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The Editorial Board of The New York Times stated, “By apparently committing suicide in his Manhattan jail cell on Saturday morning, Jeffrey Epstein spared himself a lengthy trial that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life on federal sex trafficking charges… While Mr. Epstein will never face a legal reckoning, the investigations into his crimes and those of others connected to him must continue. His premature death shouldn’t stop law enforcement authorities from finishing the job that they finally took up seriously years after they should have.” Then, “The evidence against Mr. Epstein was overwhelming...

[Catholic Caucus] A Vatican II & Francis Moment: Homosexual TV Presenter is Confirmed in NYC Church in the presence of his "husband""Gio" Benitez, an openly homosexual television presenter with ABC News, was confirmed yesterday at the problematic Saint Paul the Apostle parish church in Manhattan -- there was a mass of Paul VI celebrated by homosexual-adjacent homosexuality-promoting Jesuit James Martin, and in the presence of the "husband" of Mr. Benitez, as it can be seen in the video below. These are the fruits of the general looseness of spirits promoted by Vatican II and especially of Francis-approved document on blessings,...

[Catholic Caucus] 5 transgender activists will dine with Pope Leo at ‘Jubilee of the Poor’ event SundayFive gender-confused men were reportedly welcomed to the Vatican Jubilee event for the poor after one questioned the direction the Church would take on LGBT causes following Francis’ death.A famous trans activist said he will join Pope Leo XIV for dinner at the Jubilee of the Poor event this coming Sunday.The gender-confused man known as “Alessia Nobile” was invited to the Jubilee of the Poor dinner on November 16, taking place at Paul VI Hall in Rome, according to Italian media outlets.The dinner with...

Remember how insane 2020 was? In the midst of all the George Floyd insanity, you may have forgotten that a Minneapolis officer named Tou Thao, who just so happened to be standing nearby while Derek Chauvin was detaining George Floyd, was sent to prison for the crime of being in the area where Floyd overdosed and crashed out. He spent almost five years in jail. Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao has been released from federal prison and was seen in recent photos reuniting with his children after years behind bars. Thao was sentenced to nearly five years in prison...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo XIV meets with ‘married’ homosexuals at VaticanThe two homosexual men, one of whom is the founder an AI company, were granted an audience with Leo as part of a delegation of Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez.Pope Leo XIV recently met with two “married” homosexuals during a private audience.“When Brian mentioned to the pope that we are married [sic], we both felt received with warmth and kindness,” wrote Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Josh.ai, on Facebook. He posted pictures of their audience with Leo, which they were granted as a delegation of Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles.Capecelatro...

Comparing the Marks of the Catholic Church and the Synodal Church Like the “ape church” described by Bishop Sheen, the Synodal Church has "all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content.” Thus, while the Catholic Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, the Synodal Church is multifarious, sacrilegious, fragmented, and revolutionary. This is the work of Satan. One of the most troublesome aspects of the ongoing crisis in the Catholic Church has been the difficulty that many people have in recognizing the Catholic Church as the one to which all souls...

[Catholic Caucus] What to make of the Italian bishops document on homosexual and transgender lifestylesContinuing months of controversy, the Italian bishops have overwhelmingly approved a document that many argue expresses official support for homosexuality and transgender lifestyles.Much like the Synod on Synodality, the Italian Bishops’ Conference’s multi-year synodal assembly has been marked by controversy over LGBT-related issues.The four-year synodal process convened by the bishops’ conference (known in Italian as the CEI) culminated in a late October vote to overwhelmingly approve the final document. The CEI is led by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.That vote, originally scheduled for the spring, was delayed until...

Despite Mr. Trump’s urging to move on from discussing the Epstein List, Americans still are demanding accountability for what happened, and who participated in it… As Christians, we understand that many times wicked deeds go unpunished in this present evil age. The Psalms testify repeatedly that evildoers seem to prosper because of their wealth and power, while those who are seeking the Lord suffer injustice and persecution.. Jesus said to His disciples in Matthew 10:26, “Therefore, do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known” People engage in...

‘The employee has since apologized for the choice of words and acknowledged that the sign is not an example of hate speech,’ according to a university statement A Christian university in Texas is apologizing for a recent situation in which a pro-life student group was forced to remove its “abortion is murder” sign. Abilene Christian University’s ACU for Life group last month was tabling in the campus center with a sign that read: “Abortion is Murder. Disagree? Let’s talk.” But two administrators took issue with that verbiage and told the group the wording was inappropriate and represented hate speech, according...

Gio Benitez, Openly Gay ABC News Weekend Anchor, Joins Catholic Church and Reaffirms Faith with Husband by His Side“I found the Ark of the Covenant in my heart, stored there by the one who created me … exactly as I am," Benitez wroteNEED TO KNOWGio Benitez, an openly gay ABC News anchor, joined a Catholic church in New York City and celebrated his confirmation mass on social mediaHe said that the special moment was partly inspired by learning more about the late Pope Francis's "legacy of inclusivity"Benitez's husband, Tommy DiDario, served as his sponsorGio Benitez, an ABC News anchor who...

