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By Adelina Romero, New York Upstate – More Immigration Fear Porn From Open Border Bishops… Seven months into President Donald Trump’s second term, sweeping changes to federal immigration policy have escalated deportations, cut millions of dollars in federal funding to nonprofits providing legal aid for immigrants, and revoked protections for sensitive spaces, including churches… Here in El Paso, faith leaders and organizations that have long provided resources for migrants are raising alarms over policies they say are instilling fear and undermining humanitarian effort. …

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal – President Donald Trump put Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on the spot about the cost of renovations to the Fed’s Washington headquarters building going over budget… “We’re taking a look, and it looks like it’s about $3.1 billion. Went up a little bit—or a lot,” Trump said. “So, the 2.7 is now 3.1. It just came out.”
Powell pushed back, saying he hadn’t “heard that from anybody.”

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Matthew 13:18-23 – 18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. ….

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said July 21 he may cancel the Senate’s August recess to address a mounting backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees, noting that Democrats have so far refused to confirm any through the Senate’s usual procedures… “We’re thinking about it,” Thune told reporters at the Capitol, according to The Hill… He said it would be “nice” if Democrats adhered to historical precedent ….

By Gia Chacón, National Catholic Register – For two millennia, Christians in Gaza have borne witness to their faith with unyielding endurance and quiet courage. Today, fewer than one thousand remain, their survival hanging by a thread. After Hamas launched its brutal October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel — massacring civilians and taking hostages— the Israeli military responded with a massive campaign in Gaza. The war that followed has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Often ignored, Gaza’s Christians are an embattled minority caught in the crossfire

Franciscan Media, July 25 – This James is the brother of John the Evangelist. The two were called by Jesus as they worked with their father in a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had already called another pair of brothers from a similar occupation: Peter and Andrew. “He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him” (Mark 1:19-20). …

By Cheryl Sullenger, LifeNews – Under the leadership of Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services uncovered shocking evidence that at least one organ procurement organization was harvesting organs before the human donors had died… “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying,” said Sec. Kennedy in a written statement issued on July 21, 2025.  “The organ procurement organizations that coordinate access to transplants will be held accountable. The entire system must be fixed to ensure that every potential donor’s life is treated with the sanctity it deserves.”

By Sheryl Collmer, Crisis Magazine – Our collective grief, especially here in Texas where we knew multiple generations of girls who spent the happiest of summer times at Camp Mystic, is a heavy lead blanket. The death toll keeps rising, and there are still so many missing… Texas reels to a slow-motion dirge. What strikes us hardest is the little girls, woken in the sleepiest part of the morning of July 4th, and swept away in the flood surge. …

By Matthew Plese, OnePeterFive – This article is the seventh in a 10-part series that will explore miracles as proof of the truths of Catholic doctrine. In this installment, we consider some of the numerous miracles attributed to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary including those attributed to the Holy Rosary as well as some of her many apparitions on earth… Father John Hardon defines a miracle as follows: “A sensibly perceptible effect, surpassing at least the powers of visible nature, produced by God to witness to some truth or testify to someone’s sanctity.” Along with reason, miracles provide the Catholic apologist with effective tools to defend the claim that the Catholic religion alone is from God.

By Michael Haynes, Substack – In offering the traditional Mass there is “a sense of breathing with the Church throughout the centuries,” Archbishop Cordileone told Per Mariam in a recent exclusive interview… In recent weeks, San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has had cause once more to delve into the debate surrounding the liturgy, specifically the traditional Mass… The topic has been increasingly under scrutiny of late as new restrictions against the traditional Mass have been levied by certain prelates in the U.S., while devotees of the old rite hope for Pope Leo XIV to overturn his predecessor’s widespread restrictions.