SAINT OF THE DAY: St. John Damascene
PROGRESSIVE JUDGE RULED TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CANNOT TERMINATE FUNDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD
A progressive federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday by issuing an order that thwarts the government from cutting funding allocated to go to organizations like Planned Parenthood, that terminates the lives of unborn children…READ MORE >
ALL IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES FROZEN FROM 19 TRAVEL BAN COUNTRIES
In the aftermath of the slaying of a National Guard member and the shooting of another by an Afghan national, the Trump administration has frozen all immigration applications from citizens from 19 countries…READ MORE >
PENTAGON ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL FAULTS HEGSETH FOR USING APP TO DISCUSS MILITARY STRIKES
An acting inspector general of the Pentagon determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s handling of a personal messaging app to discuss impending airstrikes by U.S. forces into Yemen earlier this year, jeopardized U.S. troops…READ MORE >
LATIN PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM’S VISIT TO U.S. WILL SPOTLIGHT PLIGHT OF HOLY LAND CHRISTIANS
Cardinal Pizzaballa’s visit will commence on Dec. 4 with another fundraising event hosted by the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle…READ MORE >
PARENTS BEWARE: DO NOT GIVE YOUR CHILDREN A SMARTPHONE, ACCORDING TO STUDY
Handing a smartphone to children before the age of 12 could provoke in them depression, obesity, poor sleep and mental health problems, according to a recent study by the American Academy…READ MORE >
NIGERIAN FOUNDATION DEFENDS CATHOLIC BISHOP AFTER REMARKS ABOUT CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE
The bishop emphasized that ‘genocide’ is defined not by the number of deaths or attacks alone but by intent, a deliberate plan to eliminate a group…READ MORE >
POPE LEO WARNS GERMAN BISHOPS NOT TO SILENCE FAITHFUL WHO FEAR SPEAKING AGAINST SYNODAL WAY
The pontiff said he is aware that ‘many’ Catholics believe elements of the Synodal Way ‘do not represent their own hope for the Church or their own way of living the Church…READ MORE >
EUROPEAN UNION IMPOSES RECOGNITION OF ‘HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE’ ON ALL MEMBER STATES
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that all member states are obliged to recognize so-called “homosexual marriages” legally contracted in another country, even when this type of union is not valid under their own legal system…READ MORE >