Pastors from across Michigan, across the country, and across the Body of Christ gathered in Bay Harbor, MI from November 4th to 6th at a training camp run by Liberty Pastors , to learn how to activate their congregations on key issues facing America and the Church today. The training camp came just before the Michigan March for Life, which took place on Nov. 6th in Lansing. Some of the gathered pastors from Michigan, of course, had groups from their churches going to the march. I was privileged to address the pastors on abortion, and then to participate in the...

Rich Tidwell is the pastor of Ormond Church, a small non-denominational gathering in Canton, MO, that was founded more than a decade ago. According to his website, he is a husband, father, YouTube Apologist, polemicist, and is a “passionate follower of The Way.” Married to his wife Brandi more for more than 14 years, they have have seven children together, some adopted. He believes “proper hermeneutics are derived from examining original languages, cultural context, and multi-verse coherence” and that “Crippled by fear and compromised by tradition, Rich is convinced the status-quo Church is due a second reformation.” At first glance...

The 2024 Form 990 for the Jesus Calling Foundation is now available and shows that the foundation contributed over a million dollars from book royalties to the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in a single year. In 2024, the same year that the PCA Committee on Discipleship Ministries (CDM) was tasked to “assess the book’s appropriateness for Christians” and “provide recommendations (if needed) for remedial materials, advisory statements, or General Assembly actions concerning Jesus Calling, the PCA received $1,080,000 from the Jesus Calling Foundation. The CDM’s 2025 follow-up report stated that “neither CDM nor its staff recommend Jesus Calling” but...

ANSWER: The phrase “reprobate mind” is found in Romans 1:28 in reference to those whom God has rejected as godless and wicked. They “suppress the truth by their wickedness,” and it is upon these people that the wrath of God rests (Romans 1:18). ...

“People have to understand that the backbone of Israel’s support in the United States is the evangelical Christians,” said former Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer last year. “If you look just at numbers, you should be spending a lot more time doing outreach to evangelical Christians than you would do to Jews…” There is no single cause that satisfactorily explains the loss of support for Israel among a younger generation of evangelicals; it is a confluence of factors. One of them is theological. Younger pastors are more amillennial than older ones, there’s less focus by the newer...

[Catholic Caucus] Rediscovered book by Cardinal Fernández features graphic erotic passages on ‘spirituality and sensuality’A 1998 book by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández featuring provocative, sexually-charged themes has resurfaced, likely adding further scrutiny to the already embattled prefect of the Vatican’s doctrine office.Titled “Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality,” the 26-year-old work includes graphic descriptions of human sexual relations and discussion of what the Argentinian theologian describes as “mystical orgasm.”The nearly 100-page-long book also depicts in detail an imaginary erotic encounter with Jesus Christ on the shores of Galilee, which Fernández said was based on a spiritual experience disclosed to him by...

Next week my firm will hold its annual health insurance information meeting. The news won’t be good. Premiums are expected to increase 10-15% after increasing a similar amount last year. If only my 401(k) could grow like that! The bottom line is that my paycheck will become smaller and my health care costs will become larger. My wife and I have also spent most of this year scurrying through the endless maze of our byzantine and befuddling health care system. Our journey began when my wife’s father had a stroke in April… Over the past seven months we have had...

It’s not so much the idea that rich Christians are bad people. It’s more the idea that we live in a land that is quite literally the richest nation that has ever been and yet, we are surrounded by a large population of people who lack basic necessities. It raises the question – Why? …It doesn’t matter if we are hearing prophets like Jeremiah and Isaiah, or Jesus’ own words. The message is the same – God cares how the poor are treated and does not look kindly on those who exploit the poor for their own benefit because when...

If wealth were altogether bad, why would we give it to the poor? That would only make their situation worse, right? The very fact that God wants us to give wealth to those who do not have it proves it is intrinsically good. So we must affirm the “good of affluence,” as John Schneider has put it, even as we also reckon with its dangers. We can be “godly materialists” (again, Schneider) but must always remember that our godliness should drive and control our pursuit of and use of material things. It is possible to have holy ambition that is...

(CN) — A divided Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday agreed that Oregon Right to Life had made a sufficient showing that its beliefs are religious and sincerely held to proceed with a lawsuit to avoid having to provide health insurance coverage to its employees for abortions and contraceptives. In a split decision, the three-judge panel overturned a district judge’s dismissal last year of the anti-abortion organization’s complaint as well as her denial of the nonprofit’s request for a preliminary injunction. “ORTL put forth significant evidence of its religiosity, and there was no conflicting evidence against ORTL’s claim that...