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On the Legitimacy of the Novus Ordo Missae: A Legitimate Question? (Op-Ed) In his article À quand la paix liturgique ? (When will there be liturgical peace?), in the July-August 2025 issue (no. 382) of La Nef, Christophe Geffroy raised a question to which the consecrations recently conferred within the Society of Saint Pius X give particular prominence. In it, he championed the equality in "value and holiness" of the two forms of the Roman rite, and reproached the "priests who refuse any celebration of the new ordo" for contesting this value and holiness "because they judge this liturgy to...

A machete-wielding MS-13 executioner known as “the witch” has been cut loose by an “activist” federal judge in California despite facing an aggravated murder warrant in El Salvador. David Antonio Aviles Perez, 35, was captured by ICE agents in San Diego in April on an international warrant accusing him of aggravated murder. He had been held in federal custody pending his removal from the US. But before authorities could arrange for his extradition, Aviles Perez was released last Wednesday by federal Judge Jinsook Ohta, who ordered his release from a southern California ICE detention facility by 5 p.m. the following...

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Donald Trump's White House has launched Arcade.Gov, a site with mini-games where you catch and deport immigrants, or use Tetris blocks to build a border wall. The site's mini-games riff on existing ideas, such as Flappy Bill, an obvious parody of Flappy Bird, which asks players to keep the bill in the air while flying through the capitol. Rio Run, meanwhile, asks you to "patrol the line along the river, pick up every crosser." It's essentially Snake, with you playing a character wearing a business suit, who collects a chain of orange jumpsuited prisoners. At the end of the game,...

Preliminary research offers clues about what may shape your cravings for sweets.Key Pounts: New research indicates genetics may influence how strongly you perceive sweetness and how rewarding sweet foods feel, which can shape your food preferences and eating habits. A preliminary study of nearly 500,000 people found that those with a higher genetic predisposition to prefer sweets ate about 7 grams more of sweet foods each day. Dietitians suggest that choosing naturally sweet foods, pairing sweets with protein or fiber, and gradually reducing added sugar can help you manage a preference for sweets. The difference between happily skipping dessert and...

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Excitement around the creation of a new drug, especially one showing early promise in clinical trials, is often celebrated by those developing it. But new weight-loss drug retatrutide has become a headache not only for Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company behind it, but for regulators in the UK and around the world. The jab has not yet been approved for human use by any regulatory body. But illicit, counterfeit dupes of retatrutide are currently flooding the black market. Experts have told the BBC this is one of the first times they have seen copycat versions of an experimental drug, still...

Aryna Sabalenka finally found something that could stop her at the US Open: the smell of marijuana. The two-time defending champion complained to the chair umpire that it was bothering her early in her third-round victory over Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday. Sabalenka said she had never smelled the odor so strong as she did while serving early in the match. "I don't know if it was, like, coming from the crowd or was from the outside because the wind blows it into the stadium," Sabalenka said. "I don't know. I just hope they're going to be a bit more aware...

[Catholic Caucus] Professor Ratzinger Criticizes the Council The following essay was published in German on July 4, 2020, by Michael Charlier at Summorum Pontificum but the topic is relevant again, so we have made it available in translation.—PAKFor all those who feel committed to the entire Catholic tradition, the Second Vatican Council is a difficult topic. On the one hand, we know that Vatican II could not have turned anything the Church has always taught upside down. On the other hand, we live in an environment where much seems to have been turned upside down—and we are told that this...

(LifeSiteNews) — Top feminist Gloria Steinem who died this week at age 92 may have been very different from her carefully cultivated public persona. While she earned her reputation as the unrivaled leader of the feminist and pro-abortion movements, the connections that lay behind her public career perhaps tell a more complex tale. There is no question that Steinem was once employed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). She herself divulged her association with the spy agency in her 2015 memoir. “She knew she was working for the CIA and said so herself,” LifeSite CEO John-Henry Westen noted in a...

SNIP "This latest news comes on the heels of a blockbuster report from Status — which reported that Bartiromo’s sudden departure from the network on Thursday can be traced to an incident in July — when Fox Business management privately instructed senior employees not to lend credibility to claims Trump had made during a prime-time address about the 2020 election and China. Status’s Oliver Darcy reported that Bartiromo “spilled the secret” to the White House — an action which, according to Darcy, amounted to Bartiromo having “effectively betrayed her employer.” Byers reported that Bartiromo took a screenshot of guidance sent...

