Pope walks with Jesus through the streets of Rome; Ireland re-consecrated to the Sacred Heart; US leaders warn Iran against retaliation; JD Vance blasts Newsom leadership; Suicide bomber kills at least 22 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria; Mass shooter staved off by security guard at Michigan church; and more —
Pope Leo leads Corpus Christi procession in Rome
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ on June 22 at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran.
At the conclusion of the liturgy, he led a Eucharistic procession along the Via Merulana to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, drawing thousands of faithful who lined the streets in prayer and adoration.
Watch at Catholic News Service
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Trump hints at regime change in Iran while declaring ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN’ after US strikes
President Donald Trump on Sunday said there may be a regime change if Iranian leadership cannot “MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN,” following strategic U.S. strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday.
In a post to Truth Social, the president questioned why there would not be a leadership shift following the devastating blow to the country’s nuclear program.
“It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” he wrote. “MIGA!!!”
Read more at Fox News
President Trump Addresses the Nation after the bombing Iran’s nuclear sites (June 21, 2025)
Watch at The White House YouTube (4 min.)
US leaders warn Iran against retaliation after strikes on nuclear facilities
In the hours after its military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, U.S. officials suggested Iran ought to embrace a diplomatic off-ramp rather than choosing to retaliate.
Watch at 6abc Philadelphia
‘THE GAME IS UP’: Rubio says Iran’s days of ‘playing the world’ are over
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ following U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and why the Iranian regime underestimated President Trump.
Watch at Fox News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine Hold a Pentagon Press Briefing 6/22/25
Hegseth: “This is not the previous administration. President Trump said no nukes, he seeks peace and Iran should take that path.
He sent out a Truth last night saying any retaliation by Iran against the United States of America will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed tonight …
Watch at Right Side Broadcasting Network (27 min.)
Trump Keeps His Promise on Iran. The World Is Safer for It.
President Trump promised he would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Last night, with seven B-2 bombers and a dozen 30,000-pound bombs, he made good on that vow. The world is better off for it.
Trump announced Saturday evening that the U.S. had completed a “spectacularly successful” strike on Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites at Natanz, Esfahan, and Fordow. The last of those is a heavily fortified facility buried some 300 feet deep in a mountain in Iran’s Qom Province. …
Read more at The Free Press
Persecuted Iranian Christians Break Their Silence
What are the persecuted Christians in Iran saying as the Islamic regime begins to crack under Israeli assault? CBN’s Raj Nair is joined by Juliana Taimoorazy, founder of Assyrians Against Antisemitism Initiative, to discuss. …
Watch at the Christian Broadcasting Network
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Receive Major Backlash Over RIDICULOUS Statement on US Bombing of Iranian Nuclear Sites – Update: Deletes Tweet and Apologizes!
The Los Angeles County Sheriffs received major backlash over an absurd statement on the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites.
LASDHQ posted: Our hearts go out to the victims and families impacted by the recent bombings in Iran. While this tragic event occurred overseas, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is closely monitoring the situation alongside our local, state, and federal partners.
Read more at The Gateway Pundit
US court lets Trump keep control of California National Guard for now
A U.S. appeals court let Donald Trump retain control on Thursday of California’s National Guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the Republican president’s use of the troops to quell protests in Los Angeles.
Trump’s decision to send troops into Los Angeles prompted a national debate about the use of the military on U.S. soil and inflamed political tension in the country’s second most-populous city.
Read more at Reuters
VP Vance delivers remarks in riot-afflicted Los Angeles
Vice President JD Vance made a series of stops in Los Angeles on Friday, as he spoke about the effects the anti-ICE riots had on the city …
“The good news is that the rioting has gotten a lot better, but the bad news is I heard from everybody, unfortunately, the soldiers and marines are still very much a necessary part of what’s going on here because they’re worried it’s gonna flare back up,” said the Vice President.
Read more at Catholic for Catholics
WATCH: Vance deliver remarks in Los Angeles
Includes Q&A
Watch at Fox Business (14 min.)
