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April 30, 2026

Today’s Saint: St. Catherine of Siena, April 30

By Bellarmine Forum - By Bellarmine Forum - St. Catherine of Siena (1380). ... CATHERINE, the daughter of a humble tradesman, was raised up to be the guide and guardian of the Church in one of the darkest periods of its history, the fourteenth century. As a child, prayer was her delight. She would say the “Hail Mary” on each step as she mounted the stairs, and was granted in reward a vision of Christ in glory. ...
April 30, 2026

‘Benghazi:’ The Illegal Lengths Democrats Took to Kill Kids, by Aubrey Harris

By Aubrey Harris, The American Spectator - Don’t ignore behavior you don’t want repeated... Planned Parenthood isn’t doing well... Some 50 clinics closed in just the last year, including in states where abortion is still legal. It’s probably just as well because, according to the New York Times, patients at PP have experienced botched abortions, misplaced IUDs, and sewage leaking into recovery rooms... The organization and its affiliates blame funding issues on the Trump administration’s recent moves to cut the federal flow of cash by refusing to cover the organization under Medicare. That’s not quite accurate ....
April 30, 2026

Our Disintegrating Society, by Eric Sammons

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine - The latest assassination attempt on President Trump is shocking only in that it is no longer shocking. Every American should be alarmed at what happened at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner this past Saturday, yet what prevails instead is a “ho-hum” attitude, as if violence against our political leaders—especially against Trump or anyone associated with him—is almost expected at this point.
April 30, 2026

Spiritual Motherhood: The Unexpected Gift of Surrendering to God’s Plan, by Constance T. Hull

By Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange - On a warm spring evening recently, I stood outside the entryway to the chapel on campus while one of my students said good-bye to me. When I first started in campus ministry, he was the one I was most worried about. He was withdrawn, overwhelmed, and barely spoke to me the first semester of my ministry back in Spring 2025. Now there he stood, thanking me for everything I had done to help him over the course of the last 1.5 years. ...

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