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In Case You Missed It – Monday, June 2, 2025

Catholic Poland delivers a blow to the EU, Ukraine launches "Russian Pearl Harbor," Pope Leo says science must serve humanity, Michelle Obama disses "the gift of giving birth" – and more ...

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Trump-backed nationalist clinches Poland’s presidency

Nationalist Karol Nawrocki, backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, clinched the Polish presidency in a tight run-off race that spells trouble for the country’s current pro-EU government.


A final count showed Nawrocki, who stood for the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party that lost its majority in 2023, secured 50.89% of votes against the 49.11% of rival Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. Early results released before polls closed had put the liberal in the lead.

Read more at CNBC


Poles celebrate the razor-thin election of Nationalist Karol Nawrocki

Thousands of Polish citizens march through Warsaw singing ancient Christian hymns after election of Karol Nawrocki. "God is on the move in Poland," says Jack Posobiec.


Ukraine wipes out dozens of Russian doomsday nuclear bombers in massive surprise attack on air bases, Kyiv says: ‘Russian Pearl Harbor’

Ukrainian forces stunned the Russian military Sunday after wiping out and damaging dozens of nuclear bombers and other aircraft with ambitious and complicated attacks that struck President Vladimir Putin’s air bases deep inside the country, Kyiv says. ...


The attack came just a day before the leaders of Ukraine and Russia were potentially set to meet in Istanbul as part of US-backed cease-fire talks. 

Read more at the New York Post


Ukrainian drones set up during Biden’s “auto-pen administration"?

On Bannon's WarRoom, Jack Posobiec argues Ukrainian drones were set up to attack Russia during Biden's "Autopen Administration" months ago. He asks who was it that green-lighted this attack on the American side?


Suspect In Colorado Attack On Pro-Israel Demonstration Is In U.S. Illegally: Report

The suspect in the firebombing attack targeting a pro-Israel demonstration in Colorado is believed to be an illegal alien from Egypt who overstayed his visa after it expired.


Sources with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) say that the suspect in the attack, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is an Egyptian national who entered the United States during the Biden administration and overstayed his visa, Fox News reported late on Sunday.

Read more at The Daily Wire


Huckabee Demands NYT, CNN, AP Retract Fake News Stories on Gaza Aid Deaths

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee demanded Monday that the New York Times, CNN, and the Associated Press, among others, retract false reporting that Israeli soldiers killed Palestinian civilians at an American aid site in Gaza.

 

Huckabee linked the fake news published by these outlets directly to the antisemitic terror attack Sunday in Boulder, Colorado, where an illegal alien shouting pro-Palestinian slogans set Jewish protesters on fire.

Read more at Breitbart


‘Totally Committed’: Trump Promises To Codify DOGE Cuts After ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

President Donald Trump promised on Friday that the major spending cuts requested by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be codified after his “Big, Beautiful Bill” passes Congress.


Trump addressed DOGE during a press conference with the mastermind behind the waste-cutting effort, Elon Musk, who is taking a step back from his role in the White House to focus on his companies. The “Big, Beautiful Bill,” pushed by Trump and passed by the House, is currently in the hands of the Senate, where it faces scrutiny from some Republicans over its lack of cuts to federal spending.

Read more at The Daily Wire


Kansas satanists plan new protest, won’t face charges in Catholic clash at Statehouse

Members of the Kansas satanist group appear to be off the hook for criminal charges that stemmed from a highly anticipated, hotly criticized black mass demonstration at the Statehouse that resulted in clashes with Catholics and, ultimately, their arrests.


Shawnee County prosecutors decided Wednesday not to pursue charges against Michael Stewart, leader of the Satanic Grotto, and two other group members. After the court hearing, Stewart returned to the Statehouse to discuss the details of his next protest with law enforcement.

Read more at The Kansas Reflector 


Montana bans LGBT ‘pride’ flags from public schools, government buildings

Montana enacted a law to prevent any banners representing political activist groups from flying on schools or government property, effectively banning LGBT “pride” flags from taxpayer grounds.


HB 819 establishes that “No flag or banner may be displayed in or on government property, including but not limited to state buildings and grounds, public schools, and other government-owned facilities,” other than the American flag, state flags, the official flags of cities, counties, or localities, official school flags, law enforcement and military flags, and banners of similar non-partisan purpose.

Read more at Lifesite


Texas Passes 3 Bills Promoting Religion in Public Schools

In addition to the much-publicized Ten Commandments bill ... the Texas legislature this week gave final passage to three other bills relating to religion in public schools ...

Read more at Religion Clause


Fire Guts Historic Ohio Church Built by German Catholics

A massive fire Thursday afternoon devastated a stately brick church in rural western Ohio built by German Catholics during the late-19th century.


The wooden steeple collapsed while engulfed with flames, and overhead video shows the roof gone from St. John the Baptist Church in the unincorporated community of Maria Stein, as reported by Dayton 24/7 Now. The church, built in 1891, is in Marion Township in Mercer County, about 47 miles north by northwest of Dayton.

