SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Cyprian
BISHOPS REFLECT ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 ATTACKS
“We remember those who died and the extraordinary courage, service, sacrifice, and compassion that followed,” New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks said…READ MORE >
NEWLY RELEASED GOVERNMENT FILES INDICATE NEW YORKERS WERE MISLED ABOUT AIR QUALITY SAFETY AFTER 9/11
CNN reports that the “documents contain a fraction of the air quality reports taken at Ground Zero, but they also include crucial internal memos, including documents in which officials raised alarms regarding environmental testing between October and November 2001, which regularly detected elevated levels of toxins, including asbestos and hard-to-detect chemicals that were dangerous…READ MORE >
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PARTNERS WITH LATIN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM
The University of Notre Dame partners with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Ave Maria celebrates Ireland campus milestone, and more in this week’s Catholic education news roundup…READ MORE >
STUDY SAYS TYLENOL USE DURING PREGNANCY MAY LOWER FERTILITY OF DAUGHTERS
On average, infant girls subjected to the drug “in the womb had smaller ovaries; fewer ovarian follicles, which are the structures that contain immature eggs; smaller wombs; and lower levels of reproductive hormones, according to the findings of the study published Wednesday in Human Reproduction Open…READ MORE >
CATHOLIC CHAMPION – A POTENTIAL GOP MIDTERM BLOODBATH + 1 YEAR AFTER CHARLIE KIRK
John Yep and Michael Hichborn give updates on the war in Iran, the potential GOP disaster in the upcoming midterms, flock camera pushback from across the country, and remembering the legacy of Charlie Kirk one year after he was assassinated…READ MORE >
TRUMP MAKES A CASH PROMISE TO VOTERS IF GOP CANDIDATES WIN MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Republicans are facing diminishing weeks until the midterms, more disapproval and dimming political forecasts for the GOP. Still, Trump being Trump, brought out a new idea in the middle of an almost two-hour speech: a cool $5,000 check for every U.S. adult if they help Republicans stay in charge of Congress during the November elections…READ MORE >
ACADEMY FOR LIFE PRESIDENT: CATHOLICS CAN SUPPORT ‘IMPERFECT’ EUTHANASIA LAW
Speaking to the news outlet of the Italian bishops’ conference, Archbishop Renzo Pegoraro weighed into the topic of end of life care and assisted suicide. Pegoraro took over from Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia in May last year as president of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), after having served as chancellor since 2011…READ MORE >
REPORT SAYS CHINESE GROUPS ALLEGEDLY NAMED ELAINE CHAO TO ADVISORY POSTS COINCIDING WITH US CABINET SERVICE
Chao, who wed Mr. McConnell in 1993, served as secretary of labor under President George W. Bush and as secretary of transportation during President Trump’s first term before quitting in January 2021. She worked on the board of EV charging company ChargePoint from 2021 until July 2026, and is now a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank…READ MORE >
COALITION SUPPORTS PARENTAL RIGHTS LAWSUIT OVER CALIFORNIA TRANSGENDER POLICY
An alliance of advocacy groups, lawmakers and state attorney generals filed dozens of legal briefs in support of California parents who are braving a state law that dismisses parents from decisions about “socially” transitioning a child’s gender…READ MORE >
GEN FLYNN: FBI’S NEWLY RELEASED FILES SHOW “CASE AGAINST ME WAS MANUFACTURED”
On the central question involving my conversation with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, Agent Joe Pientka’s handwritten notes record my response as: “Not really. I don’t remember. Hey don’t do anything.” The later FD-302 changed that response to: “Not really. I don’t remember. It wasn’t, ‘Don’t do anything…READ MORE >
