Trudeau gov’t department requests increased funding to monitor internet ‘disinformation’
The Department of Canadian Heritage, headed by Minister Pascale St-Onge, proposed a $7.1 million-a year program called the Digital Citizen Initiative, to keep up surveillance on internet users who promote ‘fake news.’Read More
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Since all fiscal discipline went by the board during the financial crisis of 2008, the US has suffered a departure of common sense from public affairs.
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Pope Francis in new interview: ‘Church has to change’ in favor of human dignity
Pope Francis smiles during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 27, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Oct 17, 2023 / 13:10 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, speaking in a new interview published by a media outlet in his native Argentina, said the Church must change “in favor of the dignity of the […]
A papal visit to the South Pole? Pope Francis looks to new peripheries
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Oct 17, 2023 / 13:40 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, who is known as “the pope of the peripheries,” has suggested the possibility of traveling to somewhere no pope has gone before — the South Pole. In a new […]
Pro-Life Groups Warn of Late Abortions in Ohio Issue 1. Here’s What the Initiative Says
Vesperstock Viability usually occurs around the 24th week of pregnancy, but the proposal does not set a strict week-based limit, instead allowing viability to be determined on a case-by-case basis. Legislation that would ban abortion upon the detection of a heartbeat, which occurs around six weeks of pregnancy, is currently under review by the Ohio […]
Facility-Based Abortions Drop 30% in North Carolina After 12-Week Abortion Ban, Data Show
PixelHeadphoto The vast majority of abortions in the United States take place during the first trimester, or the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The Guttmacher Institute, which studies abortion and supports it, released a finding last week stating that facility-based abortions dropped 31% this July over the previous month.
Rome Remembers 80th Anniversary of Nazis’ Expulsion of the City’s Jews
Camelia.boban The ancient Portico d’Ottavia in the heart of Rome’s Jewish ghetto was the site of the March for Remembrance on Oct. 16, 2023. The mayor also took a moment to honor two survivors of the Holocaust, Tatiana Bucci and Sami Modiano, 85 and 92 years old, respectively, who were present at the event.
Pope Francis in New Interview: ‘Church Has to Change’ in Favor of Human Dignity
Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis smiles during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 27, 2023. The Pope went on to reference the writings of Vincent of Lérins, a fifth-century monk who stated that changes in the Church must be consolidating, growing, and ennobling.
A Papal Visit to the South Pole? Pope Francis Looks to New Peripheries
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 6, 2023. The 86-year-old Pope does not currently have any international trips on his official schedule, but he recently made a 4,000-mile journey to Mongolia and visited the French city of Marseille.