Pope Leo has expressed support for Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s cause, as he praised the soon to be blessed and noted the impact Sheen had on his own life.

Hosting the Pontifical Mission Societies in audience on Monday morning, Leo XIV gave a notable hat-tip to the longtime former US national director of the PMS – Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

“Archbishop Sheen was a light of faith, hope, & love that shone through the radio and television media for decades,” said Leo.

Continuing, the American Pontiff also testified to the positive impact that Sheen had on his own life, stating: “I myself am a witness of his evangelization when I was growing up.”

Sheen served as national director of the PMS from 1950 through 1966, during which time he raised millions of dollars in support of the Church’s missionary activities throughout the world. It was during this same time that he also launched his wildly popular television series “Life is Worth Living,” and only left his role at the PMS after he was named as Bishop of Rochester.

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Rural dioceses are experiencing new signs of life and deserve to be as much a part of the ‘Catholic revival’ conversation as their big-city counterparts.

America’s apparent Catholic revival appears strongest among the college-educated but may be leaving working-class people behind.

Does this also mean that the Catholic convert numbers are the highest in major metropolitan areas where the white-collar demographic tends to congregate, while more blue-collar rural dioceses are stagnating?

The answer, paradoxically, is No.

Leading up to Easter, the Register collected data on total conversions in dioceses across the country and compared the numbers to last year. While some dioceses that include major metros made the top 10 for percentage increase in conversions — St. Petersburg (84%) and Kansas City-St. Joseph (70%) — the list is dominated by more sparsely populated rural dioceses.

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Matt5 said:

There is no room for "better" in a world of equality. So DEI has got to go.

From the article:
“We don’t talk about that out of respect for those officers,” he said. Instead, he spoke broadly of the need to correct for years of “gender and demographic engineering” that he asserted had blunted the effectiveness of U.S. troops on the battlefield.

There you go. If you have to engineer for gender and demographics, then you aren't picking the best candidates based on merit. Hegseth is correcting the past by focusing more on merit. Weaker candidates now get rejected. Note that four out of the nine rejected candidates were white men.

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"Correcting the past" would involve booting the generals who were promoted in the past. If he's trying to correct the past by culling new nominees to rebalance the ranks in the way he'd like, then what he's doing is essentially affirmative action.

“The thing I fear the most is prosperity coming to Africa … Catholicism without suffering is not possible. Many today want Jesus taken from His Cross, but it is not possible. He remains fixed there as an example for Catholics until the end of time.” - Fr Alex Mugalaassi

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In The Lamb of God: The Story of Our Lady of Knock, Patrick O’Hearn and Fr. Donald Calloway have brought the story of Our Lady of Knock to life for children, complete with lovely watercolor illustrations by Ann Kissane Engelhart. Patrick mentioned to me that the authors struggled at first to find a publisher interested in the book because, well, not much happens.

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Locking them in jail for a year is okay, just as long as they're not exposed to any transgendered peepees while they're in there.

The entire people of God, therefore, has their part in living, preserving, and handing on the deposit of faith. The Catechism later states, “All the faithful share in understanding and handing on revealed truth. They have received the anointing of the Holy Spirit, who instructs them and guides them into all truth” (#91). The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, and we learn from the New Testament that Truth does not impose itself but rather is “laid down” as in a deposit.

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Thérèse of Lisieux is justly famous for her “little way” of practicing “little virtues”—“making some small sacrifice” and “always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” Catholic ethics teachers should also follow the “little way,” urging students to fight for the daily good with seriousness and rigor.

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The Blessed Trinity, as expressed in the Creed, is the foundation of the Catholic faith. The perfect love within the Godhead is an impenetrable mystery. Yet love between a man and a woman and within a family provides us with one of the clearest images of God’s interpersonal love.

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Michie said:

I’ll never forget the day I drove my girlfriend to Planned Parenthood.

Thirty-four years ago, my now-wife Tricia and I were newly engaged, and we discovered she was pregnant. Both of us were afraid, unsure of how this would affect our marriage. So, I did what many young men do and turned to someone I respected for advice: my father.

I considered my father to be a good man. I trusted his judgment. When he advised that Tricia obtain an abortion, it seemed like the solution to our situation. He was only trying to counsel us in a way that he thought was loving and wise. My father knew the pain of divorce and wanted to shield me from a pregnancy he believed could cause my relationship to break down. He wanted better for Tricia and for me.

Unfortunately, our decision to walk into Planned Parenthood would do anything but shield us from pain.

