Milwaukee County proclaims that bodies of water have ‘rights’
The Wisconsin county’s board passed a resolution derived from a ‘sacred idea’ by a Native American tribe that ‘the first Menominee human was originally a bear.’Read More
Sen. Ron Johnson demands FDA, CDC disclose when they learned about COVID jabs’ link to child seizures
In a recent letter to the FDA, CDC, and NIH, Senator Ron Johnson decried the agencies’ ‘lack of transparency’ throughout the COVID outbreak as ‘appalling.’
COVID response closed more Canadian businesses than 2008 financial crisis: gov’t report
StatsCan revealed that they are witnessing an increase in ‘zombie businesses,’ a phenomenon which occurs when owners never file for bankruptcy but simply walk away from their business.
Pope Francis’ Missing “Fatherhood”
Pope Francis’ Missing ‘Fatherhood’ and the Discontent with COVID-19 Response: Chorbishop Anthony Spinosa, Maronite bishop and Rector of the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in North Jackson, Ohio, reflects on Pope Francis’ perceived lack of leadership, particularly during the global COVID-19 lockdowns. Chorbishop Spinosa expresses his concerns about Pope Francis’ apparent […]
‘You are not alone’: Pope Francis meets women who escaped the Mafia
Pope Francis meets with a group of women who escaped criminal organizations in Italy on Oct. 30, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 30, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Monday encouraged a group of women who escaped criminal organizations in Italy to keep fighting despite fear and […]
Latin patriarch of Jerusalem reconsecrates Holy Land to Our Lady, Queen of Palestine
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivers his homily at a Mass in celebration of the feast day of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine and the Holy Land at the shrine dedicated to her at Deir Rafat on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. / Credit: Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Oct 30, 2023 / 14:45 pm (CNA). […]
The First Synod on Synodality Assembly is Over. What Comes Next?
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. Much remains unclear about what concretely will take place in the year leading up to the second and final synod assembly in October 2024.
Vatican, Iranian Foreign Ministers Discuss Israel-Hamas War Amid Risk of Wider Conflict
Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher. Iran’s hostility toward Israel goes back more than 40 years, with a proxy conflict having been waged between the two Middle Eastern countries for decades.
UN Refugee Director: Needs in Gaza ‘Immense,’ Aid ‘Meager and Inconsistent’
Fatima Shbair Trucks with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip enter from Egypt in Rafah on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. White said that to date just over 80 trucks of aid crossed into Gaza in a single week.
Franciscan Friar’s ‘Way of the Cross’ Resumes on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem
Friars walking along the Via Dolorosa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. After two weeks, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned to pray the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. The procession was the only sign of life in a Jerusalem emptied of tourists and pilgrims and […]