Pope Leo’s recovery ‘progressing normally’ says Vatican; Trump, Vance send good wishes and prayers to Pope Leo; While Congress is in recess, Trump storms West for two jam-packed rallies – Arizona, Montana – says ‘vote straight ticket GOP’ – Dems will ‘destroy our country’; Abdul El-Sayed bobs and weaves about links to Muslim brotherhood; How Barack Obama’s Islamic Socialism spawned Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani – The Federalist; Ilhan Omar’s time bashing the country who welcomed her may be over – Feds build case to deport her; New documentary follows illegal immigrant pipeline from Africa into Europe (watch below); Catholics celebrate a 16th-century discalced Carmelite nun whose writing, religious reforms, teaching, and prayer have profoundly influenced the world; and more –
Pope Leo’s postoperative recovery ‘progressing normally’
On his third day in the hospital, Pope Leo XIV’s doctors say his chest X-ray in the morning shows “good recovery of the lung that underwent surgery.”
Dr. Luigi Carbone and Prof. Stefano Margaritora have provided the following update on the Pope’s postoperative recovery:
“This morning, the Holy Father underwent routine checks, which yielded normal results. The chest X-ray showed good recovery of the lung that underwent surgery. He carried out his daily activities independently. His physiotherapy session included a full range of physical activities.”
“Overall, his postoperative recovery is progressing normally.”
Read at Vatican News
Trump wishes Pope Leo well (Watch entire clip for Trump’s full remarks)
‘I DO want to see Pope Leo get well. I hear the prognosis for that type of cancer — it’s cancer it’s big stuff — but the prognosis for that type of cancer seems to be good. I would just want to wish him our love and our best wishes.’ – President Trump
Watch @atrupar; read ‘Trump on the Pope’s illness’ at DoRzeczy (translation available)
JD Vance prays for Pope Leo – and Leo’s brother who also has cancer
See @JDVance
Louisiana doctor explains survival rate of lung cancer after Pope Leo’s diagnosis
Watch at WDSU News
Trump torches Democrats at Arizona rally, warns they will ‘destroy our country’ ahead of midterms
Rep Andy Biggs joined Trump onstage and urged the Bullhead City crowd to ‘vote Republican top to bottom’ ahead of Election Day
President Donald Trump brought a blunt warning to Arizona voters Wednesday, declaring Democrats would “destroy our country” as he blasted their State of the Union conduct and urged supporters to turn the state red from top to bottom.
With Election Day less than three weeks away, Trump rallied behind Rep. Andy Biggs, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, and a slate of GOP candidates during a campaign stop in Bullhead City, taking aim at Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs and calling for a victory in honor of Charlie Kirk.
“On election night, Arizona is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it,” Trump said. “America belongs to those who love, love, love, love — love it.”
Read more at Fox News; watch full event at Right Side Broadcasting Network
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather makes appearance at Arizona rally
Watch @EricLDaugh
Meanwhile at Montana Rally …
Watch @OANN; watch full event at Right Side Broadcasting Network
Feds building case to deport Ilhan Omar as new details emerge about DC home raid
Rep. Ilhan Omar and her husband were at their Washington home Monday morning when federal agents executed a search warrant, taking the Minnesota Democrat’s cellphone, notebooks, personal computers and her passport, according to a new report.
The “Squad” member is the target of separate federal investigations, The Post confirmed Wednesday, with prosecutors in Minnesota probing potential immigration fraud, while the office of DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is pursuing an inquiry into the finances of Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett.
The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials and others familiar with the Omar case, reported that the ultimate goal of the immigration investigation is to strip the lawmaker of her citizenship and deport her.
Read more at the New York Post
Abdul El-Sayed bobs and weaves about links to Muslim brotherhood
Watch @CurtisHouck
How Barack Obama’s Islamic Socialism Spawned Abdul El-Sayed And Zohran Mamdani by Jeannie DeAngelis
If Barack Obama’s presidency was a lesson in school, Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani appear to be star pupils.
Since 2004, the political precedents Barack Obama sought to establish have already been in motion, and now, in 2026, newcomers Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani appear to be advancing his unfinished mission in exactly that direction. That may be why Obama seems to be playing the role of a proud father, secretly smiling in approval as his well-schooled children venture out to harvest the seeds he’s spent more than 20 years sowing.
As these wet-behind-the-ears political successors seek to establish themselves as the new face of what Obama has long hoped would take shape, Obama appears to be tacitly passing the torch to trophy-kids El-Sayed and Mamdani and seems to have no problem publicly supporting their efforts. By standing side by side with El-Sayed and Mamdani, the former president reinforces policies associated with democratic socialism and positions and agendas that extend beyond what he publicly championed during his two terms as a supposed capitalist Democrat. The association further undermines Obama’s moderate persona and highlights his role in propelling the Democrat Party down the path of left-wing extremism.
Read at The Federalist
Muckraker’s Latest Documentary Follows Entire Illegal Immigrant Pipeline from Africa into Europe
Watch @SaveEuropeAct (47 minutes)
The Power of Youthful Prayer
See @RubyCha29
Today is the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila
See @FriarMario; see also @father_rmv
First Woman Doctor of the Church: St. Teresa of Avila
Every year on October 15, the city of Ávila celebrates its most famous daughter — St. Teresa of Ávila, mystic, reformer, and the first woman declared a Doctor of the Church. This EWTN Vatican feature retraces her extraordinary life, from her childhood longing for martyrdom to her mystical experiences and reform of the Carmelite Order.
Watch at EWTN News
Famous scholar on Teresa of Avila’s Autobiography – El Libro de la Vida
Saint Teresa of Avila’s Life is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time?
In “The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography” (Princeton University Press, 2019) National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time, and its enduring influence in our own secular age.
Watch at Lumen Christi Institute