For years, Tricia and I carried shame and regret separately, in silence. When we procured that abortion, we didn’t fully understand the permanent weight of the decision we were making.

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I took my fiancée to Planned Parenthood. I regret it 34 years later.

This Father s Day, I want to encourage men to embrace the courage and responsibility that fatherhood requires

www.christianpost.com

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Unfortunately, unwise decisions have far reaching ramifications.

It's good to hear that.

wing2000 said:

Will Donald get a ticket?

"At 6′3″, Trump has a BMI of 29.7, just under the 30.0 threshold for obesity. "

Trump’s Doctors Sneak Weight Reveal Into Shady Medical Report

The double-digits gain was tucked away in the late-night release.

www.thedailybeast.com

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A few years ago and I'd been enjoying the good life and had put on quite a few kilos. Had a check up with my doc and stood on the scales. 'Yeah, I know' I said. 'Really need to do something about that'.

'No' he said. 'Your weight's fine. It's just that you're 2 feet too short'.

Summary Acts 28:17-22

So Paul had been in prison for awhile because the Jews were accusing him falsely of something he did not do. Eventually he appealed to Caesar and then he went on a long trip to get to Rome. When Paul got to Rome he called the leaders of the Jews together, with whom he shared his story and his predicament. So, they scheduled a day and time to meet with him.

Acts 28:23-29 NKJV


And so he spoke to them about Jesus Christ from the law of Moses and the Prophets. Some were persuaded, and some disbelieved. And then Paul quoted them the words of Isaiah the Prophet, as quoted above. And he was letting them know that this was talking about them. For so many of them, although they had been taught about Jesus from the Old Testament, and Jesus Christ, when he was on this earth, had taught them the truth of who he was, and why he came, and of God’s requirement that they deny self, die to sin, and follow Jesus, they refused to believe that their Messiah had come.

And the words of Isaiah can and do apply to many people today who profess faith in the one true God – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – but who deny him by their actions, in practice. And many of them do indeed claim ignorance for things they truly are not ignorant of, because they don’t want to obey them. They don’t want to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ, to his control, to deny self, die to sin, and obey the Lord in practice. And so they pretend ignorance. But they will be judged by God and he will say, “I never knew you. Depart from me!”

So, please understand that the gospel of Christ is not an invitation to just profess him as Lord and to believe in his death and resurrection. It is not to just say some words in a prayer repeated after someone else who then proclaims you are now a child of God and you are guaranteed heaven as your eternal destiny. It is to die with Christ to sin and to be raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as servants of our Lord in walks of surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, in living holy lives pleasing to God – all in the power of God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

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Based off Luke 9:22-25
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Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus, Son of God,
Died for us on a cross.

Anyone who would come to Him
Must deny himself and follow.
He must take up his cross daily;
Die to sin and self each day.

Father, God above,
Loved us so: gave His Son.

If you want to save your old life;
Keep on sinning, follow your ways,
You will lose your life forever;
Hope of heaven gone away.

Spirit of our God
Gives us life in God’s Son.

Nonetheless, if you die to self;
Forsake your sin; follow Jesus,
You will live with God in heaven,
And forever praise His name!

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Sir Joseph said:

I'm really dissappointed to hear that since Testify To Love is the first song on my 3 album Christian music favorites collection. I can't or won't change that, but will try to ignore the source of an otherwise great song. Admittedly, I've got several Elton John favorites also in my collection and maybe even one Ty Herndon. I'm more repulsed by homosexuality than most but I don't let it stop me from appreciating their good work or treating the individuals with repect when I meet one.

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I don't like the cultural move to force normalization and acceptance of LGBTQ values on the US (and the world), but homosexuals are just sinners, like everyone else. The only difference is there is a group of activists dedicated to denying that homosexual behavior is sinful. But I can appreciate Elton John's skill in crafting and performing a song - besides which, in his case a heterosexual actually writes most of his lyrics.

I wouldn't throw someone out of a Christian band if they were struggling with homosexuality, but I probably would if they were trying to hold it up as normal, God-approved Christian behavior.

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I'll be honest, while there's quite a few things that worry me about this attack, the marking of the aircraft that was involved isn't one of them. I can't find a picture of the plane from any link in those pages, but beyond a few hundred feet, you aren't going to see who's air force it's from anyway.

I'll take a guess and say they had a coast guard or SIGNIT aircraft doing surveillance, and calling in the strike from something else at longer range, which is hardly newsworthy in and of itself.

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I suspect the subterfuge is for the benefit of whatever nation is allowing the aircraft to pre-deploy closer to the engagement zone.

