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  • Biden Officials Block Pro-Life Advocate on House Arrest From Attending Church

    05/07/2024 1:28:14 AM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    Life News ^ | May 6, 2024 | Steven Ertelt
    The Biden administration’s persecution against pro-life Christians in America is getting worse. Just days after LifeNews reported that federal prison officials put a pro-life woman in solitary confinement for 22 days for sharing food with fellow prisoners, a new report indicates that Biden officials are preventing a pro-life Christian from attending church. Paulette Harlow is one of a dozen pro-life Americans the Biden administration has targeted with prosecution for protesting abortions while it ignores hundreds of pro-abortion crimes committed across America. Harlow, who is 73, could be sentenced to up to 11 years in prison for protesting abortion. While Americans...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Marx: ‘Global, synodal Church’ without ‘purely clerical rule’ is ‘in the making’

    05/06/2024 6:08:28 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 4 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | May 6, 2024 | Andreas Wailzer
    [Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Marx: ‘Global, synodal Church’ without ‘purely clerical rule’ is ‘in the making’Cardinal Marx called for changes to ‘the theology of Holy Orders’ and said the Church should be subjected to a ‘social-scientific examination’ in the heretical, pro-LGBT prelate’s latest comments against Catholic teaching.Cardinal Reinhard Marx has said a “global, synodal Church” without a “purely clerical rule” is “in the making.”In an essay for the German magazine Herder Korrespondenz entitled “Church on the horizon of modernity,” the German cardinal, who rejects Catholic teaching on various subjects, claimed that “a church of the future can only be imagined with...
  • Caught on Video! Pittsburgh Man Tries to Murder Pastor During Church Service, But Gun Jams

    05/06/2024 4:07:01 PM PDT · by Morgana · 24 replies
    Protestia ^ | May 6, 2024 | staff
    A pastor is thanking the Lord for his province after a man entered his church, pulled a gun on him, and fired at him in the middle of a church service that was being live-streamed. Mercifully, the gun jammed and did not fire, causing the gunman to be tackled and apprehended by a brave congregant, who quickly jumped into action. The incident happened at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, PA, a small church of about 25 people. Pastor Pastor Glenn Germany, who was the victim of the attempted murder by Bernard Junior Polite, 26, recounted the harrowing incident....
  • Pastor's wife Mica Miller's cause of death revealed: Medical examiner confirms 30-year-old died from self-inflicted gunshot wound

    05/06/2024 3:47:21 PM PDT · by Morgana · 7 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | May 6, 2024 | Isabelle Stanley
    Pastor's wife Mica Miller died from a 'self-inflicted gunshot wound' days after filing for divorce from her husband John-Paul Miller. Mica, 30, was found dead at Lumbee River State Park, North Carolina, on April 27, weeks after she shared a video speaking about abuse within marriage as claims emerge she was being harassed and was 'afraid for her life'. In the days after her death, her friends and family held a rally calling for 'justice for Mica' outside the Solid Rock Church where Pastor Miller, 44, works. The pastor stunned his congregants last week when, after a service in which...
  • How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workers

    05/05/2024 1:52:05 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 74 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 5, 2024 | Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli
    How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workersThe outreach, reflecting the most radical stage of his papacy, has prompted backlash while also altering the lives of the nearly 100 people he has met.
  • DOJ prevents pro-lifer on house arrest from attending Sunday Mass

    05/05/2024 10:42:58 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 9 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | May 4, 2024 | Louis Knuffke
    DOJ prevents pro-lifer on house arrest from attending Sunday Massh2>Paulette Harlow was refused a religious accommodation to go to church. Sign the prayer pledge for the nine pro-life rescuers facing a decade in prison.WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – In what appears to be a targeted persecution, the Department of Justice has directly infringed on the religious liberty of a peaceful Catholic pro-lifer who has been placed on arrest, insisting that she be prohibited from attending church despite the defendant’s express request to be allowed to attend Mass in addition to doctor’s visits.RELATED: Biden DOJ’s treatment of jailed pro-lifers meets international definitions...
  • Why Today's EXPONENTIAL Demonic Gaslighting and National Deception?

