SAINT OF THE DAY: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
JEWISH PROFESSOR ELECTED HEAD OF CATHOLIC BIBLICAL ASSOCIATION
The stated purpose of the CBA is “to promote, within a context of faith, scholarly study of Scripture and related fields by meetings of the association, publications, and support to those engaged in such studies.” There are multiple levels of membership each with different qualifications, but a “full member” must have “an advanced research degree in Sacred Scripture or biblical theology…READ MORE >
A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH’S TEACHING ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT – MOST CATHOLICS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
St. Augustine confirms this notion and writes that there is an exception that is “justified..by a just law that applies generally,” even though elsewhere, he still advocated for clemency in certain situations, without rejecting the validity of the law…READ MORE >
CATHOLIC EXORCISM PERFORMED ON NEW MEXICO RANCH FORMERLY OWNED BY EPSTEIN
The Huffines flew in a Latin Mass priest to exorcise the property. Given its vastness, it took him three days, and then the family renamed the ranch San Rafael Ranch. St. Raphael the Archangel is associated with healing…READ MORE >
LUIGI MANGIONE PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL STALKING CHARGES
A high-profile case, the killing of Thompson, a husband and father of two, steered companies to change their security measures, abandon in-person events and delete their websites of top executives’ biographies and photographs…READ MORE >
AMERICAN MISSIONARY WHO WAS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER IS FINALLY FREE
After his kidnapping last year, Kevin Rideout, a Protestant Christian missionary pilot, is free and safe with American officials, his mission organization said Friday. It remains unknown how he escaped captivity or what group was holding him, but Islamist terror groups run berserk in Niger…READ MORE >
TRUMP ADMIN PETITIONS SUPREME COURT TO APPROVE WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM
The elaborate, 90,000-square-foot ballroom has been caught up in litigation ever since the president tore down the East Wing in October as part of his plan to drastically re-create the White House campus. Still, the courts have permitted President Donald Trump to build even while questioning the project’s legality, allowing the ballroom to gradually rise in recent months…READ MORE >
STATE DEPARTMENT IS TACKLING FRAUD IN H-1B VISA PROGRAM
“But if someone presents reasons for a visa that they’re trying to get for legal means, and that turns out not to be accurate, we’re revamping those efforts with a number of different task forces at the State Department to make sure we’re addressing that process. That’s the first thing on that,” Pigott said before talking about other reforms…READ MORE >
PRESERVING AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY
Every year, Congress considers a critical piece of legislation called the “National Defense Authorization Act” (“NDAA”). Many bills that would never pass individually, such as the so-called “Corporate Transparency Act,” are shoved into this “must pass” bill to get them through. The FY2027 NDAA is being used to enact a law that must be stopped…READ MORE >
CATHOLIC LEADERS URGE PROTECTION FOR CHRISTIAN VILLAGE ATTACKED IN BANGLADESH
Several homes were looted and vandalized in a mainly Catholic village after the body of a Muslim man was found nearby, and 19 Indigenous villagers were arrested…READ MORE >
