, screen time and a bevvy of wellness-oriented goals.On a recent episode of “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,” economist Alvin E. Roth chimed in with some insight. A Nobel Prize-winner, Stanford professor and author...

Britain would be forced to accept the European Union's refugee quota if Labour rejoins the bloc. Before Brexit, the UK was allowed to opt out of the EU's asylum policy. But now, sources have indicated rejoining the union would require the acceptance of all EU "acquis communautaire" - the complete body of common rights, obligations and legal framework by which which member states abide. Post-Brexit rules enforce quotas of relocated refugees, and governments which refuse to accept them are penalised by as much as £17,500 per person. Fresh fears were raised over rejoining the EU when Labour leadership hopeful Wes...

Protests against redistricting were held in Montgomery over the weekend, but, to the surprise of no one, George Soros’ fingerprints were all over the event. Leftwing activists showed up to Alabama’s capital city Saturday for the “All Roads Lead to the South” rally. Speakers there took turns calling state leaders “racists” over the new congressional map approved by the Legislature in the recent special session. Riders were bussed in from Oregon, Ohio, and points across the country. The national progressive coalition’s lead coordinator has been bankrolled by George Soros to the tune of $7.61 million. The organizers weren’t shy about...

An icon of Milwaukee’s beer baron era has been discontinued by Pabst Brewing Co., but Wisconsin Brewing is planning one last toast to Schlitz this summer. The “beer that made Milwaukee famous” is dead. Schlitz, a brand that began in Milwaukee in 1858, has been discontinued by its corporate parent, Pabst Brewing Co. The move is part of a wave of culling of its nostalgia-driven brands. The news comes, oddly enough, from Wisconsin Brewing Co., which announced on Thursday afternoon that it would be brewing “the last Schlitz” at its brewery in Verona next weekend. Pabst confirmed the move on...

The American doctor who contracted Ebola and was transferred to Germany is starting to feel better and is able to eat, according to his colleague. Dr. Peter Stafford is currently hospitalized in Berlin's Charite University Hospital after testing positive for the disease due to his work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His colleague, Matt Allison -- the executive director of Serge, the Christian missionary group Stafford works for -- told ABC News that the doctor has been receiving monoclonal antibodies during his hospitalization. Allison said it appears Stafford's condition has improved since landing in Germany and that he...

George Soros’ Open Society Foundations is shifting $300 million into the United States, warning that President Donald Trump, the conservative Supreme Court majority, and attacks on “civil society” threaten American democracy and civil rights. The New York-based organization announced the initiative Tuesday after years concentrating much of its activism overseas, including in Africa and the Middle East. OSF now says the U.S. has become a frontline political battleground. “We certainly believe that civil society is essential and must stay on the playing field,” Laleh Ispahani, OSF’s managing director for the U.S., told The Guardian. Ispahani, previously senior policy counsel at...

KrisAnne Hall, LibertyAddict@RealKahallAmerica is about to celebrate 250 years of Independence.But most Americans were never taught what actually happened in 1776.They taught you to celebrate the fireworks.They never taught you the meaning of liberty.America’s REAL Independence Day was July 2nd, 1776, when Congress legally severed ties with the British Crown.The Declaration of Independence was the announcement.Not the act itself.As America approaches its 250th birthday, this isn’t just about correcting history.It’s about remembering:• Why America became a Constitutional Republic• Why rights come from God, not government• How we lost our understanding of liberty• And how we reclaim what generations sacrificed to...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Let The Bodies Hit The Floor! C. J. Pierce, the guitarist of the music group Drowning Pool, sings and plays his guitar during the Drowning Pool concert in Powidz, Poland. This concert is a part of the Drowning Pool’s Holiday tour around Poland. Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Welcome Baby!! Proud parents and veterans Alexa and Douglas Davis welcomed baby Chance as the first baby of the New Year...

Billionaire Mark Cuban stood on the White House stage Monday alongside the man he spent the last year trying to keep out of the Oval Office. The former "Shark Tank" star and outspoken Kamala Harris surrogate appeared beside President Donald Trump during the rollout of TrumpRx.gov, which is a new initiative aimed at lowering the cost of 600 generic prescription drugs. The program partners the Trump administration with major private-sector companies, including Amazon, GoodRx and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs — officially making Trump and Cuban business partners after a history of heated political attacks. For much of the campaign...

Just before writing this piece, I saw Gary Oldman in a London production of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. For those unfamiliar, the play revolves around an old man listening to a series of tapes recorded by himself when he was younger, musing pompously on his hopes and dreams for the future. In his present, desiccated state, he can only scoff at his middle-aged self, before being overcome by the pathetic realization that it is all up for him and that he is doomed to a miserable, unhappy future. It is hard to think of ten people who will want...

A French craft brewery has been forced to discontinue its best-selling “John Lemon” beer following a cease and desist order from Japanese artist Yoko Ono, the widow of the late Beatles founder John Lennon.

Iowans will need to see a doctor in person to receive abortion medication under a new law Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed. The Tuesday, May 19, signing came as Republican-led states across the country aim to restrict access to abortion pills, usage of which has increased since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling temporarily preserved access to mail-order prescriptions after Louisiana challenged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expanded access. But the medication's future remains uncertain as the legal battle plays out. The bill, House File 2788, will require Iowans seeking abortion medication,...