Two weeks to slow the spread? US liberal arts college reimposes COVID mandates as fall 2023 semester begins
In a move that is reminiscent of the draconian and harmful lockdowns of 2020, Morris Brown College announced that for supposedly two weeks, students will be forced to mask their faces, engage in so-called social distancing, and there will be ‘no parties or large student events on campus.’
Biden’s new CDC chief says she’s ‘so disappointed’ that states have power to ban abortion
The CDC will ‘support however we can’ the Biden administration’s efforts to promote abortion, Mandy Cohen pledged.
Col. Douglas Macgregor tells Tucker that US handling of Ukraine war has ‘backfired’
‘What we need to do now is stop this and come to a settlement’ before this war with Russia ‘reach[es] us here in the United States,’ the decorated retired colonel said.
Texas Carmelites defy bishop’s order to close their doors to the faithful
Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Diocese of Fort Worth; Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 23, 2023 / 15:26 pm (CNA). In an increasingly bitter dispute between a Texas […]
Catholic bishops ask Supreme Court to uphold gun bans in domestic violence cases
null / Credit: Shutterstock/Yupa Watchanakit Denver, Colo., Aug 23, 2023 / 15:49 pm (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold a federal law that allows people under domestic restraining orders to be banned from carrying firearms, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has said in an amicus brief in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case. […]
‘Forgotten by All’: The Ordeal of Armenian Victims of Azerbaijan’s Blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh
The situation in Armenia is dire: Left, center: Bakers at one of the few remaining bakeries in Stepanakert (the capital of Nagorno Karabagh) work throughout the night to provide bread for the local community; a young man goes home after finding just a few vegetables to return to his family. Upper and lower left: Children […]
Texas Carmelites Defy Bishop’s Order to Close Their Doors to the Faithful
Credit: Diocese of Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas. In an Aug. 18 statement on their website, the nuns said that Bishop Olson has subjected them to “unprecedented interference, intimidation, aggression, private and public humiliation, and spiritual […]
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban: ‘Life is Winning’
Veex Woman holds an ultrasound image of her daughter with her husband behind her. SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement: “Life is winning in the Palmetto State and in hearts and minds nationwide.”
Canadian Bishop Calls Fire Devastation ‘Closest Image to Apocalyptic Wasteland I Have Ever Seen’
til1993 Yellowknife in Northwest Territories, Canada. “The next few days are now just a matter of waiting to see what will happen next.”
Firebrand Texas Bishop Strickland says Rome synod will reveal ‘true schismatics’
Bishop Joseph Strickland, the firebrand Catholic prelate from Tyler, Texas, claims in a new letter that an “evil and false message” has “invaded” the global Catholic Church.