Iran is facing a potential economic disaster as the besieged Islamic Republic’s fuel reserves have dwindled to a paltry two-month supply, following months of punishing US bombing campaigns and a fresh wave of crippling economic sanctions. The US unleashed a barrage of secondary sanctions in recent weeks to choke off Iran’s supply of cash, restricting the rogue nation’s access to international financing networks and even blockading its oil exports. This is preventing Iran from doing everything from buying goods to securing foreign currency, and even forcing it to import gasoline because its refinery infrastructure has been decimated and there’s no...

An airline passenger was duct-taped and zip-tied by other travelers and crew after he hurled racist and homophobic slurs in an unhinged mid-flight meltdown — forcing the plane to divert on Thursday night, according to a report. The bigoted passenger was on American Airlines flight 618 from Dallas to Newark when he flew off the handle with a fire-and-brimstone-fueled diatribe at his seatmate around 10:15 p.m., prompting a black flight attendant and passengers to step in and restrain him. When the flight attendant intervened, the buffoon then hurled the n-word at him and spewed anti-gay slurs, according to TMZ. Footage...

Sen. Ted Cruz argues that the Democratic Party is being taken over by what he describes as “Islamists and Marxists” who “hate America.”

The Canadian economy’s labour market lost its steam in August, breaking a string of upbeat job reports ahead of the latest escalation of the trade war with the United States. Canada lost a net 42,000 jobs in August, falling short of economists’ expectations of a gain of 15,000 positions, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.4 per cent. It was a different story in the U.S., where employers added 162,000 jobs in August, coming in hotter than expectations of 55,000 jobs, the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics also reported on Friday. The U.S. unemployment rate...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) are calling for a ban on artificial superintelligence and a broader pause on the development of advanced models following a string of AI-powered cyberattacks. The pair are preparing to introduce a bill that would ban the development and deployment of superintelligence and pause development of cutting-edge AI models until an agency is created to monitor their capabilities and identify potential risks. Sanders and Casar, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, have positioned themselves as leading voices on the left warning of the potential for mass job loss and economic disruption...

I have had RLS for a few years. It is not severe, just annoying. I also have developed neuropathy in my lower legs. While looking for help on neuropathy I found a Youtube video on a possible help if not a cure. I've been on it for a month and have had no change in that. However, I noticed after a couple of weeks that my RLS was 99% gone. The regimen involves red light therapy and a few supplements. Here's the list: 600 mg N-Acetyll L-Cysteine twice a day on empty stomach. 1000 mg Acetyl L-Carnitine twice a day...

The worldwide population of older adults has eclipsed that of younger children, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a new report. The percentage of the global population that is people aged 65 and older by 2025 climbed above the percentage of people aged zero to 5, Census Bureau and Australian National University demographers said in the report, released on Aug. 31. “This is the first time this ‘crossing’ of the youngest and oldest age groups has happened in human history and is projected to drastically widen in the coming years,” the demographers said. That’s one of the markers of an...

This video by Black Conservative Perspective criticizes the public support for Karmelo Anthony, who is involved in a legal case regarding the stabbing of a teenager. The creator argues that many individuals, particularly within the black community, prematurely supported Karmelo based on racial identity rather than the facts of the case (12:23-13:21, 15:36-16:06). Key points covered in the video: Disgust at Alleged Content: The video highlights the emergence of text messages attributed to Karmelo Anthony that contain derogatory and hateful remarks about black women. The creator notes that this revelation has caused many of his previous supporters to withdraw their...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB+WAVE) — A Kentucky judge ordered former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to serve 60 days in jail without bond on a contempt charge out of Jefferson County. Judge Angela Johnson ordered Bevin back to jail during his court appearance Friday afternoon in Louisville. “He has over and over again demonstrated a complete disregard and utter disrespect for this court,” Johnson said during Friday’s hearing. “You have done nothing to show the court that you are willing to act in good faith, and I cannot reward that with a reduced sentenced or an alternative sentence, or some form of...