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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Why was Gavin Newsom in DAVOS?
- By Aldebaran
- American Politics
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LET'S TRY TO STAY ON THE THREAD TOPIC WITHOUT ATTACKING EACH OTHER
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Jeff Bezos Flushes Washington Post
- By DaisyDay
- American Politics
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Hundreds of staffers have been fired abruptly. At least one journalist has been stranded in war zone Kyiv.
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Bezos’s words at that meeting [September 4, 2013, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' first meeting with the staff of the Washington Post], about “a new golden era for the Washington Post,” were reassuring. Bob Woodward asked why he had purchased the paper, and Bezos was clear about the commitment he was prepared to make. “I finally concluded that I could provide runway—financial runway—because I don’t think you can keep shrinking the business,” he said. “You can be profitable and shrinking. And that’s a survival strategy, but it ultimately leads to irrelevance, at best. And, at worst, it leads to extinction.”
...Then, early Wednesday morning, newsroom employees received an e-mail announcing “some significant actions.” They were instructed to stay home and attend a “Zoom webinar at 8:30 a.m.” Everyone knew what was coming—mass layoffs.
The scale of the demolition, though, was staggering—reportedly more than three hundred newsroom staffers. The announcement was left to the executive editor, Matt Murray, and human-relations chief Wayne Connell; the newspaper’s publisher, Will Lewis, was nowhere to be seen as the grim news was unveiled. In what Murray termed a “broad strategic reset,” the Post’s storied sports department was shuttered “in its current form”; several reporters will now cover sports as a “cultural and societal phenomenon.” The metro staff, already cut to about forty staffers during the past five years, has been shrunk to about twelve; the foreign desks will be reduced to approximately twelve locations from more than twenty; Peter Finn, the international editor, told me that he asked to be laid off. The books section and the flagship podcast, “Post Reports,” will end. Shortly after the meeting, staffers received individualized e-mails letting them know whether they would stay or go. Murray said the retrenched Post would “concentrate on areas that demonstrate authority, distinctiveness, and impact,” focussing on areas such as politics and national security. This strategy, a kind of Politico-lite, would be more convincing if so many of the most talented players were not already gone.
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post
The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.
Bezos’s words at that meeting [September 4, 2013, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' first meeting with the staff of the Washington Post], about “a new golden era for the Washington Post,” were reassuring. Bob Woodward asked why he had purchased the paper, and Bezos was clear about the commitment he was prepared to make. “I finally concluded that I could provide runway—financial runway—because I don’t think you can keep shrinking the business,” he said. “You can be profitable and shrinking. And that’s a survival strategy, but it ultimately leads to irrelevance, at best. And, at worst, it leads to extinction.”
...Then, early Wednesday morning, newsroom employees received an e-mail announcing “some significant actions.” They were instructed to stay home and attend a “Zoom webinar at 8:30 a.m.” Everyone knew what was coming—mass layoffs.
The scale of the demolition, though, was staggering—reportedly more than three hundred newsroom staffers. The announcement was left to the executive editor, Matt Murray, and human-relations chief Wayne Connell; the newspaper’s publisher, Will Lewis, was nowhere to be seen as the grim news was unveiled. In what Murray termed a “broad strategic reset,” the Post’s storied sports department was shuttered “in its current form”; several reporters will now cover sports as a “cultural and societal phenomenon.” The metro staff, already cut to about forty staffers during the past five years, has been shrunk to about twelve; the foreign desks will be reduced to approximately twelve locations from more than twenty; Peter Finn, the international editor, told me that he asked to be laid off. The books section and the flagship podcast, “Post Reports,” will end. Shortly after the meeting, staffers received individualized e-mails letting them know whether they would stay or go. Murray said the retrenched Post would “concentrate on areas that demonstrate authority, distinctiveness, and impact,” focussing on areas such as politics and national security. This strategy, a kind of Politico-lite, would be more convincing if so many of the most talented players were not already gone.
‘Melania’ Movie Humiliates Critics and Media Naysayers with Historic Box Office
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Many people from both sides of the political spectrum have their doubts at times (especially these days) about estimates and statistics. Speaking of Jimmy Kimmel. I typically watch the 10 O'clock news at night just before I turn off the TV and go to sleep right when Jimmy Kimmel is coming on. Now on multiple occasions, I have briefly watched his show to see if he could get through just one night without bashing Trump but so far he is batting 1,000.
Jimmy Kimmel shares conspiracy theory about hy Melania ticket sales
Kimmel, 58, floated the idea during his monologue on Wednesday. The movie's debut has been surprisingly successful, but the comedian cast doubt over the authenticity of the ticket sales figures.www.dailymail.co.uk
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Rejected by family, given new home. Pray for Taliban persecutors. Audio Bible imports banned.