Thomas Sowell REACTS as JD Vance SCHOOLS Woke Journalist on Padilla’s ‘Political Theatre’
“In an age where political theater has replaced governance, arrests have become photo opportunities, not consequences. The recent arrest of Senator Alex Padilla at a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles followed by JD Vance’s sharp critique … is not merely a news cycle squabble, it is a window into a deeper malaise; a political culture that rewards posturing over problem solving, symbols over substance, and outrage over reason.
When a US senator stages a public confrontation, when a mayor deflects policy criticism with accusations of disrespect and when the pressing issue of border security is drowned out by personal grievances, we must ask what is the cost of this charade and who pays the price when leaders choose headlines over results. …”
Watch at Thomas Sowell Reacts on YouTube (13 min.)
US bishops ‘remain resolute in our call for the consistent protection of refugees’
“Solidarity with refugees and migrants is not optional; it’s a living testimony of the Gospel,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz.
On World Refugee Day (June 20), the Catholic Church stands in prayerful solidarity with refugees around the globe to recognize and honor the courage, resilience, and dignity of those forced to flee their homes.
Read more at the USCCB website
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release before trial
A federal judge on Sunday said Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be released ahead of trial …
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes denied the government’s request to keep Abrego Garcia in detention before his trial.
Read more at Axios
English Required for Citizenship – But Not at the Polls
[T]here’s one glaring apparent contradiction in American law that almost no one is talking about – and it might be enabling noncitizens to vote.
To become a U.S. citizen – and therefore gain the right to vote in federal elections – noncitizens must pass a naturalization test that measures both English language proficiency and knowledge of U.S. history and government. …
But that requirement is in apparent conflict with Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act [which means that] in places like Los Angeles County … ballots are printed in 18 languages besides English. …
Read more at Amac
UK Bishops protest as Parliament votes to legalize assisted suicide
On Friday, MPs of the UK Parliament approved a Bill which allows medical staff to assist the suicide of terminally ill patients, a move Cardinal Vincent Nichols says “fundamentally changes society’s long held values and relationships on matters of life and death.”
The Third Reading of Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed by 314 votes to 291, and will now go to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. …
Read more at Crux
Suicide bomber kills at least 22 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria during Divine Liturgy
A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and wounding 63 others, state media reported.
The attack took place in Dweil’a on the outskirts of Damascus inside the Mar Elias Church, according to state media SANA, citing the Health Ministry for the toll of dead and wounded. …
Read more at Associated Press
Attack on Christians in India’s Odisha state blamed on Hindu nationalists
A mob of Hindu nationalists attacked a group of Protestant Christians in an Odisha village on Saturday for resisting alleged pressure to convert to Hinduism, leaving eight injured, Christian leaders said on Sunday.
The injured, attacked while returning from church at Kotamateru village in Odisha state’s Malkangiri district, are being treated at the district hospital, police said …
Read more at Crux
Police credit staffers for stopping gunman at [Michigan] church: They ‘prevented a mass shooting’
A gunman wearing a tactical vest and carrying two guns targeted a suburban Detroit church Sunday morning, firing shots into the building’s exterior during a special vacation Bible School service before he was run over by one person and then fatally shot by church security. …
About 150 people were at a service when Wayne police Chief Ryan Strong said a 31-year-old Romulus man began driving erratically outside the church. Strong said the man exited the vehicle in a tactical vest, armed with a long gun and a handgun, then began shooting at the church. …
Read more at The Detroit News
The Powerful St. Michael Prayer Should Not Incite Controversy, but Calls to Intercession
When Pope Leo XIV was elected on May 8, the date providentially fell on two important feasts. … the day of the Prayer of Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii and the feast of the appearance of St. Michael the Archangel on Mount Gargano in the fifth century.
