Pope Leo XIV speaks with Vladimir Putin and calls for a ceasefire Pope Leo XIV gave strong indications Friday that he was recovering well from lung cancer surgery and was very much in charge of running the Catholic Church, speaking on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Vatican said that during the call with Putin, “the Holy Father expressed his deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and called for a ceasefire to allow the delivery of food and medical assistance, and the voluntary and safe evacuation of the civilian population.” (AP video / Isaia Montelione and Trisha Thomas) Read more: Associated Press News: Breaking News | Latest …
Pope urges humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky in call with Russian President Pope urges humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky in … Speaking by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pope Leo XIV expresses his "deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region," and calls for a ceasefire to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.
DOJ is suing California in an extraordinary attempt to interfere in the midterm elections ...demanding action that Governor Newsom says would violate federal law. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber warns that the administration is using unsubstantiated claims about voter eligibility to create chaos and undermine confidence in our elections, just weeks before voters head to the polls. Dina Doll reports. MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: Record TV with SnapStream to get clips that will … Support the MeidasTouch Network: patreon.com/meidastouch
Homily Sunday, October 18, 2026 Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 “I am the Lord, and there is no other.” God is Love 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b “For the gospel came to you by the power of the Holy Spirit.” We let God’s joy flow freely. Matthew 22:15-21 “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion, for you do not regard a person’s status.” God is Love Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
Vatican Says Pope Leo Will Leave Hospital on Saturday, Days After Lung Surgery nytimes.com/…/17/world/europe/pope-leo-discharged… Leo XIV had been treated for lung cancer at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Oct. 17, 2026, 5:51 a.m. ET Pope Leo XIV was set to be discharged from a Rome hospital on Saturday, the Vatican announced, four days after surgery to remove a tumor from his right lung. The pope was expected to leave Gemelli Hospital in the afternoon, roughly three days earlier than the Vatican had originally suggested for when he would return to his residence. Vatican officials said he would deliver his weekly prayer and blessing on Sunday from his apartment overlooking St. Peter’s Square, although all of his private audiences are suspended until Tuesday. In a statement released on Saturday by the Vatican, Leo’s doctors said that he had undergone routine checkups and a chest X-ray had revealed that the affected lung was healing well. They …More
17.10.2026 AI ON GOOGLE AND X INDICATE THAT LIONEL ANDRADES HAS RECONCILED THE SSPX WITH VATICAN COUNCIL II FR. GEORGES DE LAIRE AND THE JUDGE IN THE MICHAEL VORIS CASE STILL INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II -6 AI on Google and X indicate that Lionel Andrades has reconciled the SSPX with Vatican Council II. They say that there is a consistency and coherence in the interpretation of Vatican Council II by L.A. It is a different way of seeing the text and this is common for everyone and not only traditionalists. Cardinals Burke, Sarah and Muller but also Fernandez, Cupich and Ladaria must affirm Vatican Council II and the Creeds, Councils and Catechisms rationally only, according to Lionel.Since this is the only ethical option they have. L.A avoids the implicit-explicit confusion of the SSPX, which comes from the Cushingite interpretation of the 1949 Letter of the Holy Office to the Archbishop of Boston relative to Fr. Leonard Feeney. This Letter can also be interpreted rationally and in …More
Body parts lie strewn across the site of a new Israeli strike in Gaza as a young boy weeps and picks up a severed arm. In this video, which is documenting the moments after the strike in Gaza Friday. The boy could be heard saying “there there is his arm,” while another person was removing the leg from the scene. theAxisofTruth
