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March 15, 2024

Texas Helps More Than 105,000 of Biden’s ‘Newcomers’ Migrate to Sanctuary Cities, by Craig Bannister

By Craig Bannister, CNS News - “Texas has transported over 105,000 migrants to sanctuary cities,” Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday, promising that “Until [President] Biden does his job to secure the border, Texas will continue to hold the line.”... The illegal aliens, or “newcomers,” as Biden now calls them, were transported under Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a program designed to secure Texas’ border from the onslaught of illegal immigration caused by the Biden Administration’s open-border policies.

March 15, 2024

The Bachall Isu—The Crozier of St. Patrick, by Phillip Campbell

By Phillip Campbell, Catholic Exchange - Of all the relics bequeathed to us by Ireland’s catalogue of saints, the greatest was undoubtedly the episcopal crozier used by St. Patrick known as the Bachall Isu. The Irish word Bachall comes from the Latin baculus, a crozier or staff; Isu is a shortened form of the Latin name for our Lord, Iesus. Bachall Isu thus means “Staff of Jesus,” a name reflecting a popular tradition that the staff was given to St. Patrick by Jesus Christ Himself.

March 15, 2024

Free Speech Depends On SCOTUS Rejecting The Government’s Censorship Excuses In Murthy v. Missouri, by Scott Street

By Scott Street, The Federalist - On July 4, 2023, Louisiana-based federal Judge Terry Doughty issued a historic decision in the censorship case then called Missouri v. Biden (the case was filed by two state attorneys general, including Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who now sits in the U.S. Senate). The decisions made news not just for the result and the date it was issued, but for the importance Doughty showed to the underlying issue... In fact, Doughty’s opinion echoed the lofty rhetoric of the great federal court decisions issued during the civil rights era. But the political dynamic had flipped.

March 14, 2024

The Catholic Answer to the Longing for ‘Wellness’, by Rebecca Wilson

By Rebecca Wilson, EWTN News - The concept of “wellness” is ever growing in popularity, with many podcasts, workouts, diets and more trying to address the issue. In the U.S. alone, the wellness industry is valued at close to $1.2 trillion. This raises the question: Why? There must be something about “wellness” that is so attractive, that speaks to a deep human desire. More importantly, if we are created in the image and likeness of God, with a beautiful integration of body and soul, how do we as Catholics respond to the concept of “wellness?”