By Joy Pullmann, Ex. Dir., The Federalist – Returning noncitizen children and noncitizen parents to their countries could save taxpayers hundreds of billions, especially in state budgets… A few simple calculations indicate that as much as one-quarter of U.S. public school enrollment could be anchor babies, meaning children with at least one parent illegally present in the United States. This alone amounts to at least $145.6 billion in public resources diverted from U.S. citizens every year.

By Aliyah Cohen, MRC TV – Meet Skye Tooley, a self-proclaimed “anti-bias educator” who once again made headlines for pushing blatant bias in the classroom… In a recent video, the Los Angeles teacher proudly told followers she’s “indoctrinating” her 5th grade students this Pride Month with lessons on queer icons and Pride flags… Tooley may have been awarded with a Human Rights Award by the California Teachers Association in 2023, but a quick scroll through her feed (and her track record) tells a different story. …

By George Matwijec, American Thinker – If we think about artificial intelligence, it is basically a compilation of human information, written and composed by humans. Do these humans possess bias in their judgments and statements? Absolutely. It only follows that the same bias will most likely occur in artificial intelligence and its pronouncements. On the other hand, I don’t think we should disregard artificial intelligence as a source of information simply due to bias. In that case, we would have to disregard most human knowledge, which has an inborn implicit bias to one degree or another. …

By T. S. Flanders, OnePeterFive – Back in 2023, all orthodox Catholics of good will heard the news of His Excellency, Bishop Paprocki’s condemnation of heresy in one of the most prominent American journals, First Things. This was ostensibly a condemnation of Cardinal McElroy’s brazen challenge to Catholic moral theology in two pieces (here and here) at America—a connection underlined by Bishop Paprocki’s quoting verbatim from the cardinal’s first article. Nevertheless, His Excellency did say shortly thereafter (on Raymond Arroyo) that he did not want to name names, but had European cardinals also in mind.

By Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD, Catholic Exchange – The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands as a testament to the divine love that transcends and penetrates time and circumstance. God is not distant. He is very involved in our lives, in our history. By linking the apparition to St. Margaret Mary and the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, we uncover a profound narrative that speaks to the heart of humanity’s relationship with the divine. In recognizing the metaxy of these events, we see how God’s love continually intersects with human history, inviting us to respond to His heart with our own.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Usually when I write something, I try to make it unassailable, to nail down and pre-refute each objection I can imagine, so that if the reader isn’t convinced by the end of it, he is at least intimidated into a sullen, reverent silence. I don’t aim to start debates, but I do love to end them… However, this week I am on the road … So instead of my typical columns aimed at settling questions with all the certainty (if not the authority) of the Council of Nicaea, today I’d like to plant just a few intellectual landmines aimed at producing heat, light, and shrapnel. …

By Scott Ventureyra, Crisis Magazine – Peterson, who has notoriously stood aloof from formal religion, found out that mere psycho-spirituality couldn’t stand up to committed opposition to God… Jordan Peterson’s recent appearance on Jubilee’s viral YouTube debate wasn’t just another skirmish in the culture war between belief and unbelief. It revealed something deeper and more unsettling: the ongoing drama of a man caught between archetype and Incarnation, between myth and metaphysical truth. …

By Susan Ciancio, Catholic World Report – Christ’s precious heart—a heart that loves us more than we can ever fathom—longs for us to care for and protect the vulnerable and to treat them as He would… Imagine a crown of thorns surrounding your heart, pressing in on it, piercing it, and causing an almost unbearable pain. Most parents can imagine this. Maybe your child has lost or abandoned the faith or been sick or injured, or maybe he is going through some mental health or physical struggles. All of these things tear at our hearts just like an actual thorn would. …

By Bob Unruh, LifeNews – There was a court case that challenged the approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the use of mifepristone, the abortion drug that is widely used as a replacement for surgical abortions… The Supreme Court ruled that the drug should be available, but the ruling was on very narrow grounds, and was based only on the court’s claim the pro-life physicians who brought to challenge didn’t show they had been harmed personally because it would be others who actually used the drug… Now there’s going to be a new review of the drug by the FDA itself.

By Msgr. Roger Landry, National Catholic Register – Conventional wisdom in this and previous conclaves was that, because of the prominence of the United States in world affairs, an American cardinal was practically ineligible. That was still the take this conclave, even as many said about Cardinal Prevost that he “checked all of the boxes” the electors would ordinarily look for in a pontiff — he spoke five languages; served in the missions in Latin America for 22 years; regularly traveled the globe during his 12 years as leader of the Augustinians; served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, helping Pope Francis select bishops in non-missionary countries; served on the board of many other departments in the Roman Curia, making him keenly aware both of the issues facing the Church globally as well in the Vatican; and was 69, so that his projected papacy wouldn’t be too long or too short. ….

By Franciscan Media – In the 12th century in the French region of Premontre, Saint Norbert founded a religious Order known as the Praemonstratensians or the Norbertines. His founding of the Order was a monumental tasks: combating rampant heresies—particularly regarding the Blessed Sacrament, revitalizing many of the faithful who had grown indifferent and dissolute, plus effecting peace and reconciliation among enemies.

Patriot Post – “Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” —Alexander Hamilton (1793)

By Thomas V. Mirus, Catholic Culture – In his new book Mysticism, Magic, and Monasteries, Catholic philosopher Sebastian Morello promotes so-called “Hermetic magic”* as an important part of the spiritual revival of Western civilization… How can a Catholic possibly promote magic as an integral part of the faith? Watch Morello try: The Western world has always believed in magic. It has always held that curses exist and that they can be placed on people, animals, fungi, and inanimate objects. And the Western world has always held that such curses can be banished by special words, special objects, and special concentration, which in that order it has been content to call “blessings,” ….

By Madalaine Elhabbal, CNA News – Pope Leo XIV spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Wednesday afternoon… “The pope made an appeal for Russia to take a gesture that would favor peace, emphasizing the importance of dialogue to create positive contacts between the parties and seek solutions to the conflict,” Holy See Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said in a statement… Bruni told members of the press that the Holy Father appealed to the Russian leader about the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and advocated for the facilitation of aid into affected areas. …

By James Mortensen, MRC TV – Two alleged cartel members and one person wanted by Interpol for murder in Honduras were among at least 80 people arrested in a raid operated by U.S. ICE, the DHS, state and local law enforcement last weekend at the Alamo, an unlicensed nightclub in Summerville, South Carolina… (after receiving noise complaints etc. police).. would involve ICE upon reports of trafficking, narcotics, and weapons within the nightclub… Among the 80 individuals arrested, 72 were illegal immigrants, the others were arrested on other charges, such as assaulting an officer.