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The Good News: Jared Kushner Met with Both Hamas Leader & Israeli PM Netanyahu to Move Gaza Plan Forward

The Good News | August 19, 2026 | by Catholics for Catholics

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SAINT OF THE DAY: St. John Eudes

JARED KUSHNER MET WITH BOTH HAMAS LEADER & ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU TO MOVE GAZA PLAN FORWARD 
Israel would eventually permanently leave the Gaza Strip, enabling Palestinian governance, and “a credible political path that achieves self-determination and Statehood.” Hamas would also be required to hand over all security and civilian functions to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG)…WATCH HERE >

JOE KENT SAYS KASH PATEL SHUT DOWN INVESTIGATION INTO CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER INCIDENT 
Kent says “within about a week or two” after September 10, the FBI blocked the NCTC from access to the case file information. Upon Kent’s objection, Kash responded and doubled down, saying that the FBI was handing everything over to the Utah state authorities. Kent was warned that his continued investigation could interfere with the trial against Tyler Robinson, who is accused of killing Kirk. Kent was threatened that he may be called to the stand by the defense team if his investigation continued…READ MORE >

ABORTIONIST SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH WOMAN WHO HAD ABORTED BABY LEFT INSIDE HER BODY 
Identified in court filings as “Jane Doe” and referred to in some more recent reporting as Hardy, the 32-year-old mother of four filed the lawsuit against Champaign-based Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle and his Equity Clinic in March 2025, contending that she suffered a botched second-trimester abortion at Reisinger-Kindle’s hands in April 2023…READ MORE >

TRUMP SAYS NO PEACE TALKS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE US 
“There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote in a Tuesday statement on Truth Social. “The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect. The Hormuz Strait is open and operating. All water mines have been removed or detonated…READ MORE >

BISHOP SCHNEIDER: SERIOUS VATICAN ENGAGEMENT WITH SSPX WOULD MARK “BEGINNING OF THE END” OF THER MODERNIST PROJECT 
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has issued his first public statement since Rome declared six SSPX bishops to have incurred automatic excommunication over the Society’s episcopal consecrations at Écône on July 1, against the will of Pope Leo XIV…READ MORE >

AMERICANS ARE DESTROYING LICENSE-PLATE CAMERAS AS SURVEILLANCE BACKLASH GROWS 
For Adam Heimerman, 37, from East Tennessee, who is running as an independent candidate for Congress, the cameras are one more sign that the United States is turning into a police state, he said in an interview. In July, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office contends Heimerman shot four of the cameras — including one near a church where worshipers sat inside…READ MORE >

DEMOCRATS MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR QUEST TO ABOLISH AND REFORM ICE 
Michele Johnson, the Louisiana DNC committeewoman, who introduced the measure, told committee members that reforming ICE wouldn’t suffice. She gave as examples the deaths of ICE detainees, conditions at detention facilities and other incidents in contending for eradicating the agency…READ MORE >

U.S. BISHOPS’ INITIATIVE TO INFORM COMMUNITIES ON THE DANGER OF ABORTION PILLS INCLUDES PRAYER, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY 
“Every abortion involves the death of a child and harm to the mother,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the USCCB, and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, in a joint invitation announcing the initiative. “Now with easier access to abortion pills, the abortion rate is tragically climbing, along with increased health risks…READ MORE >

15,000 FAITHFUL AND POPE’S REPRESENTATIVE COMMEMORATE CENTENARY OF 5 CRISTERO MARTYRS IN MEXICO 
A special Mass was held commemorating Sts. Luis Bátis Sáinz, Manuel Morales, Salvador Lara Puente and David Roldán Lara, who were martyred during the persecution of the Church in late 1920s…READ MORE >

CARDINAL WOELKI CALLS ON ROME TO DEFINE WHAT ‘SYNODALITY’ MEANS FOR THE CHURCH 
The Archbishop of Cologne made the comments in an interview with Die Tagespost published on Monday, ahead of his 70th birthday on Tuesday. It is the latest expression of his longstanding opposition to the direction taken by Germany’s Synodal Way and comes with the future of structures intended to continue the process still subject to scrutiny by Rome…READ MORE >

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