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Sen. Mitch McConnell has been unanimously re-elected as Republican leader, his staff says

Glenn Beck says big government bailouts are an affront to God. During yesterday’s Glenn Beck program on Fox News Channel, Beck was discussing his usual talking points involving global government, George Soros and the overall and impending reality that the American way of doing things may just be coming to an end. So it was a pretty upbeat show overall, but then Beck brought religion into the discussion about global government and bailouts, specifically regarding what is happening at this very moment in the European Union, with Ireland being bullied and pressured to accept the big government bailout from the...

Homily I. Philemon i. 1-3.-"Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow-laborer, And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the Church in thy house: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." These things are said to a master in behalf of a servant. Immediately at the outset, he has pulled down his spirit, and not suffered him to be ashamed, he has quenched his anger; calling himself a prisoner, he strikes him with compunction, and makes him collect himself, and...

The Republican candidate for Arizona governor says the state's recently dedicated 9/11 memorial should be torn down, calling it an insult to America because of wording that he says criticizes the United States and fails to adequately honor victims and military personnel. The monument was "supposedly put in place to remember the losses of 9/11, an evil attack on our nation that killed thousands of innocent Americans," Len Munsil said Monday at a rally near the capitol. "Instead it reminds us of American failings and American mistakes, real and imagined before and after 9/11. This memorial is a tribute to...

Israel Cancels Meeting With Vatican To Discuss Fundamental Agreement JERUSALEM, JULY 26, 2005 (Zenit.org).- After chastising Benedict XVI for omitting Israel from a Papal address that condemned terrorist bombings, Israel cancelled a meeting with the Vatican to discuss the implementation of their mutual agreements. The cancellation of Monday's meeting, one of a series of talks regarding the 1993 Fundamental Agreement, was originally scheduled July 19, and postponed at the request of Israel's Foreign Ministry. On Monday, Israel accused Benedict XVI of "deliberately" failing to condemn terrorist attacks against Jews in his Sunday Angelus address. The Holy See responded both through...