SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Agatha
13-YEAR-OLD BOY SWIMS FOR HOURS TO SAVE FAMILY; TOLD GOD “I’LL GET BAPTIZED” DURING HEROIC RESCUE
Austin Appelbee, a 13-year-old in Australia, heroically swam for several hours to obtain rescue for his family last week. Austin credited God for the rescue, saying, “I don’t think it was actually me [swimming]… It was God the whole time. I kept on praying, kept on praying. I said to God, ‘I’ll get baptized.’” Austin went to church….READ MORE >
MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO KILL TRUMP IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
The man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump in a Florida golf course during the 2024 nerve-racking presidential campaign season was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Showing no signs of remorse all along the trial, Ryan Routh, who is about to turn 60, was sentenced in Fort Pierce by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon….READ MORE >
WARNING TO ANTI-ICE PROTESTORS: IMPEDE OFFICERS, GET ARRESTED
The government may be drawing 700 immigration agents from Minnesota, but any efforts to obstruct ICE officers in any way, including assaults or intimidation will be dealt with swift arrests and federal prosecutions, said Tom Homan, the Border Czar….READ MORE >
ONCE VILIFIED, STATUE OF CATHOLIC HERO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SET TO BE PLACED IN THE WHITE HOUSE
During the last decades, he has been shunned, satanized by progressives as the worst villain the Americas have ever had, bringing death, pestilence and violent conquest to the New World. But now, President Donald Trump is defending the figure of Christopher Columbus and his Catholic heritage from “left-wing arsonists,”…READ MORE >
ANOTHER TOP MEDICAL GROUP COMES OUT AGAINST TRANS SURGERIES FOR MINORS
The tide is turning. For the first time, two influential medical associations have chosen to restrict transgender surgical procedures for minors, despite supporting such surgeries just some months ago….READ MORE >
POPE VOICES ‘GREAT CONCERN’ OVER RISING CUBA-U.S. TENSIONS
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced “great concern” over news of rising tensions between Cuba and the United States of America, urging leaders to pursue “sincere and effective” dialogue to avoid violence and further suffering for the Cuban people….READ MORE >
SHOULD QUEEN ISABELLA I OF CASTILE BE CANONIZED?
Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Mexico City and Primate of Mexico, has publicly defended the cause for the beatification of Queen Isabella I of Castile during a formal visit to Spain. Speaking in Valladolid during a meeting with the diocesan commission overseeing the cause, Cardinal Aguiar said that sustained historical and spiritual study had led him to a firm…READ MORE >
FALLOUT CONTINUES AT NOTRE DAME OVER PRO-ABORTION APPOINTEE
Two scholars have resigned from their roles with the University of Notre Dame’s Asian studies institute because the university has named an outspoken advocate of legal abortion as its next director….READ MORE >
