SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Augustine of Hippo
IRAN ATTACKS ANOTHER COMMERCIAL SHIP IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS TRUMP SENDS NEW WARSHIP TO MIDDLE EAST
A second commercial tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was struck with a projectile Wednesday, causing a fire which has since been extinguished, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO)…READ MORE >
FLOODS KILL NEARLY 400 PEOPLE IN NEPAL AND TIBET, WITH 90 AMERICANS AMONG THE MISSING
Surveillance footage from the Tibetan side of the border shows a huge wall of mud and debris crashing over buildings and engulfing roads as people desperately try to flee the torrent…READ MORE >
“VENERABLE FULTON J. SHEEN: HIS LIFE, LEGACY, AND UPCOMING BEATIFICATION.”
Join us for a conversation about the life and legacy of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, his upcoming beatification, and the upcoming Fulton Sheen Movement virtual conference…READ MORE >
MAN ARRESTED IN DESTRUCTION OF CENTURY-OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA
68-year-old Gilles Mallet was arrested and charged as the suspect for setting the 108-year old structure ablaze. He is in custody and will appear in court on Friday, August 28 for a bail hearing. No motive has been announced…READ MORE >
TRUMP ORDER COULD COMPEL US UTILITIES TO REPLACE FOREIGN POWER EQUIPMENT
What this means is that the new national emergency declaration could limit U.S. purchases and imports of specific foreign-made power grid equipment and possibly compel utilities and infrastructure operators to replace equipment already in service as the administration proceeds to address national security risks to the electric system…READ MORE >
CARDINAL PIZZABALLA SAYS WEST BANK IS NOW A “LAWLESS LAND;” REITERATES SUPPORT FOR TWO-STATE SOLUTION
That hope came with a warning: “We must not confuse hope with ‘everything will be fine’ or with a political solution,” he said, saying that Jews, Christians, and Muslims together must choose to do something beautiful…READ MORE >
CARDINAL SARAH: OPPOSITION TO THE TRADITIONALLATIN MASS WILL DIE OUT WITH THE ’68 GENERATION
In a new interview with Italian journalist Nico Spuntoni, published today in Il Giornale, the former prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments argues that opposition to traditional liturgy is confined to “self-referential cultural circles” rooted more in psychology than substance…READ MORE >
LAWSUIT ALLEGES NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROMOTED ‘SECRET GENDER TRANSITIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS’
Moms for Liberty, a Parental rights group, has filed a federal lawsuit against the School District of the Chathams Board of Education for supposedly “pushing secret gender transitions behind closed doors,” The Daily Caller News Foundation first learned…READ MORE >
ST. MONICA PROJECT HELPS PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN LEFT THE CATHOLIC FAITH
It’s a common situation for Catholic families in the United States, where about one-eighth of all adults in the country identify as former Catholics, according to a Pew Research Center survey published earlier this year. The well-known phenomenon is the subject of heartfelt conversations at parish churches and has spawned prayer groups and support groups…READ MORE >
TRUM SIGNS ORDER RENAMING LAKE ONTARIO AS ‘LAKE AMERICA’ IN THE UNITED STATES
The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow along, however…READ MORE >