    05/05/2024 9:25:12 AM PDT · by The Ignorant Fisherman · 16 replies
    IFB ^ | 5/5/24
    Dear friends; if you watch or listen to any of the news of our hour; you will have to come to the horrific conclusion that the demonic powers that be have the full advantage of our day in absolute lawlessness and godlessness - Eph. 2:1-3; 6:10-12! The demonic spin of the American Left totally dominates because millions upon millions of Americans love it to be so - John 3:19-20! They love darkness and are eating it up like contestants at a hot dog eating contest! Dear friends; be not deceived! The Day of the Lord is at hand and none...
  • Pope's titles, the great misunderstanding about the primacy of Peter

    05/04/2024 5:32:37 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 16 replies
    Daily Compass ^ | May 2, 2024 | Luisella Scrosati
    Pope's titles, the great misunderstanding about the primacy of PeterThe reintroduction of the title "Patriarch of the West" for the pope in the Pontifical Yearbook, combined with the already consummated downgrading of the title "Vicar of Christ" appears to be a move to please the Orthodox; but it is a historical and theological error.On 9 April, the Pontifical Yearbook 2024 was published. Among the titles attributed to the pope, the reinsertion of 'Patriarch of the West', which had been removed by Benedict XV, immediately stood out. What does this decision mean? Is it just a trifle or is there more...
  • United Methodists strike down ban on ordination of gay clergy

    05/04/2024 3:35:42 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 12 replies
    Religion News ^ | 5/1/24 | Yonat Shimron
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — United Methodists meeting for their top legislative assembly Wednesday (May 1) overwhelmingly overturned a measure that barred gay clergy from ordination in the denomination, a historic step for the nation’s second-largest Protestant body. With a simple vote call and without debate, delegates to the General Conference removed the ban on the ordination of “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” — a prohibition that dates to 1984. With that vote, the worldwide denomination of some 11 million members joins the majority of liberal Protestant denominations such as the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...
  • Superheroes and Superheresies

    05/04/2024 3:21:35 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 12 replies
    Rev310.net ^ | 4/19/24 | Steve Schmutzer
    “Would you ever consider altering your genetics?” It was late in the afternoon when I popped the question to my unsaved friend. It was a complete change of subject, but she was used to that. We’ve known each other a long time. She fingered the stem of her glass and glanced at me sideways. “I don’t think I understand,” she replied. “Do I need to?” “I mean, would you ever knowingly choose to do anything at all that would change your body’s DNA structure from what it is now to something else?” She flushed and set her jaw. Her gaze...
  • Pushed To Suicide: The Callous Regard For Human Life In The Canadian Health System

    05/04/2024 3:21:31 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 11 replies
    Harbingers Daily ^ | 5/2/24 | Ken Ham
    As I read this article on LifeSite News, I was greatly saddened to see the lack of compassion and the callous regard for human life in the Canadian health system. On March 29, Normand Meunier, a 66-year-old quadriplegic man, was euthanized at home after developing bed sores and a major pressure ulcer on his backside. The ulcer and bed sores, resulting from a lack of specialized care (and a lack of common decency) at the hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, were so severe that muscle and bone were exposed and visible. First off, he was placed on a hospital stretcher for...
  • SC Pastor Uses Service To Tell Church His Wife Died by Suicide; Family Says She Filed for a No Contact Order and Divorce

    05/04/2024 11:16:08 AM PDT · by Morgana · 46 replies
    Chruch Leaders ^ | May 3, 2024 | Jesse T. Jackson
    John-Paul Miller, founder and pastor at Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, made the shocking announcement at the end Sunday’s (April 28) worship service that his wife, Mica Miller, died by suicide. Miller and his 30-year-old wife were married in 2017—a marriage that provided her with five stepchildren. The church’s website describes their family as ones “who have a heart to love God and love people.” According to Mica’s obituary, which was written by her husband but doesn’t list her cause of death, the pastor’s wife died on Saturday, April 27. She is described as a...
  • Priest Celebrates Lesbian [Pseudo] Marriage - One "Bride" Is Protestant Preacher

    05/04/2024 10:27:36 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 12 replies
    Gloria TV ^ | May 2, 2024 | Gloria TV
    Priest Celebrates Lesbian [Pseudo] Marriage - One "Bride" Is Protestant PreacherRev. Joseph Williams, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul in Chicago, Illinois, officiated at a pseudo-marriage for two women in his church. They posted video footage on social media on 22 April and Rev. Williams confirmed that the video is real (OsvNews.com, 1 May).One of the women, Kelli Beard, is a United Methodist minister. She will become an associate pastor at an Arizona church starting in July. The other, Myah Knight, is a mental health therapist who runs a 'religious trauma support group'.Beard wore an off-the-shoulder champagne-coloured sequined dress, Knight...
  • Servants of Christ First - Conservatives Second

    05/04/2024 8:24:43 AM PDT · by The Ignorant Fisherman · 3 replies
    IFB ^ | 5/4/24
    There is a demonic massive power shift underway in Washington D.C. today, which has fully abandoned our Judeo/ Christian heritage and founding principles (1 Tim 4:1-3; 2 Tim. 3:1-5)! Many evangelical Christians are seeing this EXPONENTIAL shift and change in our country toward a demonic secular, socialist state – especially in the last ten years – which is, quite frankly, scaring them to death! This concern is noteworthy and quite merited in light of the significant changes that are now happening, but many Evangelicals are IGNORANT of the Scriptural prophecies (predictions) describing these very events. They are stumbling over and...
  • May the 4th be with You? The ETERNAL Word of Almighty God - Sharper Than Any Light Saber!

