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BRICS Summit Begins with Goal of Ditching U.S. Dollar

The foreign ministers of BRICS member nations – and another 13 countries interested in collaborating with the anti-Western bloc – convened in Russia on Monday for a meeting outside of the confines of the BRICS annual summit to discuss, among other issues, ways to expand trade without the use of the U.S. dollar.

“The proactive work is underway on fulfillment of decisions of the Johannesburg summit of the last year, specifically as regards improvement of the international monetary system and development of a platform for payment in national currencies in mutual trade,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

Pope Francis Lauds Pro-Gay Jesuit Father James Martin

Pope Francis has written a glowing forward to a new book by gay rights activist Father James Martin, calling him a “person who has fallen in love with the Word of God.”

Father Martin is rooted “firmly in the Ignatian tradition,” the pontiff writes in his preface to newly released Italian edition of Come Forth: The Raising of Lazarus and the Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle.

United Methodist Church loses more than 1 million members in single day when group takes stand for ‘God and His word’

Last month, the UMC officially adopted pro-LGBT values.

In one fell swoop last week, the United Methodist Church lost more than 1 million members.

Weeks after the United Methodist Church voted to allow LGBT-practicing clergy and reverse prohibitions on same-sex marriage, the United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast (Eglise Méthodiste Unie Côte d’Ivoire) voted on May 28 to leave the UMC.

GIANT VENOMOUS FLYING SPIDERS COMING TO NJ

The Joro Spider Invasion: Unraveling the Mystery of Giant Venomous Flying Spiders

Amidst the unprecedented incursion, the discovery of the Joro spider (Nephila clavata), a giant venomous flying spider not native to America, has sparked both fascination and concern among scientists and the public. Believed to have infiltrated the Southeastern United States from Japan, these arachnids have been making headlines since 2021, with Georgia as the epicenter of their concentration.

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.