Leo XIV purposely chose the name of his predecessor Leo XIII … [who] mandated the Prayer to St. Michael … to be recited after all low Masses beginning in 1886. …
Despite nitpicking and controversy [over the prayer’s recitation] … there are plenty of reasons for invoking the help of the most powerful archangel in today’s battles against the devil.
Read more at the National Catholic Catholic Register
Kentucky political leader builds life-sized Stations of the Cross garden
Catholics in northeastern Kentucky will soon be able to follow the passion of Christ in life-sized form thanks to the efforts of a longtime state politician.
Jerry Lundergan, a fixture in Kentucky Democratic politics for decades, is aiming to have the Stations of the Cross and meditation garden in Maysville open by Easter of next year.
Read more at the Catholic News Agency
Charlotte Diocese reveals liturgical norms still under discussion as TLM limits proceed
A leaked draft document on revising liturgical norms in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, has stirred backlash for addressing some practices predating the Second Vatican Council.
However, diocesan communications director Liz Chandler told OSV News the leaked document was “an early draft that has gone through considerable change over several months,” with discussions taking place in a consultative manner among the diocese’s presbyteral council and divine worship office.
Read more at National Catholic Reporter
Illegal Migration in Poland: More Migrant Pushbacks by Germany, Who are the 10 Somalis in Szczecin?
Watch at Poland Daily Live
Illegal migration on the rise in Poland government: Can disaster still be averted?
It is increasingly common to see something that just a few years ago was only known in Western European cities and so far there seems to be no desire among those in power to address this situation
Watch at Poland Daily Live
Belfast, Ireland Showdown: Patriots vs. Antifa and Pro-Immigration Activists
Belfast City Hall saw opposing demonstrations on Saturday, June 21, separated by police amidst high security.
Watch at Rebel News on YouTube
Ireland is [re-]consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Irish Primate Eamon Martin will consecrate Ireland to the Sacred Heart of Jesus this Sunday afternoon (22 June). The Archbishop of Armagh will preside over the ceremony at the Marian pilgrimage site of Knock in the north-west of the country …
Relics of St Margaret Mary Alacoque from the Burgundian town of Paray-le-Monial in the Sacred Heart are also included. A Marian apparition took place in Knock in August 1879, which still attracts thousands of pilgrims today. Later, there were various reports of healings. …
Read more at katholisch.de
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“León de Perú” is released
A new documentary by Vatican media about Robert Francis Prevost’s years of missionary work in the Latin American country. The film travels across Peru to Chiclayo, Chulucanas, Callao, Lima, and Trujillo to explore the life of the Augustinian Pontiff through the voices and testimonies of those who knew him, worked alongside him, or received his support as a missionary and shepherd.
Watch at Vatican News (English subtitles)
How I Got My Coworkers to Stop Using God’s Name in Vain: Mother Miriam
In this heartwarming and humorous clip, Mother Miriam shares a true story from her time working as a diner waitress …
Listen as she recounts the clever (and kind) way she taught her coworkers to stop using the Lord’s name in vain — without scolding or preaching.
With her trademark wit, wisdom, and love for God, Mother shows how faith, humor, and compassion can make even awkward moments a chance for grace.
Watch at Mother Miriam Highlights
Cardinal Joseph Zen’s Corpus Christi message
“After celebrating the Tridentine Mass at Mary Help of Christians Parish in Hong Kong, I led a Eucharistic procession, bringing the Holy Eucharist out of the church and through the streets of the campus.
Jesus is truly Emmanuel—God with us. He so desires to be with us that He left us this marvelous Sacrament, offering Himself under the appearance of bread and wine for us to eat and drink.
The food we eat becomes part of our body, but when we receive Jesus, we become His Body.
Sometimes we say, “Let us not leave Jesus alone in the tabernacle.” Of course, this is a figurative way of speaking. When Jesus revealed His Sacred Heart, He said, “This heart has loved men so much, yet is so little loved in return.” As though He needs our consolation.
In truth, it is not Jesus who needs us — but He knows that we need Him. To forget Jesus is our greatest loss.”
Read more at Joseph Zen on X