    05/04/2024 8:16:31 AM PDT · by The Ignorant Fisherman · 8 replies
    IFB ^ | 5/4/24
    Dear friends, being May 4th and if you can get past the title and read this full post you will be truly amazed at what the Word of Almighty God has to say about His precious Word, which is established FOREVER (Psalm 119:89, 144, 152, 160, 138:2, John 17:17)! One of the things that I have been taught from the very beginning in helping children, adults and people in general how to learn a particular biblical truth is to use what they mentally know by experience or association. I have found by using what people know that it is easy...
  • Pope Francis hints at new ‘understanding’ of papacy during meeting with Anglican leaders

    05/03/2024 9:57:34 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 10 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | May 3, 2024 | Michael Haynes
    Pope Francis hints at new ‘understanding’ of papacy during meeting with Anglican leadersThe Pontiff’s speech to the Anglicans held a revolutionary possibility: namely, a decision by Francis to use the papacy itself as an ecumenical bargaining tool, in a manner which could appear to undermine the authority wielded by the Pope.Pope Francis greets Canterbury's Justin Welby, May 2, 2024.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis hosted leaders from the Anglican Communion at the Vatican Thursday, and while speaking about the “controversial” role of the papacy, the Pontiff raised the possibility of a new “understanding” that could result from ecumenical relations and...
  • MAJOR STATEMENT: The Crimes and Heresies of Pope Francis, Their Causes and Effects, and the Action to Be Taken

    05/03/2024 7:53:31 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 8 replies
    Rorate Caeli ^ | May 2, 2024 | multiple authors
    MAJOR STATEMENT: The Crimes and Heresies of Pope Francis, Their Causes and Effects, and the Action to Be TakenCall for the Resignation of Pope FrancisMay 2, 2024St. Athanasius of Alexandria(downloadable PDF here)Since 2013, the words and actions of Pope Francis have caused an unprecedented crisis in the Catholic Church, and have done great harm to the Church and the whole world. The members of the hierarchy of the Church have a duty to act in order to prevent Francis from causing further harm.We therefore call for Pope Francis to resign the papal office, and to repent and do penance for...
  • Bishops, borders, and the (bully) pulpit

    05/02/2024 12:17:23 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 5 replies
    The Catholic World Report ^ | May 2, 2024 | Dr. Randall B. Smith
    Bishops, borders, and the (bully) pulpitI have several objections to Bishop Mark Seitz’s recent claim that Texas officials’ efforts to secure the border are “transparently political”.“Texas Bishop Taking on Greg Abbott Gets Pope Francis’ Protection” is the curious title of an April 30th article in Newsweek. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso needs “protection” from Greg Abbott? Are there Texas state troopers surrounding his house? Is he in imminent danger of arrest?There are bishops in the world in imminent danger of those things and worse. A retired bishop in Mexico was just released by his kidnappers. Bishops in Africa face...
  • Calling it illegal Delhi Development Authority wipes out centuries-old mosque in Mehrauli

    05/02/2024 7:12:50 AM PDT · by Cronos · 18 replies
    The Hindu ^ | 4th February 2024 | Ismat Ara
    On January 30, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) razed the Akhoondji mosque and a madrasa, describing them as “illegal structures” in Sanjay Van, a reserved forest area. No one’s quite sure when the Akhoondji Masjid was built in Mehrauli. But the “Mosque of Akhondji” was listed in a 1922 publication by an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India who recorded that while its construction date was “unknown”, the mosque was repaired in “1270 AH (1853-4 AD)”, and that it lay west to to an old Idgah that “existed when Timur invaded India in 1398 AD”. “Removal of the illegal...
  • Korean Muslim YouTuber Daud Kim’s Plan To Build Mosque In Incheon Cancelled After Locals Resist

    05/02/2024 6:57:37 AM PDT · by Cronos · 5 replies
    News 18 ^ | 24th April 2024 | Shankhyaneel Sarkar
    Korean Muslim YouTuber Daud Kim’s plans to build a mosque in the western port city of Incheon has come to a grinding halt after it received backlash from local residents. Following the backlash, the land purchase contract he signed has been cancelled upon the request of the landowner, according to a report by the Korea Times. YouTuber Daud Kim, or Kim Jae-han then agreed to cancel the contract with the property owner. The property owners wanted the contract cancelled and said that he did not know about Kim’s plans to build a mosque. Kim posts about living as a Korean...