SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Callistus I
POPE LEO DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER
Part of his right lung was removed during the surgery. There were no complications, but examination of the nodule removed confirmed a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma. His medical team suspected this was the case…READ MORE >
VIRGINIA BISHOP URGE VOTERS TO REJECT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON ABORTION & MARRIAGE
Proposed Amendments 1 and 2 “concern fundamental matters of right and wrong,” Burbidge added. Amendment 1 would enshrine abortion as a “right” in Virginia’s constitution and allow for policies such as abortion until birth and for minors to obtain an abortion without parental consent…READ MORE >
US MILITARY ARCHBISHOP SAYS CATHOLICS ARE OBLIGED TO REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED FROM FIRING SQUAD
First and foremost, Broglio remembered with sadness the victims of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre for which Hasan was convicted. Broglio actually presided over the funeral for Michael Grant Cahill, the only civilian who died in the shooting…READ MORE >
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GREECE CONFIRMS RESIGNATION AMID SCANDALS
Guilfoyle, who is the former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr. and ex-wife of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, encountered a furor after a shock Wall Street Journal report last week uncovered she asked former GOP congressional candidate Eric Deters for $100,000 to pay off her American Express card ahead of her confirmation hearing…READ MORE >
US ARMY ADMITS IT CAN’T PROTECT SOLDIERS FROM ALL BIOWEAPONS
The new plan brings biological warfare settings into routine combat training as artificial intelligence (AI) and biotechnology raise new concerns about the weapons America’s adversaries could develop in the near future…READ MORE >
WHITE HOUSE’S NEW PRESS SECRETARY HOLDS FIRST BRIEFING
Zacharia, 41, told reporters that she has wished to work for Trump for “a very long time.” In addition, she said that she was looking forward to working with the media at the White House in the middle of what she described as the “midterm blitz…READ MORE >
SUPREME COURT TO EXAMINE DISPUTE OVER ACCESS TO DOGE RECORDS
The case revolves around the efforts by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a watchdog group, to obtain records from DOGE’s early operations through a Freedom of Information Act request…READ MORE >
CANONISTS WARN SYNOD’S CANON LAW PROPOSALS BLUR LINES OF CHURCH AUTHORITY
Critics say the commission’s recommendations on lay governance, tribunals and infallibility contradict Vatican II; the nonbinding report would require Pope Leo’s approval…READ MORE >
TRADITIONAL TWO-PARENT FAMILIES VANISH FROM BIG AMERICAN CITIES AS ‘MARRIAGE DESERTS’ EXPAND
The study from the Institute for Family Studies showed that the share of households with children headed by married couples varies by roughly 70 percentage points across the areas studied, highlighting a divide between urban “married-family deserts” and suburban “married-family gardens…READ MORE >