Tuesday, 26th August 1913: Jurors Story Of How Evidence Was Weighed And Verdict Reached, The Atlanta Georgian The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 26th August 1913, PAGE 9. JUROR'S STORY OF HOW EVIDENCE WAS WEIGHED AND VERDICT REACHED The Georgian today reveals some of the innermost secrets off the jury which convicted Leo M. Frank of the murder of little Mary Phagan. This inside story of the greatest criminal case in the South's history is an intensely interesting revelation of the workings of men's minds. It covers three long weeks and more throughout which the evidence for and against the pencil factory superintendent was tediously unfolded, link by link. It casts upon the various points made by the defense and the prosecution the light in which they were viewed by the twelve men who were chosen to act as the judges. It ends with the last memorable meeting of these men on the top floor of the courthouse Monday after noon which culminated in the fateful verdict: "We the jury find the defendant …More
Tuesday, 26th August 1913: Trial A Farce Say Attorneys, The Atlanta Georgian The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 26th August 1913, PAGE 4. L. Z. Rosser and Reuben Arnold, counsel for Leo Frank, issued the following statement this morning: "We deem it not amiss to make a short statement, as the attorneys of Leo M. Frank, to the public." "The trial which has just occurred, and which has resulted in Mr. Frank's conviction, was a farce and not in any way a trial. In saying this, we do not make the least criticism of Judge Roan who presided. Judge Roan is one of the best men in Georgia, and is an able and conscientious judge." "The temper of the public mind was such that it invaded the courtroom and invaded the streets and made itself manifest at every turn the jury made; and it was just as impossible for this jury to escape the effects of this public feeling as if they had been turned loose and had been permitted to mingle with the people." "In doing this we are making no criticism of the jury.…More
This isn't just another art instruction book it is the meticulously structured and impossibly devotional workbook for icon painters that readers of Henri Nouwen and Sister Wendy Beckett have been searching for
Tuesday, 26th August 1913: Secrets Of The Frank Jury Juror Reveals How Verdict Was Reached, The Atlanta Georgian The Atlanta Georgian, Tuesday, 26th August 1913, PAGE 4. JURY THAT CONVICTED FRANK GOING TO LAST DAY IN COURT DEPUTY MINOR A.H.HENSLEE F. E. WINBURN J. T. OSBURN C. J. BOSSHARDT A. L. WISBEY J. F. HIGHDON E.V.L. SMITH M.S. WOODWARD W. F. MEDCALF M. JOHENNING D. TOWNSEND W. M. JEFFRIES JUROR REVEALS HOW VERDICT WAS REACHED The Georgian today reveals some of the innermost secrets of the jury which convicted Leo M. Frank of the murder of little Mary Phagan. This inside story of the greatest criminal case in the South's history is an intensely interesting revelation of the workings of men's minds. It casts upon the various points made by the defense and the prosecution the light in which they were viewed by the twelve men who were chosen to act as the judges. It ends with the last memorable meeting of these men on the top floor of the courthouse Monday afternoon which culminated …More
I read How to Paint Icons and then sat with it for a while, thinking about what you actually built here. This is not a painting manual. It is a workbook and a journal. Seventy-two pages designed to take the iconographer beyond just the painting of an icon. You wrote something that almost nobody in the art instruction category does. You asked the reader to document the process. To archive the work. To let the technique and the discipline and the spiritual growth happen together. And then the line that stopped me. The journey of an iconographer surpasses the feeling of being spiritual and becomes knowledge of God written in stone. That is not a sentence from an art teacher. That is a sentence from someone who has spent thirty years painting in a studio in San Miguel de Allende, combining prayer and sacred art, living a lifestyle that celebrates mystery. What struck me most is that you did not write this for the Orthodox world alone. You wrote it for the twenty-first century. You wrote it …More
Photojournalist beaten by Israeli settlers — while IDF provides cover with machine guns Heidi Levine, a freelance photojournalist for the Washington Post, was attacked by masked Israeli settlers while covering the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah. Roughly 80 settlers attacked Palestinian harvesters and journalists. Levine was knocked down and kicked for at least 10 minutes, even after identifying herself as an American journalist. Witnesses say the IDF provided cover with tear gas and machine guns while the settlers beat her "nearly to death." A Palestinian man, armed only with a slingshot, intervened to save the journalists' lives. "Will our government leaders ever take a stand? I would tag the President but it's pointless," Marjorie Taylor Greene commented on X. This comes just weeks after the US Senate voted down a resolution that asked for a report on the nine American citizens killed in the West Bank. geopolitics_prime
Body parts lie strewn across the site of a new Israeli strike in Gaza as a young boy weeps and picks up a severed arm.
Photojournalist beaten by Israeli settlers — while IDF provides cover with machine guns