By Mehek Cooke, Daily Signal – A top federal prosecutor says California has “basically” decriminalized voter fraud by stripping away election safeguards used by other states… Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, told the Daily Signal that federal prosecutors are fighting for access to the state’s voter rolls in federal court and investigating election fraud allegations as Americans head into the midterm elections.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – Major League Baseball (MLB) threatened to punish several Christian ballplayers for the San Francisco Giants on Monday after they inscribed Bible verses on their team’s “pride night” uniforms… “The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations,” MLB Chief Communications Officer Pat Courtney said in a statement to media outlets. …

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 – 1 “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 “Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. …

By Scott McKay, The American Spectator – What’s going on in Virginia is worth watching, and not just for Second Amendment enthusiasts. It’s a delicious “chickens coming home to roost” moment for Democrats and the Left… With implications that could change the very nature not just of American federalism, but of the relationship between state and local government. And as usual, the potential breaking point comes from a Democrat abuse of power. …

By INFOVATICANA – Pope Leo XIV participated this Tuesday via video message in the tenth edition of the Austrian World Summit, the international summit on sustainability and climate change held in Vienna. In his address, the Pontiff defended the need to promote a “just transition” toward economic models oriented to the common good, called for greater financial support for the poorest countries, and urged stronger international cooperation to address environmental challenges.

By S.A. McCarthy, LifeNews – Republicans are calling on federal authorities to impose stringent regulations on the abortion drug mifepristone, citing the dangers posed by the drug’s largely unregulated use to Americans’ drinking water. A coalition of 15 red state attorneys general is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to add mifepristone to the agency’s Contaminant Candidate List, which would likely trigger safety studies ….

By Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine – There has been a lot of buzz about Secretary of State Marco Rubio being the obvious GOP frontrunner for the 2028 presidential election. It would be wrong to dismiss him lightly… In fact, he likely is the favorite Republican of the top Washington kingmakers… But there’s one major factor that I believe Rubio optimists may be missing, and it’s something a Rubio campaign would have to get a handle on quickly if it wants any hope of succeeding… I’m talking about the Catholic vote.

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture – The first priests, the Apostles, were men. In 1994, in response to cultural turmoil promoting the ordination of women, Pope John Paul II reaffirmed that only men may be ordained priests: “The Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church’s faithful.” (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis). The exclusively male priesthood is rooted in the biblical view of man and the Incarnation.

By Nate Guyear, Catholic Exchange – Accordingly, concupiscence simply means the beginning of a strong desire, and this desire, generally, could be for anything.  For example, we begin to desire food, clothing, shelter, sex, and many other things that are good.  We do not sin by desiring these things provided we desire them within the bounds of reason—reason first recognizing God’s will of course.

The Bellarmine Forum – The twelve promises are not a checklist of devotional rewards. They are a portrait of what a life surrendered to the Sacred Heart looks like — from the first grace given us in our state of life to the last grace we receive at the moment of death.. They begin with grace for the present and end with grace for the future. They promise peace in the home, strength in affliction, mercy for sinners, fervor for the tepid, perfection for the devoted, blessing on our work, and a secure refuge in death… And the condition for all twelve is the same: provided we love.

By Elise Winland, Zeale News – In a shocking announcement that included reports of serial child abuse, the DHS said June 11 that federal agencies have located more than 146,000 of the unaccompanied migrant children who had gone unaccounted for after entering the U.S. during the Biden administration… DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, speaking at a DOJ press conference alongside Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, said nearly 300,000 children of the estimated 450,000 missing migrant children who went missing under the Biden administration are still unaccounted for.

By Melissa Mackenzie, Publisher, The American Spectator – Finding justice with the Epstein files is nigh to impossible, but finding you — tracked in your self-driving surveillance vehicle and with every penny you spend accounted for — is easy… The American people are an optimistic, trusting sort, but they have their limits. At 250 years, America is at a turning point. What will the future look like? The prediction? Cloudy. Undetermined. But like R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., I have hope that Americans will fight for and keep their freedom.

Deacon Steve Greco, Catholic Stand – Do we believe that our Mother’s intercession can lead to miracles in our lives? Especially miracles of forgiveness and softening of our hearts? We see the example of how Mary goes to her Son Jesus and asks Him for a miracle: “they ran out of wine.” Mary is our spiritual mother and needs to be an integral part of our faith life and spirituality.

By St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Posted by The Catholic Thing – Beside the tomb wept Magdalen at dawn, –
She sought to find the dead and buried Christ;
Nothing could fill the void now He was gone,
No one to soothe her burning grief sufficed.

By Edward Pentin, Substack – An Archbishop of Canterbury’s Masonic ties, his audience with John XXIII, and why the foundations of today’s Catholic–Anglican “journeying together” deserve far closer scrutiny… Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has largely pursued a distinct model of ecumenism, one that deliberately sets aside what was once called an “ecumenism of return.”… In its place has emerged a vision of “journeying together,” in which separated Christians and Catholics are seen as travelling along parallel paths that may one day converge.