This week the Vatican announced that it would be responding to allegations that “Pope Francis covered up” sexual abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Claims of this action were recently brought to light by former Vatican Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò who wrote an open letter to the pope calling him out for his lack of action in the cases of sex abuse in the Catholic church.

In his 2010 book, On Heaven and Earth, Francis famously claimed that sex abuse by clergy “has never occurred in [his] diocese.” According to Life Site News, evidence stating to the contrary has recently come to light which describes Francis’s involvement in several cover-ups of clerical sexual predators in South America, including in his own archdiocese. The outlet reports that Francis continued his involvement in at least two of these cases during his papacy.  

French news program Cash Investigation released a documentary in 2017 where six individuals claimed that they were sex abuse victims in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The individuals told reporters that they had been sexually abused by clergy so they wrote to Pope Francis, then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, to inform him of the abuse. The individuals reported that they did not receive an answer.

To date, Pope Francis has only expressed regret for being a part of one cover-up. The pope expressed regret for being a part of the Barros…

Mark Wahlberg recently shared his daily routine in a story on his Instagram account.

Wahlberg, Hollywood’s highest paid actor in 2017, undertook his intense daily routine to prepare for his role in the upcoming film Mile 22. However, prayer has been central in his life for several years.

In 2010, Wahlberg told the Catholic Herald that “Being a Catholic is the most important aspect of my life.” Then he added, “The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church. The kids will be mad with me. ‘Daddy! It takes too long!’ I’m saying: ‘It’s only 10 minutes and this is something I really need to do.’ Because I do. If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I’m doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.” 

Wahlberg has also expressed regret over some of the roles he played earlier in his career, especially one in an Oscar-nominated film in which he portrayed a porn star. He told Cardinal Blase Cupich at an event in Chicago that, “I just always hope that God is a movie fan and also forgiving because I’ve made some poor choices in my past.” When Cupich asked if he regretted any of his movie roles, he said, “Boogie Nights is up there…

According to The Jerusalem Institute of Justice (JIJ), Hamas has misused approximately 17,000 children to aid them in their war efforts since 2016. The JIJ sent the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hague a request asking to sue Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh for war crimes against these children.

Arutz Sheva, an Israeli national news site, reports, that in the request, the JIJ cites testimonies illustrating two main war crimes committed by Haniyeh. The first crime the JIJ cited was the use of children under the age of 15 for military purposes. This includes using the children as soldiers and using them to carry out terror attacks.

The second crime Haniyeh is being accused of is using children as human shields and military targets.

In May Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan spoke with Arutz Sheva about the violent riots along the Israel-Gaza border saying, “I thank the IDF soldiers and commanders for their determined actions near the Gaza border.” Dahan continued saying, “Hamas continues sending children to the border fence, while their leaders sit in their comfortable offices. The IDF is the most moral army in the world, and works hard to avoid causing deaths.”

Along with the violent use of children in war, Haniyeh is also being charged with orchestrating a widescale use of torture and illegal killing. These acts were carried out by Hamas’ internal security…

A 10-year-old Missouri boy, Xavier Cunningham, received a miracle this weekend after falling face first into a meat skewer. 

According to the family’s GoFundMe page which was set up to help pay for Cunningham’s medical expenses, Cunningham was in his neighbor’s treehouse with some friends when they were attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets. The boy fell out of the tree and landed face first on a skewer that pierced through his head all the way to the back of his neck. 

Cunningham was rushed to the hospital and according to Fox 4 KC, he was transferred to three separate hospitals before being admitted to the University of Kansas Hospital.  

Dr. Koji Ebersole, the endovascular neurosurgery director at the KU hospital, assessed the skewers path in Xavier’s face, explaining in a YouTube video posted by the university, that he was “amazed that he was alive, let alone, awake and talking.” 

Ebersole explained the injury saying, “this is passing 6 inches through the face, just underneath the skull, all the way to the back of the neck.”

He continues noting that skewer missed two critical blood vessels to Xavier’s brain by a millimeter, and if the skewer was any closer to either of them, the injury would likely have been “unsurvivable.”