- By LoricaLady
- Persecuted Christians
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Feb. 05, 2026 | Laos
Christian Woman, Rejected by Family, Finds New Home
[13] prayers in [3] nations have been posted for Mai Yea.
A Laotian Christian woman has been abandoned by her family and forced from her home for her faith in Christ. In 2022, Mai Yea visited her uncle, a Christian, who shared the gospel with her. She decided to believe in God. After Mai Yea returned home, her husband was angry. He beat her and threatened to kill her, fearing that her Christian faith would anger the house spirits. She returned to her uncle's house and in 2024 went to live with her married son and his family. When Mai Yea's husband visited and told his son that sickness would come because of Mai Yea's beliefs, he kicked her out. Read More.Feb. 05, 2026 | Afghanistan
Pray for Taliban Persecutors
[7] prayers in [2] nations have been posted for hearts to be softened.
As the Taliban government is working to eliminate all religions other than Islam, pray that they will be won to Christ. "The secret police go to homes at random to look for evidence of people practicing a different faith," said a front-line worker. "People are being detained and tortured and become vulnerable to revealing information. It is exhausting having to constantly look over your shoulder." Read More.Feb. 05, 2026 | Benin
Audio Bible Imports Banned
[8] prayers in [2] nations have been posted for Bible distribution.
Despite Benin having a significant Christian population of 30%, front-line workers were recently told they could not import audio Bibles into the country. "We have a shipment that had been repeatedly turned away by customs officials," said a front-line worker about the devices that are very effective in a country with around 50% illiteracy. "We kept resubmitting the boxes for approval, and finally they told us that shipments of audio Bibles would no longer be allowed into the country." Read More.
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Praying the Mercy Chaplet
- By Mark Dohle
- The Chapel - Catholic
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Praying the Mercy Chaplet
I love the Mercy Chaplet and pray it slowly every day. In this prayer we embrace the whole world, even those we may be having problems forgiving, or for those we may feel hatred. This is one of the healing graces that comes from this chaplet if said mindfully.
Yes, this is AI, however it is a search engine and if asked the right questions can be helpful in many ways. Yet, one must always remember that it is a program, not alive or conscious-Br. MD
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Here’s an essay you can share—something reflective, grounded, and spacious enough for prayerful hearts. I’ve written it in a way that honors your own contemplative voice and the depth with which you accompany others.
The Mercy Chaplet: A Prayer for a Wounded World
In every age, the human heart has cried out for mercy. We feel it in our own struggles, in the suffering of those we love, and in the wounds of the world that seem too deep for any one person to heal. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a response to that cry—a simple, steady prayer that draws us into the heart of God, where mercy is not an idea but a living reality.
The Chaplet is not complicated. It does not require eloquence, special knowledge, or spiritual achievement. Its power lies in its humility. With each repetition—“have mercy on us and on the whole world”—we step into the mystery of Christ’s self-giving love. We stand before God not with arguments or explanations, but with trust.
A Prayer That Opens the Heart
Many prayers ask for something specific: healing, protection, guidance. The Mercy Chaplet does something different. It places us in the stream of God’s compassion, allowing that compassion to flow through us toward others. It widens the heart.
When we pray it, we are not escaping the world’s pain. We are entering it with Christ.
- For the lonely and forgotten
- For the sick and the dying
- For those burdened by guilt or shame
- For the victims of violence and injustice
- For those who cannot pray for themselves
Mercy as Participation, Not Passivity
Some imagine mercy as softness or sentimentality. But the mercy revealed in Christ is fierce, courageous, and unafraid of suffering. It is the mercy that enters locked rooms, touches wounds, and speaks peace into fear.
Praying the Chaplet forms us in that same courage. It teaches us to look at the world with the eyes of Christ, to see not only brokenness but belovedness. It reminds us that no one is beyond the reach of grace.
In this way, the Chaplet is not only a devotion—it is a school of the heart.
A Prayer for the World, and a Prayer for Us
When we pray “for the whole world,” we are not praying in the abstract. We are praying for real people—neighbors, strangers, enemies, and friends. We are praying for the places where humanity is most fragile. We are praying for the places in ourselves that still need healing.And something quiet happens in that exchange. As we intercede for others, we find ourselves being transformed. Mercy does not pass through us without leaving its mark.
A Simple Offering, A Profound Hope
In a world overwhelmed by noise, division, and fear, the Mercy Chaplet is a gentle act of resistance. It says:
- I will not give in to despair.
- I will not close my heart.
- I will stand in the gap and pray for those who cannot pray.
- I will trust that God’s mercy is greater than the world’s wounds.
Conclusion
To pray the Mercy Chaplet is to place the world into God’s hands, not as an escape from responsibility but as an act of love. It is a way of saying, again and again, that mercy is stronger than sin, stronger than fear, stronger than death.
