By Hannah Bates, The Federalist – In recent months, there has been no shortage of horror stories illustrating just how dangerous the surrogacy industry is for children. From same-sex couples with children charged with rape and sexual abuse to Chinese billionaires mail-ordering tiny U.S. citizens, the tragedies stack up as surrogacy use proliferates. Now a new pair of bills seeks to close the loopholes that enable the surrogacy industry and its abuse of both children and immigration laws.

By Patti Maguire Armstrong, National Catholic Register – Reflections on death draw us away from the world and deeper into the spiritual realm. The world has a strong gravitational pull on both the mind and the heart, which can lead to forgetting that the most important existence is yet to come. Christians don’t really ever forget that, yet the day-to-day can interfere with right balance between the visible and invisible.

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Matthew 5:17-19 – 17 “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 19 Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven …

By Daniel McCarthy, NY Post – … Pope Leo called for “safe and legal pathways, a respectful welcome and real opportunities for integration” for migrants and refugees… Even when invoking “the right to remain in one’s own land,” the pope framed the issue as “working to ensure that no one has to leave their home due to lack of peace, security or decent living conditions, including economic inequalities and the effects of the climate crisis.”… Those last words are the stinger: A pope’s message will always include peace and compassion for the poor, but economic inequality and climate catastrophism are characteristically left-wing preoccupations. …

By Caroline Petersen, The American Spectator – Clearly, this technology warrants a word of caution. Theoretically, it could be used to alter intelligence, appearance, height, or athletic ability. This goes beyond fixing a genetic abnormality. This picking and choosing is not a distant dystopia but is already taking root in IVF practices, where couples can filter through different embryos and pick their “ideal” child.

By + Héctor Agüer, Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Infovaticana – (Abp. Emeritus of La Plata) considers that the success of initiatives such as the Paris-Chartres pilgrimage reflects a recovery of Catholic tradition in countries where, he claims, it had been stifled for decades by liberalism, progressivism, and atheism… Alongside the historic French pilgrimage, the archbishop mentions other similar gatherings that have emerged or experienced notable growth in different countries… In the prelate’s opinion, these events show that there is a growing interest in the more traditional expressions of the Catholic faith, especially among young people.

By Mary Rose, Zeale News – U.S. forces launched strikes against Iran June 9 after President Donald Trump said Iranian forces shot down a U.S. Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz… U.S. CENTCOM said an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went down while patrolling regional waters near Oman June 8. The military said the pilot and gunner were rescued within about two hours and were not injured…

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture – Two things can be true at the same time. It’s possible, for instance, to believe that Pride Month is bad for society and to believe that the state should not execute persons who commit acts of sodomy… That may strike you as so obvious a distinction that it hardly bears saying out loud. If so, you have not paid attention to politics in Connecticut. Elected officials in my state have been tripping over the distinction for a week now.

By Laramie Hirsch, The Fatima Center – The world is obviously a geopolitical mess. There are marvelous modern tools at our disposal, but there are corresponding malevolent abuses of them. So, too, in the Catholic Church. This Divine Institution can reach across the globe to all ports and provinces, but we’ve never seen the Church with the kinds of problems we are now having to endure… Particularly with the Catholic hierarchy, we see that it no longer inspires. The leadership no longer give us the confidence it used to. Bishops and prelates used to be steady guides through the storms of history. …

By Auguste Meyrat, Crisis Magazine – This November, Californians will be voting on the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act,” a new wealth tax that would essentially seize 5 percent of the accumulated wealth of the state’s billionaires. Unlike a tax on income, sales, or property, this tax would target the non-liquid assets where the ultra-wealthy keep their fortunes.

By Frank DeVito, Crisis Magazine – The tradition of the Church has long been in favor of this stability for its clergy. The 1917 Code of Canon Law made it clear that stability of pastors was the norm: while a pastor could be moved or removed by the bishop according to “the norm of law,” the default was that a pastor had the responsibility for the care of souls within his parish… Even the current 1983 Code of Canon Law assumes that pastoral stability will be the norm: “A pastor must possess stability and therefore is to be appointed for an indefinite period of time. The diocesan bishop can appoint him only for a specific period if the conference of bishops has permitted this by a decree.” …

By David Harsanyi, Patriot Post – But a far more vital objective of the SPLC is destroying the reputations of effective legitimate organizations that are involved in mainstream political debates that have absolutely nothing to do with racism or extremism… The purpose of the “hate” maps and enemies’ lists compiled by SPLC isn’t to alert Americans about local skinheads, but to associate those skinheads with the American College of Pediatricians, Family Research Council, Ben Carson, Turning Point USA, American Family Association, and Moms for Liberty. …

By Anthony J. DeBlasi, American Thinker – Compromising instead of promoting doctrine, to “make it compatible with other religions,” dilutes and weakens every authentic faith, an outcome welcomed by globalists that want God “on their side.” What side, we must ask, is it that denies the Gospel? It is the side of apostasy, supported by heresy — an actual rejection of God… What a misplacement of the will! The de facto surrender of spirituality and morality to might dims the actual value and potential of everyone it affects.

By Deborah Savage, PhD, Catholic World Report – The Synod Study Group suggests we set aside established doctrine and instead rely on “a process of continuous theorization and implementation” that permits the Church to set “the discernment process in motion, and accompanying it to reach the expression of a consensus – even one that is differentiated – when this contributes to furthering the common good.”… Translation? As our authors aptly put it: “Doctrine is out, Experiences are in.”

By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register – Investigators conducted three full days of interviews last week in a probe of Bishop Michael Duca, ordered by the Vatican over the Diocese of Baton Rouge’s handling of a report of sexual abuse by a parish priest, two witnesses told the Register… “They’re all about the timing, why it took so long,” the purported victim, a man in his mid-60s, told the Register, on condition of anonymity. “They wanted to connect a lot of dots.”… (the accused priest) Fr. Jamhoury, a Maronite-rite priest originally from Lebanon, has left the United States, though the bishop didn’t say where he had gone. …