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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to hold elections if Russia agrees to a full 60-day ceasefire. "Give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire, and we will organize elections," he tells ABC

Is the Synod Redefining Papal Infallibility?A proposed revision to Canon 749 raises a fundamental question: who determines the truth of Catholic doctrine? Gaetano Masciullo examines the Synod’s vision of infallibility, the expansion of lay authority, and what these changes could mean for the Church’s teaching office and Sacred Tradition.Today in the Vatican it is possible to identify a plurality of centers of power, operating within a complex dialectic between strategic convergence and internal tensions. Bergoglio acted as several sovereigns and emperors of the past did, that is, he concentrated power in his own hands during his lifetime, even going beyond...

The California High-Speed Rail to Nowhere started out with a $9.95 billion bond measure back in 2008 that was supposed to link up LA, San Francisco and the Central Coast by 2020, and is now up to… $231 billion. Hopefully. At this rate, it’ll cost all the money in the world and still never exist. So where is that money going? Here’s a hint. Around the same time that the CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery after an appearance with Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrating the progress of the ‘train-to-nowhere’, Democrats were moving...

This loss of spiritedness—what the Greeks called θυμός—has had a far-reaching and depressive effect on the civilizations of the West.It would have been hard to improve the backdrop for Marco Rubio’s foreign policy address on October 7 in Athens, Greece. Standing on the Pnyx with the ruins of the Parthenon rising up behind him, the Secretary of State delivered a speech that won almost universal plaudits. Let me toss my vote in with the overwhelming majority and affirm that Rubio’s speech was simply splendid: robust, heartfelt, honest, masculine, and true. Is it still permissible to praise such a public performance...

Rare evidence of medieval Rome's thriving community of Anglo-Saxons has been found close to the city's Palazzo della Rovere near the Vatican, according to a statement released by the University of Cambridge. The team has unearthed 20 coins, including 19 silver pennies and one halfpenny, minted by a son and grandsons of the Anglo-Saxon king -- and first king of England -- Alfred the Great. Scholars have long known about the Anglo-Saxon enclave in Rome. There are modern place names that preserve this legacy, including the embankment between the Tiber and the Vatican that is still called the Lungotevere in...

The responses to the natural disasters will show the difference between red and blue rule. Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis and California's Gov. Gavin Newsom have mixed it up on various occasions as to whose state is better governed. Now that two hurricanes are hitting each state at the same time, it's time for those claims about response management to be inspected side by side. Here we have Florida, whose panhandle was beset by Category 2 Hurricane Isaias: [Numerous X posts from Florida at article] We see leadership and communication from De Santis, weeks of preparation including securing federal resources, helpful...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/11/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 49[a] For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.1 Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor alike: 3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.4 I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle: 5 Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me— 6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of their...

Andy Burnham is facing questions over plans to speed up sweeping changes to Britain’s electoral system amid speculation that some of his closest advisers are pressing for an early general election. Ministers reportedly want to at least halve the time available for peers to scrutinise legislation that would make it possible to vote without photographic identification, lower the voting age to 16 and tighten restrictions on political donations. According to the Sunday Telegraph, the government is seeking to reduce scrutiny of the representation of the people bill in the House of Lords from an anticipated 10 days to fewer than...

It wasn’t all that long ago that if The New York Post published photographs of an aspiring congressman wearing a leather collar and a chain-link leash, his campaign would have immediately been over. Yet that doesn’t seem to be the case for Chris Gallant, the gay, gun-toting former Black Hawk pilot who’s running for Congress on eastern Long Island. He still may not win, but these photos alone haven’t sunk his chances. When he was 20, Mr. Gallant modeled for promotional photos for Mr. S Leather, a San Francisco fetish brand; many of the photos, which capture Mr. Gallant engaged...

