By Catholic Culture, Staff – The Vatican newspaper warned that half of the world’s children face “daily threats from at least three dangers linked to extreme weather events.”… In “Emergenze climatiche: Il cielo sopra i bambini“ (Climate Emergencies: The Sky Above Children)—the most prominent front-page article in L’Osservatore Romano‘s June 16 edition—Beatrice Guarrera listed eight extreme weather events: coastal flooding, drought, extreme heat, wildfires, heatwaves, river flooding, sand and dust storms, and tropical storms. …

By Elizabeth Ervin, Zeale News – York Revolution, a minor league baseball team in Pennsylvania, canceled its 11th annual “Pride Night” game scheduled for June 18 after several players refused to wear uniforms featuring a rainbow design… in an official statement, saying that the decision to cancel the game was “not reached lightly.”… “Unfortunately, several of our players have refused to wear the scheduled Pride Night jersey and the club decided that hosting the event is more important than forcing players to wear jerseys they are not comfortable with and playing the game.” …

By Kevin Wells, Crisis Magazine – Most of us know the expression, “my heart dropped into my chest.” Until these past few weeks, I don’t remember experiencing it. Now, I know the sensation well. The expression of a “heart dropping” is remarkably accurate; the sensation is uncannily similar to the feeling that overtakes you while plummeting down the roller coaster’s steepest hill.

By James Kalb, Catholic World Report – Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe… He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, or fixed place of residence. He recommended the same to others and commented on the narrowness of the way that leads to life. And he called Satan “the prince of this world.” …

By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register – Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas primarily deals with artificial intelligence in the context of human dignity, but one particular passage also addresses the topic of “just war theory” which the document describes as “outdated.”… The Pope’s comments have caused controversy and prompted thoughtful responses from Catholic scholars. Among them is Professor John Rist, a distinguished philosopher and historian of the early Church, who questions whether considering just war theory “outdated” adequately accounts for the enduring reality of sin and the persistence of political evil.

By Richard A. Spinello, The Catholic Thing – There are many crises in the Catholic Church today, but one of the most serious is the dismal state of moral theology.  That crisis has its roots in the confusion and intellectual ferment that ensued in the aftermath of Vatican II.  Progressive moral theologians proposed questionable moral theories like proportionalism and the “fundamental option,” while prominent scholars like Bernard Häring dissented on vital issues of received moral teaching such as the inadmissibility of contraception and the indissolubility of marriage.

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Matthew 6:19-23 – 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. …

By  Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – A 6-month-old baby girl conceived via in vitro fertilization and accidentally implanted in the wrong womb will be raised by the woman who birthed her instead of the biological parents who commissioned her creation, a “mutually devised custody agreement” in Florida determined this week… Score and Mills, a white couple who used their own sperm and eggs to commission embryos in 2020, were shocked in December 2025 when Score birthed a baby girl who was “100 percent South Asian.”

By Celina, American Greatness – Elsewhere in the country, a young victim named Michelle endured a reality of comparable horror. Michelle was subjected to an industrial scale of violence, repeatedly gang-raped in local bin sheds and threatened into terrified submission with a knife and forced into sex with multiple men waiting in cars. She was drugged, beaten, burned with cigarettes, locked in rooms, and passed between men. Of her abusers, she states: “98 percent of them were Pakistani Muslim. If not, they were Iraqi Muslim or Kurdish.” ….

By Annie Chestnut Tutor, Autumn Zeoli, The Daily Signal – “Scroll less and live best” is the catchy message of the new 43-page report “Surgeon General’s Warning on the Harms of Screen Use.” The implicit message that spending hours doomscrolling is not the best way to live is practically common sense, yet easier said than done… the advisory enumerates a litany of statistics linking excessive screen use to poor developmental, mental and physical health, and educational outcomes in children and teens. The document is more than just a warning. It also provides common-sense recommendations in the form of “the 5 Ds” (discuss, do, delay, divert, and disconnect) to help families

By Greg Piper, Just the News – Major pro-life candidate bankroller demands Todd Blanche “immediately” settle Louisiana challenge to mifepristone mail-order regulation, used by abusive partners, parents to acquire pills and secretly or coercively induce abortion… When the Supreme Court stopped an appeals court from blocking a federal rule allowing mail-order prescriptions of mifepristone while a legal challenge continues against the abortion pill’s prescribing conditions, the high court extended the opportunity for abusive partners and parents to acquire the pill and secretly or coercively give it to women with wanted pregnancies.

By Mary Rose, Zeale News – The same day CatholicVote formally asked for a federal probe into the matter, the Department of Justice warned Major League Baseball (MLB) that it may have violated federal civil rights law by threatening to discipline San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night caps… Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred June 18 referring the matter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for investigation. ….

By Michael New, LifeNews – A growing body of survey data which finds that pro-life sentiment has increased since the Dobbs leak… Today, Gallup released the results of its annual poll on sanctity of life issues. Pollsters surveyed over 1,000 adults in May… The poll found that 42 percent of respondents identify as “pro-life.” That is a one percentage point decrease from last year’s poll. The poll also found that a plurality of Americans, 49 percent, believe that abortion should be either “illegal in all circumstances” or “legal in only a few circumstances.” …

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action – A new study from the Charlotte Lozier Institute has found that women are not prepared for, or properly informed about, complications from mifepristone (the abortion pill)… Key Takeaways: The study found that women wanted more information on complications than they were given during the informed consent process… Most women cited bleeding, pain, and impact on mental and emotional health as complications for which they were unprepared… multiple recent studies (found) that the abortion pill is more dangerous or painful than women are led to believe. …

By Michael New, LifeNews – This month, the #WeCount project by the Society of Family Planning released final abortion estimates for calendar year 2025. Unfortunately, the news is not particularly good for pro-lifers… The Society of Family Planning estimates that 1,126,760 abortions took place in calendar year 2025. This represents a 1.6 percent increase from 2024. Overall, the Society of Family Planning numbers are broadly consistent with the abortion estimates that have been released by the Guttmacher Institute. …