BISHOP RONALD HICKS APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK: WHERE HE STANDS ON LIFE, TLM, & IMMIGRATION
Following Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s resignation, Pope Leo XIV has named Chicago-native Bishop Aldon Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois as the new Archbishop of New York. The pope also hails from Chicago...READ MORE >
TRUMP SIGNS COMPREHENSIVE $9011B DEFENSE BILL
President Donald Trump signed into law an almost $1 trillion defense policy bill Thursday and permitted what looks to be the biggest military spending package in U.S. history…READ MORE >
ERIKA KIRK ENDORSES JD VANCE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2028
Erika, Charlie Kirk’s widow, is throwing the considerable weight of the Turning Point USA organization to back Vice-President Vance for President in 2028, if he succeeds in nabbing the presidential nomination…READ MORE >
BIDEN-ERA IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS WERE RIFE WITH FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS
Under former President Joe Biden, federal immigration policies led to thousands of fraudulent applications being submitted when 774,000 noncitizens were conceded parole from May 2022 through September 2024, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office…READ MORE >
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE DOES NOT RULE OUT A WAR WITH VENEZUELA
President Donald Trump said a possible state of war with Venezuela continues on the table as hostilities intensify in the region…READ MORE >
STATE DEPARTMENT SET TO ROLL OUT RELIGIOUS WORKER VISA PLAN NEXT MONTH
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there will be a plan “early next month” for religious worker visas that would avoid giving preference to one denomination over another…READ MORE >
CARDINAL PIZZABALLA VISITS HOLY FAMILY PARISH IN GAZA DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, arrived in Gaza City on Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to Holy Family Parish, the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip…READ MORE >
MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES LGBT IDEOLOGY REQUIREMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE PARENTS
Massachusetts will no longer require prospective foster parents to affirm gender ideology in order to qualify for fostering children, with the move coming after a federal lawsuit from a religious-liberty group…READ MORE >
