By Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald – British Catholics must hold firmly to the teaching of the Church that human life is sacred and inviolable, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said in the wake of MPs narrowly backing an assisted suicide Bill… Cardinal Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster and the president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, said Catholics must also do whatever they could to persuade peers to reject the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as it begins its way through the House of Lords. …

By McKenna Snow, Catholic Vote – Father Mike Schmitz, who is the host of the “Bible in a Year” podcast  and the director of youth and young adult ministry in the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, also recently weighed in on this trend and why men are the ones who are leading it… he has observed a strong desire for brotherhood… young men are more prepared to develop these friendships… Another factor could be that “there is a more robust Christianity that is being proclaimed and offered,” he said.

By Neil Munro, Breitbart – Democrats from N.Y. to California have launched a media-magnified PR campaign to argue millions of illegal migrants hired by employers should be exempt from the nation’s deportation laws… immigration czar Stephen Miller is using Twitter to expose the Democrats’ claim that migrants somehow become legal when they accept wages far below the levels needed by ordinary Americans… Miller (said) ‘The LA Mayor says her economy is dependent on vast criminal lawbreaking and the federal government should ensure vast criminal lawbreaking continues forever.” …

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing – It is old news that the practice of Christianity and the study of the humanities have been declining for decades. Their falls, however, are rarely considered together. One has not caused the collapse of the other. The two are suffering because the spirit of our age despises the goal they share – the shaping of the human mind and soul for transcendent goods. Tracing their twin plights illuminates their virtues and the crippling worldliness that undermines them as lights on our journey to God.

By Father David Nix, Blog,  Padre Peregrino Hermitag – Raymond Ibraham (a Coptic Orthodox Christian American born in Egypt)… observed: “Modern day Western Christianity is not appealing.  It has become such an abstract idea, stripped of ritual and stripped of history… We need a more robust historic form of Christianity.  That is what appealed to people.  That is what men fought and died for… They’re not going to do it for what’s now being paraded as Christianity, which is just a mask for craven behavior.”

By Hans von Spakovsky, The Daily Signal – A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 9th Circuit released a unanimous opinion upholding President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard, and the media is portraying this as a win for the president over California Gov. Gavin Newsom… It was, but it’s also a win for the public safety of the residents of Los Angeles, for local and federal law enforcement, and for a civilized society—a win against lawlessness, mob violence, and the reckless politics of a governor intent on ignoring the mayhem caused by violent agitators and his own weak actions.

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – Since 2021, a remarkable shift has begun to reshape education policy nationwide: growth in the number of states that embrace school choice measures. Last week, New Hampshire became the latest state – and the first in the Northeast – to fully adopt a universal program… On June 10, Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed Senate Bill 295, removing income restrictions from the state’s Education Freedom Account program. Families can apply public education funds toward private school tuition, homeschooling, tutoring, and other schooling options.

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register – Beginning on June 22, the feast of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, the week includes the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and concludes with the solemn feast of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29). All were martyrs at the hands of state power. They are martyrs of religious freedom, and patrons of those persecuted for their religious faith, even if today’s concept of religious liberty was not developed in the ancient or medieval world.

By Franciscan Media – The Lord can make saints anywhere, even amid the brutality and license of Renaissance life. Florence was the “mother of piety” for Aloysius Gonzaga despite his exposure to a “society of fraud, dagger, poison, and lust.” As a son of a princely family, he grew up in royal courts and army camps. His father wanted Aloysius to be a military hero.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – Looking at the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce US immigration laws, and the sometimes violent reactions, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, speaking as president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) perceives “a profound social crisis before which no person of good will can remain silent.”… Well, we can all agree that the immigration problem has attained the proportions of a crisis. But why is the USCCB speaking out now? The problem has been evident for many years. Our bishops did not see it as a “profound social crisis” when hundreds of thousands of unvetted immigrants were pouring unchecked across our southern border, and hundreds of unaccompanied children were disappearing. …

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post – Yet another study proves that screen time has adverse effects on children, including anxiety, emotional irregulation, low self-esteem, aggression, conduct problems, and attention struggles… The American Psychological Association (APA) recently published a meta study that distilled the data from 117 studies involving the screen time usage of 292,000 kids ages 10 and younger. Predictably, the findings were not good.

Franciscan Media, June 20 – Anyone who is praised in the letters of six or seven saints undoubtedly must be of extraordinary character. Such a person was Paulinus of Nola, correspondent and friend of Saints Augustine, Jerome, Melania, Martin, Gregory and Ambrose… Born near Bordeaux, he was the son of the Roman prefect of Gaul, who had extensive property in both Gaul and Italy. Paulinus became a distinguished lawyer, holding several public offices in the Roman Empire. …

By Rachel Quackenbush, LifeNews – Dozens of abortion clinics are shutting down — not just in states with bans, but in places where abortion remains fully legal, AP News reported June 17… Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022, at least 105 clinics have closed nationwide, according to the report. Strikingly, 65 of those closures happened in states without new abortion limits… While pro-abortion activists scramble to adapt, pro-life leaders see the trend as confirmation that the abortion industry is increasingly unsustainable. From waning donations to rising logistical costs, clinics are facing mounting challenges. ..

Written by Pope Leo XIII, (S. Cyprianus, Ep. lxix., ad Magnum, n. I). from Satis cognitum (1896), Post on The Catholic Thing – Truly the voice of the Apostles, when the Holy Ghost had come down upon them, resounded throughout the world. Wherever they went they proclaimed themselves the ambassadors of Christ Himself. “By whom (Jesus Christ) we have received grace and Apostleship for obedience to the faith in all nations for His name”

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal – Congressional Republicans are fighting to repeal the law used under the Biden administration to prosecute pro-lifers for praying outside abortion clinics… In the meantime, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon plans to use the law to prosecute attacks against pregnancy resource centers… “While the statute is in place, it provides protection for both people who are going to abortion clinics as well as crisis pregnancy centers,” Dhillon told The Daily Signal. “And we intend to prosecute numerous attacks that have happened on those over the years with people coming forward with the right evidence that we need.”