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Vatican faces backlash for inviting DRAG ARTIST to perform during inaugural celebration of World Children’s Day

The Catholic Church is facing backlash after it invited a male drag artist to perform during the inaugural celebration of World Children’s Day.

Pope Francis announced in December that the Vatican would be celebrating its first-ever World Children’s Day from May 25 to 26 in a bid to better focus the Church’s mission for children. The event was supposed to gather young attendees from around 100 countries and included meetings with Pope Francis, with the culminating event being a Trinity Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square. But a drag performance turned the event into a scandal.

Russian warships, including nuclear sub, missile frigate, will arrive in Cuba next week

Three Russian Navy ships and a nuclear-powered submarine will arrive at the Port of Havana for an official visit next week, the Cuban armed forces said in a statement Thursday, confirming the military exercises first disclosed by U.S. officials on Wednesday.

The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces said the Russian missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov, the nuclear sub Kazan, the oil tanker Pashin and the salvage tug Nikolai Chiker will arrive on June 12 and stay for a week.

Most Protestant pastors remain opposed to same-sex marriage, and the supporting percentage isn’t growing any larger.

Almost a decade after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country, most pastors remain opposed, and the supporting percentage isn’t growing any larger.

One in 5 U.S. Protestant pastors (21%) say they see nothing wrong with two people of the same gender getting married, according to a Lifeway Research study. Three in 4 (75%) are opposed, including 69% who strongly disagree with same-sex marriage. Another 4% say they aren’t sure.

State superintendent tells WA school districts to ignore Parents Bill of Rights law

A new parents bill of rights took effect Thursday in Washington, but State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal is telling school districts to ignore it.

The measure approved by lawmakers back in March was introduced by a voter initiative.

Plan to slaughter red heifer in Jerusalem linked to rebuilding the Temple, could herald the Antichrist

In September 2022, “five perfectly red heifers” – cows that have not yet borne calves – arrived in Israel.

This was so controversial, that it quickly prompted Hamas outlets to respond, calling it an attempt to “Judaize the holy mosques” and claiming that “Al Aqsa [the mosque on Temple Mount] is in danger.”^[1]

Hamas steals almost 70% of aid trucks, cripples deliveries via new U.S.-built Gaza pier

Just days after the first shipments of humanitarian aid arrived at the new U.S.-built temporary pier on the shore of the Gaza Strip, the project appears doomed to fail as Reuters reports that nearly 70% of the aid delivered so far has been stolen by Hamas terrorists.

The United States decided to build the pier in March as part of an international effort to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization.

Is “The Big One” Coming? There Have Been More Than 1000 Earthquakes In California And Nevada In The Past 7 Days

Scientists have warned us that California is way overdue for a major earthquake and that “the Big One” could literally strike at any time. That is why I was so alarmed when the Los Angeles Times reported that “two sets of earthquake swarms” had just hit the state. After seeing that story, I went over to the Southern California Earthquake Data Center to check how many earthquakes have shaken the region during the past week. As I write this article, the total number of earthquakes in California and Nevada in the last 7 days is sitting at a grand total of 1010. To me, whenever that number goes above 1000 we are officially in the danger zone. Hopefully there will not be a very large earthquake in California any time soon, but when there is this much shaking going on we should all be on alert.

With JPMorgan, Mastercard on board in biometric ‘breakthrough’ year, you may soon start paying with your face

Automated fast food restaurant CaliExpress by Flippy, in Pasadena, Calif., opened in January to considerable hype due to its robot burger makers, but the restaurant launched with another, less heralded innovation: the ability to pay for your meal with your face.

CaliExpress uses a payment system from facial ID tech company PopID. To activate it, users register with a selfie. Then they can opt to be recognized and then PopID’s facial verification confirms the transaction.

California to legalize human composting by 2027 as residents seek environmentally healthy burials

California has already voted to legalize the composting of human remains in 2027, but some residents are not willing to wait that long.

The Los Angeles Times wrote about California resident Blaire Van Valkenburgh being one of a growing number of residents composting the remains of their loved ones, “But this kind of burial — natural organic reduction — won’t be legal in California until 2027, so Van Valkenburgh paid to fly her husband’s body to Washington, the first state to legalize human composting in 2020.”

Jesuit Father James Martin: Church Would Be ‘Immeasurably Poorer’ Without Gay Priests

ROME — Pro-LGBTQ+ Jesuit Father James Martin said Wednesday that he has known “hundreds” of gay priests in his life as a Jesuit, in response to comments by Pope Francis that there is too much “faggotry” in seminaries.

“In my 25 years as a priest and almost 40 as a Jesuit, I’ve known hundreds of holy, faithful and celibate gay priests,” Father Martin wrote on X. “They’ve been my superiors, my teachers, my confessors, my mentors, my spiritual directors and my friends.”