SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Giles
US AND IRAN TRADE BLOWS IN FIRST MILITARY ACTION IN A MONTH
The rekindled fracas sent worldwide oil prices almost 3% higher. The fighting comes days after President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz was now in the U.S. hand and that the main goal now was to put economic strain on Tehran, instead of pummeling it with its military power…READ MORE >
US DIOCESES VARY IN GRANTING, DENYING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS TO VACCINES
As students begin a new school year, parents who don’t want to vaccinate their children may or may not receive backing from the local Church — depending who their bishop is…READ MORE >
ABORTION, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ON VIRGINIA BALLOT AS PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Pro-life advocates are warning that this misleading language masks the true intentions behind the measure. The Catholic group Protect Virginia 2026 writes that the amendment “is intentionally vague in its wording and creates loopholes that put women and children at risk” and that constitutional amendments “are extremely difficult to repeal…READ MORE >
NEW STUDY FINDS LIFE FOR GEN Z IS MUCH HARDER THAN FOR BOOMERS
For instance, wages are around 3.8 times higher today than they were in 1985, when most Boomers were about 25 years old, according to a recent study conducted by crypto casino BC Game. The study examined several publicly available sources to compare changing financial circumstances since 1985…READ MORE >
RFK JR. CONFIRMS: THIS VACCINE HAS ‘BILLIONS’ OF ABORTED BABY DNA PIECES
RFK Jr. said the MMR vaccine has around ‘646 billion’ pieces of DNA from an aborted baby cell line, correcting the leftist governor of Pennsylvania…READ MORE >
JUST BEFORE MIDTERMS, INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE COUNTRY’S DIRECTION
The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found 60% of registered voters say the country is going in the wrong direction, while 30% say it’s headed in the right direction and 10% aren’t sure. The wrong-track number is unchanged from June but up from 54% in March…READ MORE >
POPE LEO APPROVES HIS SEVENTH BISHOP FOR CHINESE COMMUNIST ‘CATHOLIC’ CHURCH
The Vatican reported that the new bishop of Datong was appointed ‘under the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China…READ MORE >
CONCERNS ABOUT AI COMPANIES DESTROYING PHYSICAL BOOKS
These and other details regarding the project have been revealed since the unsealing of court documents from the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit, which also found that Anthropic is purchasing the books from several vendors, including major retailers like Better World Books and World of Books…READ MORE >
SINGAPORE’S BOLD PLAN TO STABILIZE BIRTH RATES
Wong’s package unveiled offers the equivalent of roughly $55,000 per baby. The program starts with a $7,000 cash payment at birth and is followed by annual payments and credits that continue until the child is 16 years old. Wong said the steps are needed to counter a looming demographic crisis that he said threatens “our ability to keep Singapore going…READ MORE >
