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.
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The Dangerous Error Buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report, by Deborah Savage
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.”
Vatican-Ordered Probe of Baton Rouge Bishop (Duca) Yields Extensive Interviews, Witnesses Say, by Matthew McDonald
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. …
What’s Happening in Los Angeles Is an Exercise in Brute-Force Politics, by Scott McKay
By Scott McKay, The American Spectator – Nobody can find an example from history in which a third-place candidate getting 20 percent of the Election Day in-person vote counted on Election Night, who had conceded the race as Nithya Raman did, suddenly jumps to 40 percent of the vote as mail-in ballots are counted. That’s because it’s never happened before, and it cannot happen in the wild.
Trump Feuds With Netanyahu Over Strikes on Iran, Lebanon: ‘I Call the Shots. Bibi Does Not.’ by Mary Rose
By Mary Rose, Zeale News – “I call the shots… Bibi does not.”… Trump also told Israeli Channel 12 June 8 that he had warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the previous night: “You better be very careful what you do, because you could be left alone facing Iran very soon.” … Tensions between Trump and Netanyahu grew June 7 after Iran fired multiple waves of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon. Iran’s strikes were its first direct attack on Israel since an April 8 ceasefire. Israel said it intercepted the missiles.
America’s 250th Anniversary Inspires National Catholic Pilgrimage, by Elizabeth Ervin
By Elizabeth Ervin, Zeale News – As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a national Catholic pilgrimage scheduled for Oct. 6-15 will invite participants to journey through historic East Coast cities while reflecting on the enduring witness of Catholic faith that helped shape the nation… According to the St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation, which is organizing the event, the pilgrimage is intended to explore the spiritual roots of the U.S. and the influence of Catholicism on the nation’s history. …
Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: Comments on the Address of the Holy Father to the Spanish Parliament
By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith – … Catholics should always remember that the Church’s mission is first and foremost supernatural. While questions of public policy, economics, migration, technology, and international relations are important matters deserving serious reflection, they must never eclipse the central proclamation of the Gospel: the salvation of souls through Jesus Christ… The dignity of the human person is fully understood only in the light of the truth that man is created by God, wounded by sin, redeemed by Christ, and called to eternal life. ….
Look for Men Who Want to Be Husbands, by Nathan Kreider
By Nathan Kreider, Catholic Exchange – My wife once heard some excellent advice: look for men who want to be husbands, not for men who just want wives… Having a wife is tremendous. She provides encouragement and emotional support. She turns a house into a home. She is a companion to share your interests and struggles with, and she’s a key part to starting your own family. It’s no surprise then that the great majority of single men hope to get married. …
Scoring Goals for Agenda 2030: Leo’s June Prayer Intention and the UN Playbook, by Elizabeth Yore
By Elizabeth Yore, Substack – the previous Pope Leo XIII was deeply dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He diligently promoted the Sacred Heart devotion throughout his papacy and even issued a magnificent encyclical, Annum Sacrum in 1899, consecrating the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus… Along comes the latest, Leo, the XIV, in his Vatican June Prayer intention offers an invitation for Catholics to pray ‘for the values of sports,’ that all sport may promote peace, fraternity and communion. What’s going on? Is this the new Synodal Gospel of FIFA or the Super Bowl of Sustainability? …
Beauty in the Power of the Holders, by David G Bonagura, Jr.
By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing – At a time when non-practicing Catholics outnumber the practicing 4 to 1, Church leaders should encourage any expression of legitimate beauty in the Church that can inspire faith – even if a particular form is not exactly to their taste. For if beauty awakens us to redemption and transcendence, it leads us to God, as Pope St. John Paul II promised young people at World Youth Day in 2000: “It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted.”
Can We Humanize Our Brave New World? by Samantha Stephenson
By Samantha Stephenson, Public Discourse – Is it ethical to alter the genetic makeup of children? Should we create children with three parents? What about creating sperm from female stem cells to the end of creating a child with two biological mothers? Is it ethical to incubate a growing baby in an artificial womb? Could a womb like that end the perceived need for abortion?… These questions might seem like science fiction, and indeed they were when Aldous Huxley, an agnostic, published his dystopian novel Brave New World nearly one hundred years ago. Huxley wove a fictitious world in which progeny were designed and grown in laboratories ….
Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: The Salt of the Earth and Light of the World
Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Matthew 5:13-16 – 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. 14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. …
Msgr. Jason Gray: Sheen Beatification Calls Catholics Back to the Eucharist
By Msgr. Jason Gray, The Catholic Thing – Catholics around the world are commemorating Corpus Christi today, a feast day celebrating the True Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. But Corpus Christi is especially significant for American Catholics this year. The Catholic Church has seen “historic” rates of converts at parishes nationwide, while Americans’ belief in the Real Presence and reverence for the Eucharist is steadily climbing.
The Sacred Heart: The Antidote to a World That Has Forgotten How to Love, by John B. Manos
By John B. Manos, Bellarmine Forum – What Is In the Old Testament, men dared to say of the Lord: “What does God know? He judges us as through a mist. The clouds are His covering, and He does not consider our affairs, for He walks about the poles of heaven.”… That was the ancient complaint: a distant God, detached and uninterested… What Could Be But the Incarnation changed everything. God no longer walks about the poles of heaven. He lies on a manger bed of straw. He suffers with us. He bleeds with us. He dies with us.
FBI Fires 5 Employees Tied to Controversial 2023 Memo on Traditionalist Catholics, by Mary Rose
By Mary Rose, Zeale News – The FBI has reportedly fired five employees connected with a controversial 2023 intelligence memo that tied white supremacist extremist ideology to traditionalist Catholic communities… FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed the five intelligence analysts involved in producing the document on June 5… Patel vowed to investigate the memo during his January 2025 confirmation hearings before Senate lawmakers. The firings appear to be the first publicly confirmed terminations of employees directly involved in drafting and approving the memo.
Media Shrug at Aborting Down Syndrome Baby But Cry ‘Eugenics’ At Sydney Sweeney’s Cup Size, by Jordan Boyd
By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Professional YouTube couple Jesse and Ashley Ridgway were more than halfway through their first pregnancy and had already bought baby clothes and designed a nursery when they decided birthing and raising a kid with Trisomy 21 would be too “rough.” Just one month after the “McJuggerNuggets” stars bragged about saving their dog with stage 4 kidney disease, they solicited an abortionist to tear their unborn baby apart limb by limb simply because that baby likely had an extra chromosome.
Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: The Salt of the Earth and Light of the World
Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Matthew 5:13-16 – 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. 14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. …
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Patriot Post – “The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to controul one part from invading the rights of another, and at the same time sufficiently controuled itself, from setting up an interest adverse to that of the entire Society.” —James Madison (1787)
Not Just Another Martyr, by Garrett D. Johnson
By Garrett D. Johnson, Crisis Magazine – St. Charles Lwanga and his companions, whose feast day is June 3rd, are red martyrs. They are patron saints of those served by the Courage apostolate, who are called to white martyrdom by striving to live according to the Church’s teachings regarding same-sex attraction… The inspiration we need to live out white martyrdom comes, in part, from bishops, priests, and deacons speaking clearly about the specific reasons for St. Charles and his companions’ martyrdom ….
