Day: December 19, 2023

Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president’s speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The request on Monday follows a decision by a three-judge panel of the appeals court that upheld but narrowed a gag […]

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it. https://buy.tinypass.com/checkout/offer/show?displayMode=inline&containerSelector=%23artmeterpv&templateId=OTMELQCFVI1I&templateVariantId=OTVNT00Y3CXU1&offerId=OFLKKA5GNS15&formNameByTermId=%7B%7D&hideCompletedFields=true&showCloseButton=false&checkoutFlowId=CFEUS01IURGN&experienceActionId=showOffer99RL6MTA7I13397&experienceId=EXZPARGVCA7M&activeMeters=%5B%7B%22meterName%22%3A%22TH_FIRST_ARTICLE%22%2C%22views%22%3A1%2C%22viewsLeft%22%3A2%2C%22maxViews%22%3A3%2C%22totalViews%22%3A1%7D%5D&widget=offer&iframeId=offer-0-bLYAR&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fpope-francis-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-the-rituals-dont-resemble-marriage%2Farticle67651325.ece&parentDualScreenLeft=-7&parentDualScreenTop=-7&parentWidth=1280&parentHeight=675&parentOuterHeight=773&aid=DC3REpZYpu&zone=Web&browserId=lqc4j2hkitzmabvw&pianoIdUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fid.tinypass.com%2Fid%2F&pianoIdStage=&userProvider=piano_id&userToken=&customCookies=%7B%22_pc_thgpremiumexp%22%3A%22false%22%7D&hasLoginRequiredCallback=true&initMode=context&requestUserAuthForLinkedTerm=true&initTime=14995&logType=offerShow&width=692.433349609375&_qh=c806cc916e The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office, released on Monday, elaborates on […]

Rescuers comb through a collapsed village house in Haidong city, Qinghai province on December 19, 2023. The initial tremors lasted nearly 20 seconds and were felt in the provincial capital of Lanzhou 102 kilometers (63 miles) away, CCTV reported. University students in Lanzhou shared photos on the social media site Weibo of crowds gathering outside […]