SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Joseph Calasanz
CATHOLICISM SURGING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
The doubling in OCIA class enrollment is coupled complemented by a reported increase in students attending retreats and receiving the sacraments, like Confession, and attending Eucharistic Adoration…READ MORE >
REPUBLICANS AT ODDS WITH TRUMP OVER BEEF IMPORTS AND CANADA TARIFFS
The criticism, according to a story by Newsmax, comes as Republicans face political pressure over the cost of groceries and other household expenses heading into the midterm elections…READ MORE >
PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS WORRY NEW JERSEY LAW ON ABORTION CLINICS WILL AFFECT PROTECTED SPEECH
Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) signed S2260 on Friday, calling it a safeguard for patients and healthcare workers confronting violence, intimidation, or physical obstruction. The law also swells New Jersey’s protections against certain out-of-state investigations and legal actions involving abortion and transgender procedures on children…READ MORE >
SCOTUS HANDS TRUMP WIN ON MAIL-IN BALLOTS, DEMOCRATS PUSHING BACK
In an emergency opinion, the judges said President Donald Trump could carry on with effecting an executive order he had signed, which commanded the U.S. Postal Service to help decide which voters should receive mail-in ballots…READ MORE >
AMERICAN STRENGTH MUST BE BUILT IN AMERICA
The United States needs to have the ability to manufacture medicine for its hospitals, transformers for its electrical grid, semiconductors for its technology, machinery for its factories, vehicles for its economy, and weapons for its defense. It isn’t just losing jobs when a country loses these capabilities; it is, in effect, giving up a certain degree of its independence…READ MORE >
CALIFORNIA PARENTS ASK SCOTUS TO REVIEW RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CASE
“The charter schools overseeing petitioners’ independent-study programs rejected the use of works by William Penn and Jonathan Edwards because of their ‘religious content,’” the petition alleged…READ MORE >
WHAT YOUNG CATHOLICS SAY DRAWS THEIR PEERS TO THE CHURCH AND GIVES THEM A REASON TO STAY
Teenagers and young adults serving at St. John’s Summer Program at St. John Francis Regis Parish in Hollywood told the Catholic Standard, Washington’s archdiocesan news outlet, what draws young people to the Church and gives them a reason to stay…READ MORE >
EQUIPPING THE CHURCH FOR THE IVF ERA
The elders were at a loss for words. They knew that the church had not directly addressed this issue before and that Anna hadn’t spoken to any of the pastors or leaders about it. What should they make of Anna’s choice? Was it a model to commend to Christian women? Or was it a practice to be lovingly but firmly corrected..READ MORE >
