President Trump signs Gaza Peace Plan; Parishioners at only Catholic Church in Gaza sing hymn to Our Lady to celebrate ceasefire; Dems who condemned Israel’s Gaza campaign mum after Trump-brokered ceasefire; Trump to posthumously award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk; Jesuit artist accused of sexual abuse set for Vatican trial; Trump’s musings about getting to Heaven evoke support among Catholics; Catholics around the world continue to honor October as the month of the Holy Rosary; and more —
President Trump signs Gaza Peace Plan
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Trump Casts Vision of Prosperous, Peaceful Middle East Following Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
President Donald Trump cast his vision for a prosperous Middle East as he spoke before world leaders in Israel and Egypt.
Together, Israel and America will “build a legacy that all the people of this region can be proud of,” Trump said while standing before the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, only hours after the 20-remaining living hostages were set free after two years in Hamas captivity.
With a ceasefire holding between Israel and Hamas that the U.S. played a central role in brokering, and negotiations underway for a permanent end to the war, Trump called for lasting peace and collaboration in the Middle East.
Read more at The Daily Signal
President Trump quotes Psalm 34:14 in Knesset Speech
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Parishioners at Gaza Catholic Church thank Our Lady
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Democrats who condemned Israel’s Gaza campaign silent after Trump-brokered ceasefire takes effect
Some of the Democratic Party’s most outspoken critics of Israel’s war in Gaza, lawmakers who for months have accused the Jewish state of committing genocide, have remained strikingly silent in the days since President Donald Trump’s brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect. …
[P]rogressive Democrats who once dominated headlines with calls to “end the genocide” have offered no new public statements acknowledging the development. Among those who have not commented are Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Summer Lee (D-PA) — members of the so-called Squad who have been some of Israel’s fiercest critics.
Read more at the Washington Examiner
The Man The Left Calls A ‘Nazi’ Just Signed A Peace Deal Protecting Millions Of Jews
Monday was a day of rejoicing, of gratitude. For the families and friends of the 20 last living hostages freed after two years of hell, it was a day of fully breathing once again. The hostage release came as a very good sign that Hamas, the genocidal monsters responsible for the devastating two-year war with Israel, could at least come through on a principle term in a long sought ceasefire.
“This is the day the Lord has made known to us, and we will rejoice in it,” Zvika Mor, father of Eitan Mor, said after reuniting with his hostage son, according to reporting by the Times of Israel.
Read more at The Federalist
Israeli hostages released
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Palestinians celebrate release of freed prisoners
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POTUS now home in DC from historic trip to Middle East
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The Medal Of Freedom Was Created For People Exactly Like Charlie Kirk
For years, the Presidential Medal of Freedom has been awarded to celebrities and political allies. But on Tuesday, President Donald Trump will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the highest civilian honor, reviving the medal’s original intent of recognizing those who have made extraordinary contributions to the security, ideals, and freedoms of the country.
Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10 while speaking at a college campus in Utah, allegedly by a left-wing radical who espoused Antifa ideology and transgender ideology.
Read more at The Federalist
Zelensky confirms plans to meet Trump in Washington this week
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Oct. 13 that he plans to meet his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington later this week.
The meeting, scheduled for Oct. 17, will follow two phone calls between the leaders regarding Ukraine’s air defenses and long-range capabilities in the wake of escalating Russian attacks.
Talking at a press conference alongside EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas, Zelensky said the phone calls “were not enough” to discuss all key topics.
Read more at The Kyiv Independent
Knoxville Diocese indicates Vatican order for end of all diocesan Latin Masses
Bishop Mark Beckman of Knoxville, Tennessee, has directed that all celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in the diocese cease by 23 November 2025, in accordance with the Vatican’s implementation of Pope Francis’s 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes. …
Communities affected include Holy Ghost Church in Knoxville, St Henry Parish in Johnson City, and the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Chattanooga, where the 1962 Missal has been celebrated regularly since 2014. No alternative venues for the pre–Vatican II rite have yet been designated.
Read more at The Catholic Herald
Guinean prelate praises Catholics devoted to traditional liturgy
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Famous Jesuit Artist Accused of Sexual, Spiritual and Psychological Abuse by Dozens of Women, Rev. Rupnik To Undergo Trial in the Vatican
Rev. Marko Rupnik rose to prominence as a Jesuit artist whose mosaics decorate basilicas worldwide.
But he later became the source of a sex scandal that was a bad stain in the legacy of late Jesuit Pope Francis, who was criticized for dismissing allegations of gross misconduct against Rupnik.
Now, under Leo XIV, the Vatican has empaneled judges to decide the fate of the artist, accused by more than two dozen women of ‘sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse’.
Read more at the Gateway Pundit
Cardinal presides over act of reparation in St. Peter’s following desecration of altar
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general of the pope for Vatican City, presided Oct. 13 over a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of the church following a serious act of desecration that had taken place on Oct. 10. …
On Friday, Oct. 10, a man whose identity has not been revealed was arrested by security guards after he climbed onto the Altar of the Confession, located under Bernini’s baldachin, and urinated on it while tourists looked on in astonishment.
Read more at the Catholic News Agency
Pope Leo said to be ‘shocked’ by desecration at St. Peter’s Basilica
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Desecration of the Sacred Heart in the Netherlands
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Geert Wilders’ plans upon winning his country’s general election later this month
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Trump: ‘I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven’
President Donald Trump said over the weekend he doubted that he would make it to heaven, prompting speculation as to whether he was attempting a self-effacing joke or sharing a genuine spiritual worry.
The comment came during a flight on Air Force One Sunday, in response to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asking about whether brokering a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas would help with his previously stated desire to reach heaven.
“I’m being a little cute — I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven, okay? I really don’t,” Trump answered. “I think I’m not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly in Air Force One. I’m not sure I’m gonna be able to make heaven, but I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”
Read more at LifeSiteNews
Trump’s remarks about reaching Heaven comport with Catholic teaching according to American commentator
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Reminder: October is the Month of the Holy Rosary
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