Concealed Carry Reciprocity is a perennial issue for good reasons. Currently, reciprocity is granted only between states that enter into compacts. How many states offer reciprocity? That’s hard to say with precision. Most likely, only 22, and five more require no permit. The devil, as always, is in the details: at least six states--Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Maine--seem to have reciprocity but only honor permits issued in those states. Yes, that’s contradictory and makes no sense, which creates a problem for anyone traveling in those states. If you come to the attention of the police, they may...

More than half of adults in thousands of neighbourhoods across England and Wales are on out-of-work benefits, a report has found The common denominator in these counties is Deindustrialization, structural economic decline, and a post-pandemic surge in health and incapacity-related benefits (such as Personal Independence Payments or PIP) that keep working-age adults permanently out of work.

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A friend and advisor to socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with the president of Cuba during a luxe trip to the communist nation — where they conspired to subvert US foreign policy, according to a since-deleted travel diary obtained by The Post. Danny Valdez, who hosted a fundraiser for Mamdani’s mayoral campaign in 2025, traveled to Cuba with a delegation from the DSA International Committee from Oct. 22 to Oct. 26, 2023, according to the Nov. 9, 2023 blog post, entitled “The Cuba Diaries.” The delegation met with President Miguel Diaz-Canel on the third day of the...

This week in Athens, standing in front of the Parthenon, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a remarkable speech which I think in time will be considered to have been an historic one. At this link, you can see a video of the speech or read the complete transcript of it. It reminded me of an afternoon in the 1950s when taking a bus home from junior high school, I looked around and saw the Greek Orthodox kids studying Greek, the Catholic kids studying their Latin, and the Jewish kids studying Hebrew. In those days, and in that cold Wisconsin...

The Gist Scarlett Johansson made an appearance at the London Film Festival screening of Ray Gunn on October 10.She wore a bold red strapless dress that revealed her floral back tattoos.Johansson is one of the voice actors in the new film.Scarlett Johansson’s latest look may be the perfect red carpet ensemble—but it also feels pretty personal. The actress appeared at a screening of the film Ray Gunn at the London Film Festival on October 10, where she wore a scarlet red dress that showed off her meaningful back tattoos. The 41-year-old actress posed on the red carpet in a bright...

The Talk Shows Oct 11th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin , Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) , Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) , Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) , Shyam Sankar. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin , Zach Lahn , Iowa state Auditor Rob Sand , Marc Siegel , Brit Hume. Panel: Yemisi Egbewole, Hans Nichols, Tiffany Smiley and Roger Zakheim.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Abdul El-Sayed , Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) , Michael Lewis...

A CVS Barbie package sparked outrage after shoppers said background spectators appeared to be making Nazi salutes. Ana Elizabeth highlighted the imagery in a TikTok clip featuring a gymnast themed doll from Mattel’s You Can Do Anything line. Some viewers declared they were 100% boycotting Mattel, while skeptics said the figures were merely celebrating. The dispute followed criticism of a Target Halloween costume that some shoppers said evoked Blackface and minstrel shows.

President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu said Friday at the Chisinau Security Forum that her country would be safer if it united with Romania, but such a decision could only be made with the support of a majority of citizens. During the forum’s first panel, Maia Sandu said that the debate over Unification began on the very first day of the Republic of Moldova’s independence. She cited the historical context of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and explained that supporters of reunification base their arguments on identity, historical, economic and security considerations. However, the president noted that, according to opinion...

Teens waved terrorist flags and learned Maoist war tactics at a radical “Anti-Imperialist Summer Camp” hidden in the Pacific Northwest, The Post has learned. The late August camp, run by the terror-linked Anti-Imperialist Front USA (AIF-USA), was attended by teenagers from their offshoot, Revolutionary Youth, along with community college students and young workers, in the Pacific Northwest, according to materials provided to The Post by education watchdog group the North American Values Institute (NAVI)

The Eurotards are crying because the Big Don is buying Russian Diesel. Meanwhile, Over the first nine months of 2026, the EU purchased a record volume of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) worth €7.88 billion Thats 9.5% increase compared to the same period last year.