SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Peter Chrysologus
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM SENATE, QUOTES FIRST AMENDMENT
Fauci, who was appearing pursuant to a subpoena issued by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, could face misdemeanor or felony charges…READ MORE >
LATEST REPORT: 78% OF IVF CYCLES FAIL TO PRODUCE LIVE-BORN INFANT
The most common form of ART is in vitro fertilization (IVF), and the CDC report acknowledges that other types of ART are “rarely performed.” These IVF cycles were performed on 251,542 unique patients from 457 clinics throughout the US that provided data to the CDC…READ MORE >
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HONOR TEEN LIFEGUARD AFTER GALLANT RESCUE GOES VIRAL
Eric Trump posted a video on X of a 16-year-old lifeguard saving a young boy’s life from huge waves in Santa Cruz, California. The post went viral with over 17 million views the next day as Trump commended the teen, saying, “This is truly the best of America! Well Done!” President Donald Trump also commented on the video in a post…READ MORE >
US BIRTH RATE IS BELOW NECESSARY REPLACEMENT RATE OF 2.1 PER WOMAN
Crucially, peer culture is a significant factor in inspiring family sizes. “Having very helpful versus relatively unsupportive friends can increase desired family size for young Americans by nearly an entire child per family and can increase a couple’s intentions to have another child by about 10 percentage points (an increase of about a third),” the report reads…READ MORE >
CHRISTIANS IN BENGAL STATE IN INDIA PLAN RALLIES AGAINST RISING ATTACKS BY HINDU NATIONALISTS
The deputy secretary general of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, Fr. Stephen Alathara, said that such quarrels belong in courts and democratic institutions. He called for the nuns’ safety and minority communities’ constitutional standing to be upheld…READ MORE >
WOMAN FROM TEXAS PLEADS GUILTY TO SMUGGLING CHILDREN ACROSS THE BORDER
Dianne Guadian, 33, according to court documents, and three other members of a human smuggling organization illegally brought unaccompanied migrant children, between the ages of 5 and 13, into the United States from Juarez, often using candy laced with THC to sedate them during smuggling events, the U.S. Justice Department said…READ MORE >
POPE LEO PROMOTES ARCHBISHOP WHO BARRED PELOSI FROM COMMUNION TO ONE OF VATICAN’S HIGHEST COURTS
Cordileone was among seven clergy named to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Catholic Church’s highest court after the pope. The appointment allows him to continue leading the Archdiocese of San Francisco while serving a five-year term on the Vatican tribunal, which oversees the administration of justice within the Church…READ MORE >
HOW JD VANCE BECAME A CATHOLIC
JD Vance’s memoir is subtitled Finding My Way Back to Faith – but the faith to which he returns is not the one he abandoned. His turn to atheism came while serving as a communications officer with the Marines in Iraq, after he had become alienated from the Evangelical churches of his childhood…READ MORE >
CATHOLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK LED BY NUNS ASSISTS 1.2 MILLION WORLDWIDE
An accompanying press release from the UISG stated that, according to the International Labour Organization, about 50 million people are living in situations of human trafficking, and exploitation generates over $236 million every year…READ MORE >
LOST SERMONS FROM ONE OF CHRISTIANITY’S GREATEST SAINTS DISCOVERED AFTER 1,600 YEARS
Two previously unknown sermons by St. Augustine — one of Christianity’s most influential theologians — have been authenticated, revealing ideas scholars say have never before appeared in his surviving works…READ MORE >