Local firefighters are calling the building a total loss.


Cardinal Eijk: JPII Institute and Pontifical Academy for Life must be ‘clear and unambiguous’

Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht has a reputation among his brother cardinals as a clear and outspoken voice on issues of life and bioethics.


His plainspoken manner, typical of a Dutchman, has earned him critics too, both inside and outside of the Church, both in the Netherlands and abroad.


But it has also earned him a reputation for clarity in times of confusion, especially in a country like the Netherlands, which has pioneered the legalization and practice of euthanasia, abortion, same-sex marriage, and transgender activism.

Read more at The Pillar


Catholic ‘creative minority’ revitalizing Church in the Netherlands, Dutch cardinal says

The Church in the Netherlands is gaining momentum thanks to the “creative minority” of young people rediscovering the Catholic faith, Cardinal Willem Eijk said.


Though Eijk considers the approximately 3.4 million Catholics as a religious minority in the European country with a total population of 17.9 million people, the Dutch cardinal said he has great hope in the younger generations.


Marriage is the measure of true love between a man and a woman,’ Pope Leo tells jubilee crowd

In his homily, Pope Leo XIV emphasized that marriage represents “not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful and fruitful.”


The pope highlighted several beatified married couples as exemplars for today’s world, including Louis and Zélie Martin, parents of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, and Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi, who lived in Rome in the last century. He also remembered the Polish Ulma family, “parents and children, united in love and martyrdom” during World War II.


Support For Gay Marriage Plummets Among Republicans: Gallup Poll

Support among Republicans for gay marriage has plummeted in the last three years, according to a new Gallup poll.


Gallup’s poll released on Thursday found 41% of GOP voters support gay marriage, as opposed to 55% in 2021 and 2022. A whopping 88% of Democrats approved of gay marriage in the new poll; the 47-point gap between the two parties is the largest since Gallup first asked the question in 1996. Seventy-six percent of independents approve of gay marriage. In 1996, 16% of Republicans approved; 33% of Democrats and 32% of independents agreed.

Read more at The Daily Wire


Michelle Obama says creating life 'least of' what women's reproductive system does

Former first lady Michelle Obama said this week that a woman's ability to carry the gift of life is "the least of" what the female reproductive system can do, drawing criticism from pro-life activists who believe her comments undermine support for women.


The wife of former President Barack Obama appeared on a Wednesday episode of the podcast "IMO" with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson, where she shared her thoughts on various issues, including women's reproductive health. 

Read more at The Christian Post 


Postcard From Brussels: My Day in the Capital of Declining Europe – essay by Rod Dreher

Last week at an event at the European Parliament, an MEP asked me a question that I hear often: “Does JD Vance hate Europe?”


My guess is that he does not hate the Europe of tête de veau in a Rive Gauche brasserie in Paris, of Sunday mass at the Duomo in Milan, of Alpine lakes in Switzerland, or of paintings at the Alte Pinothek in Munich.


What he hates is Brussels ... the symbol of official, bureaucratic Europe, and the dictatorship of managerial liberalism administered from there. He hates the Europe of decrees from the European Commission, of the Digital Services Act circumscribing the access of EU citizens to knowledge and information, and of the EU ruling class refusing to face the overwhelming problem of mass migration, and act to stop it.


Pope Leo XIV calls for missionary renewal in France

On the centenary of the canonization of three French saints – Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint John Eudes Saint and Saint Jean-Marie Vianney – Pope Leo XIV sends a message to France's Bishops and speaks of the country's “Christian heritage,” which “still profoundly permeates [French] culture and remains alive in many hearts.”


Saying he was “happy” to address a letter to the pastors of the Church in France, Pope Leo XIV highlighted Pope Pius XI’s intention in canonizing these three saints: he wanted to make them “Teachers to be listened to, models to be imitated, and powerful intercessors to pray to and invoke.”

Read more at Vatican News


Video Report: 'Paris Has Fallen'

"Utter bedlam and chaos in Paris and across France last night as deranged rioters torched vehicles, smashed up buildings, looted stores and violently terrorized anyone unfortunate enough to get in the way.


The media will have you believe this was about a football match – the Champions League final between PSG and Inter Milan – even though the riots began before the match even started ...

 

‘Never its master’: Why Pope Leo says science must serve humanity

Pope Leo XIV has praised an international bioethics summit in Rome for advancing an “authentically human” approach to science, urging researchers to pursue truth grounded in the dignity of the human person.


In a message delivered by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the pope expressed his “vivid appreciation” for the 3rd International Bioethics Conference, held May 30–31 at the Patristicum.

Read more at the Catholic News Agency 

 

June Rosary Challenge: 30 Days of the Sacred Heart

June holds a special place in the Catholic liturgical calendar as the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus—a time devoted to contemplating the deep, merciful love that flows from the heart of Christ. For those seeking to draw closer to Jesus through prayer and devotion, this month presents a powerful opportunity.

Read more at PaisleyHoney


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