SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Lawrence of Brindisi
STRIKES BETWEEN US AND IRANIAN FORCES INTENSIFIES
Despite the heightening of tensions and a close return to an almost all-out war, there appeared some flickers of hope on the political front. Two regional officials said Iran’s interior minister was expected to arrive late Monday for a two-day visit in Pakistan, a key mediator in the conflict…READ MORE >
CHURCHES CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION ACROSS THE WORLD
Take for example the country of Iran, where Christianity has turned into that nation’s fastest-growing faith. The faith is maintained by hidden networks and online evangelism even as converts from Islam are detained, jailed and, in some cases, executed under blasphemy and national-security statutes…READ MORE >
AUTHORITIES ARREST INDIVIDUAL FOR DEPLOYING BOMB OUTSIDE A MANHATTAN FEDERAL BUILDING
“This morning an individual deployed an incendiary device outside of 26 Federal Plaza in New York,” Patel wrote. “The individual is in custody and two minor injuries reported thus far. FBI JTTF is investigating the incident…READ MORE >
TRUMP ADMIN MAKES SURE UN CUTS $1 BILLION IN CUTS
On June 30, the U.N. member states, all 193 of them, approved a peacekeeping budget of about $5.1 billion for the coming fiscal year. That amount is a cut of about $550 million, or 9.7 percent, from the prior year…READ MORE >
CARDINAL JAMES GIBBONS: ADVOCATE OF CATHOLICISM TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
Once Gibbons studied at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, he was ordained on June 30, 1861. During his first appointment as the pastor at St. Bridget’s, Father Gibbons volunteered as a chaplain for Fort McHenry and Fort Marshall in Baltimore throughout the Civil War, serving both Union and Confederate soldiers…READ MORE >
WHAT IRAN’S AGING ARSENAL TELLS US ABOUT ITS MILITARY STRATEGY
Iran’s conventional army (the Artesh Ground Forces / Islamic Republic of Iran Ground Forces) is sized for large-scale territorial defense, with substantial numerical strength in manpower, armor, and especially artillery, though much of the equipment is aging…READ MORE >
BISHOP BARRES, CATHOLIC SISTERS SUE NEW YORK OVER ASSISTED SUICIDE MANDATES
The bishop said ‘we will never submit’ to ‘the culture of death’ as the Catholic diocese and religious sisters argue that their faith prevents them from participating in physician-assisted suicide…READ MORE >
POPE LEO XIV MAKES PRIVATE VISIT TO ST. BENEDICT’S TOMB, PRAYS FOR PEACE
The pontiff travelled to the Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino on July 20 from Castel Gandolfo, where he is on vacation.
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