SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Martha
SUSPECT ARRESTED IN ATTACK ON MEDJUGORJE’S APPARITION HILL
Black paint was smeared on the statue of Our Lady at Apparition Hill, and various graffiti was written on the bottom of the statue, including the phrase “devil in a skirt.” Two other images near the Blue Cross on the site were also vandalized, and security footage captured a man pouring gasoline and setting fire near the outdoor altar at Church of Saint James the Greater…READ MORE >
WHITE HOUSE HONORS THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF BLESSED STANLEY ROTHER, THE FIRST AMERICAN-BORN MARTYR BEATIFIED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
President Trump praised Fr. Rother’s heroic witness, recalling how he left Oklahoma to serve the people of Guatemala, translated Scripture, built schools and hospitals, and ultimately gave his life rather than abandon his flock…READ MORE >
FR. FALTAS: THE WEST BANK BLEEDS, LISTEN TO THE POPE’S APPEALS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE
Fr. Ibrahim Faltas, Head of Schools of the Custody of the Holy Land, deplores the situation in the West Bank and issues a warning both to those who fuel the violence and to those “who fail to intervene to stop this endless spiral…READ MORE >
TRUMP SAYS IRAN AND THE US ARE HAVING “GOOD TALKS”
Despite trading strikes with Iran, President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. was having “good talks” with Tehran, warning however that if things soured the American attacks could resume…READ MORE >
LINDSEY GRAHAM IS HONORED AT CAPITOL MEMORIAL SERVICE
The humble son of pool hall owners who grew up to become one of the most recent influential U.S. politicians in the nation and overseas, Sen. Lindsey Graham is being lauded Tuesday as a “swashbuckling” public servant and “true American original” during funeral services in Washington…READ MORE >
DOJ REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH PRO-LIFE PROTESTOR WHO WAS TARGETED DURING THE BIDEN ADMIN
Paul Vaughn was convicted after being charged with violating the FACE Act in March, 2021, due to a federal law that prohibits “threats of force, obstruction or inflict property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services…READ MORE >
TRUMP PRESSES RFK JR. ON CHILDHOOD VACCINES
Trump has brought up the issue in several meetings with Kennedy, including a lunch in May and an Oval Office meeting in June, venting frustration that the health secretary has not moved more quickly to remodel the federal childhood vaccination schedule…READ MORE >
THE RISE OF THE GEN X BISHOPS
Two bishops realized their generational connection went deeper than shared adolescent memories of Bruce Springsteen on the radio or Cheers on TV. More deeply, they shared a common set of formative factors, from the same papal hero to a similar focus on catechesis while in seminary in the 1990s…READ MORE >