Ebersole expressed the miraculous nature of Cunningham’s injury saying, “But it went right next to it and right next to…

On Friday, Christian Pop artist Blanca released her vulnerable sophomore album titled Shattered.  Blanca began the writing process for this album shortly after her mom, whom she describes as her best friend, passed away from cancer.

In an interview with The Christian Post Blanca said, “I just walked through a very difficult time, I lost my mom to cancer and it was right at the beginning of this process to write for a record.” The Word Entertainment’s singer shared, “I walked into some of these writing sessions feeling completely shattered and empty and broken.” She continued, “I didn’t know what to give but I knew that that’s exactly where I needed to write from.”

Blanca noted that the fans will hear her “honest heart through the songs” on this album.

When asked why it was important to be transparent, Blanca responded saying, “The only way that you can fully be whole, the only way that you can truly connect with God is by allowing Him to have all of you.”

The resident New Yorker explained that this was difficult for her, admitting that she doesn’t like to deal with pain or conflict, but she also knew she had to face this tragedy head-on.

Blanca told the outlet, “It’s so crucial as Christians, to be honest, and real with who you are and where you’re at because that’s the only place that you can fully find healing and restoration, and God…

A member of the House of Representatives introduced a bill Thursday that would protect filtering/streaming services like VidAngel in federal law. 

A federal judge in 2016 ruled that VidAngel– a service popular among traditional and Christian families – could not filter movies from Disney, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm. An appeals court subsequently upheld that ruling. 

VidAngel then launched a streaming service in 2017 that filters content not made by those studios, including much of the popular content on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. 

Under the bill, H.R.6816, the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 would be amended to make clear it protects streaming services, too, and not just DVD players. It was sponsored by Rep. Mia Love, a Republican, and has four co-sponsors. The new bill is called The Family Movie Act Clarification Act of 2018.

VidAngel’s technology allows families to filter out edgy content from movies such as coarse language, nudity, and excess violence. Another company, ClearPlay, offers its own filtering service. Both companies would be protected. 

The Protect Family Rights Coalition (PFRC) applauded the bill. 

“The 2005 Family Movie Act was a long and extremely hard-fought battle in which we were outspent and outmanned, and yet despite major pressure from Hollywood, were able to convince both parties…

Crossroads Christian Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, will have to pay nearly $4 million to Mel Dietz, its former executive pastor, and his wife, Vicki, after a jury decided this week that the church failed to provide the couple with supplemental retirement benefits despite employing them for more than 20 years.

A release from the law firm representing the couple, Clouse Brown PLLC, said Dietz worked at the church that preaches financial freedom, from 1995–2015. He oversaw church operations and multiple construction projects at the 150-acre campus of the more than 8,000-member megachurch.

An old description of his role, provided by the church online prior to his departure, said: “Mel Dietz oversees all financial responsibilities at Crossroads and his wisdom, alongside Pastor Cameron’s, has enabled Crossroads to be completely debt free. He also has taken the lead in the building projects of Crossroads’ main building, SportCenter, children’s and youth buildings.”

His wife worked directly for Crossroads’ Senior Pastor Barry Cameron as his executive assistant. Both Vicki and her husband were participants in Crossroads’ Supplemental…

Denise McAllister, Fox News guest and contributor to news site PJ Media, says she and her family have received death threats after she tweeted a pro-life statement.

McAllister says she has been receiving rape and murder threats after she tweeted that “the root of abortion hysteria is women’s unhinged desire for irresponsible sex. Sex is their god. Abortion is their sacrament. It’s abhorrent as women have flung themselves from the heights of being the world’s civilized force to the muck and mire of dehumanizing depravity.”  

She says people began to send her threats to her private inbox.

“They are threats outside of Twitter, stating they know where I live,” McAllister told JP Media. “Threats of rape and strangling.”

“My children are very frightened,” she added.

This week, she told her followers she would be taking a break from social media.

“Due to threats against my life, my family is asking that I stay off social media until the situation is resolved,” she said. “I don’t want to, but I need to respect their wishes at this time. I hope to return soon. Keep up the good fight, my friends.”

McAllister also added that she is working with police and her home is under police surveillance.

“I am facing legit death & rape threats because I have dared to call out women who are hysterical about abortion and to challenge them to be…