It would also keep fewer military members out of the loop, 'cause military is more likely to have misgivings about the mission. I've suspected that it's more likely a CIA operation (or even a civilian para-mercenary group) than actual military.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler is reassuring supporters after recent public appearances sparked concern about his health, saying the medical episodes he has experienced are not life-threatening and are part of what God is using for his sanctification.

In what he referred to as an “unusual” video that he hadn't “planned to release,” Mohler addressed concerns about his health, saying, “God, who is sovereign, means this for my sanctification.”

“I appreciate how many people have reached out just to ask if I’m OK,” Mohler said while acknowledging that concerns about his health have stemmed from “episodes” that have taken place during his appearances at recent public events, which have caused him to “pause.”

“Clearly, I’m in distress,” he added. “The episode passes and I’m able to resume what I’m doing.”

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Spiritual Jew said:

That was the wrath of God the Father, not the wrath of Jesus.

Matthew 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

Notice how Jesus differentiated between the king, who represents God the Father, and the king's son, who obviously represents Jesus. In verse 7 it indicates that the king, representing God the Father, "sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.". What happened in 70 AD was God the Father's wrath and was not a coming of Christ in any sense.

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You are correct. Thank you.

The Cinema Rex fire in 1978 by Islamic extremists did more than anything to overthrow the Shah.

Social media users blasted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after his office approved a plea deal that reduced jail time for Waco attorney Adam Hoffman, who had faced a possible life sentence in a child s**ual abuse case.

Hoffman, 49, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanour charges after prosecutors dropped a first-degree felony charge of repeated s**ual abuse of a young child. Under the agreement offered by Ken Paxton’s office, Hoffman would serve one day in jail and avoid registering as a sex offender.

A few years back.. Trump rewarded the prosecutor who cut a similar deal with Jeffrey Epstein by making him Labor Secretary:
While the handling of the case arose during Acosta’s confirmation hearings, it has come under fresh and intense scrutiny after the prosecutors in New York brought their charges on Monday, alleging Epstein abused dozens of underage girls in the early 2000s, paying them hundreds of dollars in cash for massages, then molesting them at his homes in Florida and New York. Epstein has pleaded not guilty to the charges; if convicted he could be imprisoned for the rest of his life.

Acosta’s lawyerly presentation was an effort to push back against growing criticism of his work in a secret 2008 plea deal that let Epstein avoid federal prosecution on charges that he molested teenage girls. A West Palm Beach judge found this year that the deal had violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act because the victims were not informed or consulted.

Acosta defends Epstein deal amid calls for his resignation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to tamp down calls for his resignation, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended his handling of a sex trafficking case involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein, insisting he got the toughest deal he could at the time.

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Paxton is now hoping Texans will forget that his own party impeached him, his pending fraud case, and his move to help out a pedophile friend.

Russia announced on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Yerevan over Armenia's efforts to strengthen its ties with the European Union.

Armenia historically has strong economic, diplomatic and security ties to Russia, but its government has in recent years increasingly pivoted toward the West.

The Caucasian country held an Armenia-EU summit earlier in May, which Brussels hailed as a "leap forward" in ties.

Putin cites 'Ukrainian scenario' in warning to Yerevan

The statement comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin tied the dispute with Armenia to what he called the "Ukrainian scenario," saying that Moscow's military confrontation with Kyiv began after Ukraine began to seek closer ties to the European Union.

I guess Flynn has learned his lesson and has registered as a foreign agent this time.

Far-right blogger Scott McMahan posted a Foreign Agents Registration Act form Monday that was dated October 2025, and stated that Donald Trump’s former national security adviser was now making $100,000 per month from the Republic of Srpska. The confederated entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina is run by Milorad Dodik, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Freedom of religion. He has a right to say no. Period.

Peace

There is no official registry or census, but demographic data and denominational mapping show that thousands of churches and ministries across the U.S. actively advocate for and support emergency prepping.

Rather than using the secular term "prepping," faith-based organizations generally frame these initiatives under the biblical concepts of "provident living," "self-reliance," or "disaster ministry."

The breakdown of how religious ministries support and organize prepping in America spans from formal institutional mandates to grassroots movements:

1. Institutional Mandates (Over 30,000 Congregations)

For some denominations, emergency preparedness is an official, non-negotiable doctrine taught directly from the pulpit.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS): The LDS Church is the largest institutional supporter of prepping in the world. Through its doctrine of "Provident Living," all members are commanded to build a supply of food, water, and financial reserves. The church operates over 100 Home Storage Centers across the U.S., where members and non-members can buy bulk, 30-year shelf-life survival food.
• Seventh-day Adventists (SDA): With thousands of churches in the U.S., the SDA church officially promotes rural homesteading, food preservation, and self-sufficiency. Their network runs extensive disaster response ministries that teach local congregations how to stockpile resources and maintain backup communications (like ham radio networks).

