By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register – A former rector at a residence hall at the University of Notre Dame frequently weighed male students naked and alone in a deserted locker room and engaged in unwanted sexual contact with some of them during a 17-year span in the 1980s and 1990s, an investigative report commissioned by the university found… Victims told the investigator that they reported the behavior of Holy Cross Father Thomas King to various Notre Dame officials over the course of several years, but that inquiries and follow-up were slow and lackluster, the report found. …

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Mark 11:11-26 – 11 And he entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple; and when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. 12 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

By S.A. McCarthy, The Washington Stand – Recent controversy over ICE detention conditions at Delaney Hall in New Jersey is emblematic of a much larger problem with a broad swath of the foreign population in the U.S. Democrats recently made a spectacle at Delaney Hall, demanding better detention conditions for illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. According to (some Democrats)… illegal immigrants are being denied basic necessities like food. HHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin, however, confirmed that several detainees are actually rejecting the food provided for them and “hunger striking” instead. Their demands? Specific ethnic foods. …

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine – The priest intones, “Peace be with you.”… The congregation responds, “And with your spirit.”… And then, sometimes it doesn’t come. The priest doesn’t say, “Let us offer each other the sign of peace.” Sometimes—often, around my town—he moves on with the Mass… Is this just a warm and fuzzy break from the solemn Mass, or are we stepping on one of the most important prayers of the Mass? “Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.”

By Casey Chalk, Catholic World Report – Through his profession, (Robert Collins, MD) perceived what makes Catholic thinking different: that our suffering can be united to the sufferings of Christ. Moreover, as St. Paul teaches in Colossians 1:24, we can “complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church.” Just as Christ redeems humanity through his salvific suffering on the Cross, Collins discovers, “we, in union with him as members of his Body, are perhaps playing a role in bringing his redemption to the part of the world that we touch.”

By Dan Hart, LifeNews – A startling new study has revealed that the vast majority of online abortion drug vendors are shipping the pills to women whose unborn children are past the point of 10 weeks’ gestation, in violation of the FDA’s federal safety limit… The report, released by the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) on Tuesday, found that 81% of online abortion drug sellers are actively ignoring the federal safety guidelines, amounting to 64 vendors. The study further found that eight online-only organizations are violating state pro-life laws by shipping abortion pills into those states.

By Sophie Starkova, Patriot Post – With a $30 million proposal for one government-run grocery store and now a $22 billion proposal for 200,000 government-built “affordable” homes, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is on track to beat California Governor Gavin Newsom’s record of throwing the most taxpayer money at a problem with nothing to show for it. As usual, whenever affordability is the issue … the Dems’ go-to solution is to spend more taxpayer money, when all that will do is exacerbate the problem.

By Carter Stewart, Chronicles – Media coverage of illegal immigration serves primarily to obfuscate and distract from what should be the most important question: How many illegal aliens live in America, and what do they cost us? Instead, the media manipulates our emotions with fantastic descriptions of children in cages, the terrors of the Darien Gap and Alligator Alcatraz, and the tragedy of the deportation of virtuous “undocumenteds,” who upon further investigation often turn out to be MS-13 gangsters or child molesters.

By Maura Roan McKeegan, Catholic Exchange – Servant of God Don Dolindo Ruotolo went one day to the Carmelite convent to visit his dear friend Sr. Maria Giuseppina. Years earlier, Sr. Maria Giuseppina, on the brink of death from tuberculosis and spinal meningitis, had received a miraculous healing through the intercession of St. Francis Xavier, and Don Dolindo had been present when it happened. The miracle had bound these two saintly souls together in a close spiritual connection.

By Mary Rose, Zeale News – The USCCB criticized the Trump administration’s decision this week to accept South African Afrikaner refugees amid tight restrictions on almost all other refugee admissions, arguing the U.S. should reextend resettlement opportunities to other vulnerable groups, including people facing religious persecution… The criticism came after an Emergency Presidential Determination published May 27 in the Federal Register authorized the admission of up to 10,000 refugees during fiscal year 2026 to address what President Donald Trump described as an “unforeseen emergency refugee situation.” …

The Dynamic Catholic Institute – William’s early years in the military of the Holy Roman Empire earned him the reputation of a fearless warrior, but it was later in life that he won his greatest battles… At 46 years old, an age where most soldiers of that time would consider their greatest achievements behind them, William led a Christian army into Spain to take back control of the country. It was 801 and Spain was under the control of the Ummayad Caliphate, a dynasty that had seemed invincible ever since they declared a jihad against Christians in 793.

By Joseph R. Wood, The Catholic Thing – Much is already being written at the moment about AI and the suitable Catholic response to it. So this column will not be about AI… In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov, Ivan Karamazov has been driven, by his revulsion to evil in the world, to “rebellion” against God, and perhaps to the edge of insanity. He has written a poem, “The Grand Inquisitor,” which he recounts to his brother, the devout (if perhaps a bit naïve) Alyosha.

By Jeffrey Bruno, National Catholic Register – The Mass was the center, as it must be. Then came the procession. The Blessed Sacrament was carried across the shrine grounds to the Rustic Altar, then to the Historic Chapel, where adoration continued throughout the day. In the blazing heat, people followed. They sang, prayed, knelt, walked, endured, and adored… And Christ was among them… It would have been enough to say that the pilgrimage began in St. Augustine. But that wouldn’t be enough. … Because this was not merely a location. It was a beginning returning to a beginning..

By Lisa Bast, LiveAction – Growing up in a Catholic household, Emily Geiger considered herself pro-life “by default” and never felt convicted to promote pro-life principles actively. She naively believed most Christians were pro-life until she entered St. Olaf College, an institution founded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church… There, she was startled to discover that many young people held passionate pro-choice views.

By Breccan F. Thies, The Federalist – The DHS effort to rein in immigration lawyers committing fraud comes after Trump issued a memorandum in March 2025 recognizing that “the immigration bar, and powerful Big Law pro bono practices, frequently coach clients to conceal their past or lie about their circumstances when asserting their asylum claims, all in an attempt to circumvent immigration policies enacted to protect our national security and deceive the immigration authorities and courts into granting them undeserved relief.”