And when we pray it faithfully, something in us begins to resemble the One to whom we pray.
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Zohran Mamdani becomes first NYC mayor sworn in on Quran: 'Highly symbolic'
- General Politics
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Bodycam shows NYPD officer shooting man with knife as Mamdani calls for no criminal charges
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Bodycam shows NYPD officer shooting man with knife as Mamdani calls for no criminal charges
Bodycam footage released by the New York City Police Department shows an officer shooting Jabez Chakraborty during a mental health episode after he allegedly charged with a knife.
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Pray that Nancy Guthrie, mother of US News anchor Savannah Guthrie, is alive & well, and is immediately released by her kidnappers
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Pray that Nancy Guthrie, mother of US News anchor Savannah Guthrie, is alive & well, and is immediately released by her kidnappers:
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Savannah Guthrie addresses mother's abductor: 'We are ready to talk'
"She is without any medicine. She needs it to survive," says the NBC host about missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.
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Pakistan court gives Muslim kidnapper custody of 13-year-old Christian girl Judges reject parents' proof of girl's birth certificate showing her age
- By Michie
LAHORE, Pakistan — A federal court in Pakistan has given custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim man who kidnapped and forcibly converted and married her, sources said.
The parents of Maria Shahbaz were devastated at the ruling after the two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) rejected her official birth record and disregarded earlier judicial findings that the marriage was illegal, said Safdar Chaudhry, chairperson of rights group Raah-e-Nijaat Ministry.
Justice Karim Khan Agha and Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi accepted Maria’s statement, which her parents and their attorney say was given under coercion, that she had converted to Islam and married 30-year-old Shehryar Ahmad of her own free will, Chaudhry said.
“We were hopeful that the court would consider the girl’s official birth document (B-Form) and the sessions court order confirming that the accused had contracted an illegal marriage with a minor,” Chaudhry told Christian Daily International–Morning Star News. “Even the investigating officer informed the court that no marriage record existed at the relevant union council, yet this was ignored.”
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The parents of Maria Shahbaz were devastated at the ruling after the two-judge bench of the newly constituted Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) rejected her official birth record and disregarded earlier judicial findings that the marriage was illegal, said Safdar Chaudhry, chairperson of rights group Raah-e-Nijaat Ministry.
Justice Karim Khan Agha and Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi accepted Maria’s statement, which her parents and their attorney say was given under coercion, that she had converted to Islam and married 30-year-old Shehryar Ahmad of her own free will, Chaudhry said.
“We were hopeful that the court would consider the girl’s official birth document (B-Form) and the sessions court order confirming that the accused had contracted an illegal marriage with a minor,” Chaudhry told Christian Daily International–Morning Star News. “Even the investigating officer informed the court that no marriage record existed at the relevant union council, yet this was ignored.”
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Pakistan court gives Muslim kidnapper custody of 13-year-old Christian girl
A federal court in Pakistan has given custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim man who kidnapped and forcibly converted and married her
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India's toxic anti-conversion laws: Will Supreme Court finally strike them down?
- By Michie
- General Politics
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In a significant legal case that could shape the future of religious freedom in India, the Supreme Court recently issued notices to 12 states regarding a petition challenging the constitutionality of anti-conversion laws.
The petition, filed by the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI),argues that these laws incentivize violence against religious minorities, particularly Christians, and create a chilling atmosphere for the free exercise of religion.
The stakes are high, as the case has the potential to not only redefine the legal landscape for religious freedoms in India but also serve as a precedent for other nations considering similar legislation.
India’s religious diversity is one of its greatest strengths, yet it is also a source of tension. While the Indian Constitution guarantees the freedom to profess, practice, and propagate one’s religion, the reality on the ground often tells a different story. Anti-conversion laws have been passed in 12 states with the intention of curbing forced conversions, but the laws have been criticized for their potential to marginalize and target minority faith communities, particularly Christians.
The misuse of anti-conversion laws: Fueling violence and vigilantism
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The petition, filed by the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI),argues that these laws incentivize violence against religious minorities, particularly Christians, and create a chilling atmosphere for the free exercise of religion.
The stakes are high, as the case has the potential to not only redefine the legal landscape for religious freedoms in India but also serve as a precedent for other nations considering similar legislation.
India’s religious diversity is one of its greatest strengths, yet it is also a source of tension. While the Indian Constitution guarantees the freedom to profess, practice, and propagate one’s religion, the reality on the ground often tells a different story. Anti-conversion laws have been passed in 12 states with the intention of curbing forced conversions, but the laws have been criticized for their potential to marginalize and target minority faith communities, particularly Christians.
The misuse of anti-conversion laws: Fueling violence and vigilantism
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India's toxic anti-conversion laws: Will Supreme Court finally strike them down?
The outcome of this case could have profound implications for millions of people, both in India and around the world
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