2. Para-Church & Grassroots Ministries (Hundreds of Groups)

Outside of official denominations, a massive ecosystem of independent Christian ministries explicitly blends biblical prophecy, survivalism, and tactical preparation.

• Independent "Joseph Ministries": Named after the Genesis story of Joseph storing grain for seven years of famine, hundreds of non-denominational ministries use this model to teach churches how to build community storehouses.
• CERT Ministries: Organizations like Christian Emergency Readiness Training (CERT) act as mobile ministries traveling to churches across America to teach wilderness survival, emergency medical skills, and tactical perimeter security through a Christian worldview.
• Digital & Local Fellowships: Platforms like Meetup and Facebook host hundreds of regional "Christian Prepper" groups where church members coordinate bulk food buys, security protocols, and primitive skill sharing.

3. The Theological Divide: Hope vs. Fear

The reason prepping isn't universal across all ~380,000 U.S. Christian churches comes down to a major theological debate:

• The "Anti-Prepper" Church View: Many mainstream evangelical and mainline Protestant ministries actively discourage survivalism. Prominent organizations like ⁠Focus on the Family warn that a "fortress mentality" or stockpiling weapons and food comes from a place of fear and a lack of faith in God's provision (citing Matthew 6).
• The "Pro-Prepper" Church View: Conversely, supporting ministries argue that prepping is the ultimate form of Christian charity. They teach that you do not prep to hide in a bunker, but rather to ensure your family isn't a burden on the state—and so that your home can become a resource center to feed your community when a crisis hits.

Food insecurity in the United States is a widespread, measurable reality affecting 13.7% of all U.S. households, which translates to approximately 47.9 million Americans.

Rather than a total absence of food, food insecurity in a developed nation like the U.S. is defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a lack of consistent, reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food for an active and healthy life.

The Severity Scale

Federal data splits the affected population into two distinct tiers based on severity:

• Low Food Security (11.1 Million Households): These families avoid major disruptions to their actual food intake, but they manage by heavily relying on federal assistance programs, food pantries, or shifting to cheaper, less nutritious diets.
• Very Low Food Security (7.2 Million Households): This represents severe food hardship. In these homes, eating patterns are actively disrupted, and family members routinely skip meals, eat less than they should, or go entire days without eating due to a lack of money.

Who is Most Vulnerable?

Food hardship does not affect the country equally; it is concentrated heavily within specific geographic and demographic pockets:

• Families with Children: Nearly 1 in 5 households with children (18.4%) experience food insecurity, leaving over 14 million children living in homes struggling to guarantee meals.
• Single-Mother Households: Single mothers face the highest risk in the nation, with 36.8% of female-headed single-parent homes experiencing food insecurity.
• Racial Disparities: Black households (24.4%) and Hispanic households (20.2%) face hunger rates that are double or more than those of white households (10.1%).
• Geography: The highest concentration of food insecurity is found in the American South, while geographically, both densely packed urban centers (16.0%) and isolated rural areas (15.9%) suffer far worse than suburban regions (11.9%).

U.S. FOOD INSECURITY BY HOUSEHOLD TYPE

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Single Mothers [█████████████████████] 36.8%

Black Homes [██████████████] 24.4%

Hispanic Homes [████████████] 20.2%

Homes w/ Kids [███████████] 18.4%

National Avg [████████] 13.7%

White Homes [██████] 10.1%

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Why Hunger Has Risen

Food insecurity numbers dropped to a historic two-decade low in 2021 due to aggressive, pandemic-era federal interventions. However, modern hunger rates have climbed sharply back up due to a "double whammy" of economic forces:

1. The Expiration of the Safety Net: The expiration of expanded Child Tax Credits and the deep rollbacks to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/Food Stamps) benefits removed a vital financial floor for low-income families.
2. Cumulative Grocery Inflation: Even as broad inflation indicators fluctuate, the cumulative rise in core grocery prices over the last few years has permanently altered lower-income budgets. Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York highlights a sharp spike in families dipping into meager savings or charging groceries to high-interest credit cards just to stay fed.

This widespread, baseline instability in the traditional food supply chain is precisely what drives millions of mainstream Americans to adopt prepper strategies.