In Case You Missed It – Monday, May 12, 2025

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This Pope Will Roar

Legend has it that Leo I also possessed the fortitude to confront the Huns invading Italy—not with a sword like St. Ulrich, but with his words. He allegedly negotiated with the infamous king Attila and saved the city of Rome. He had the soul of a lion. 

I believe the shoes of the fisherman will fit Cardinal Prevost. Let us pray that, like his predecessors, he possesses the soul of a lion and the unshakeable love of St. Augustine, who proclaimed: “In him we are one.”

Read more at First Things

Vatican recognizes Eucharistic miracle in Kerala church

The Vatican has approved the appearance of Christ’s face on a Sacred Host during Mass in a Kerala church 12 years ago as a Eucharistic miracle.

Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on May 9 said the apostolic nuncio to India had relayed the Vatican recognition to the archdiocese.

Read more at Matters India

Trump to Sign New Order: Americans to Pay 'Lowest Price Anywhere in World' for Pharma

President Donald Trump announced he will be signing an executive order Monday to ensure the Americans pay the "lowest price anywhere in the world" for prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals.

"I will be instituting a most favored nation's policy whereby the United States will pay the same price as the nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the world," Trump announced. 

Read more at Newsmax

Suspending habeas corpus

Stephen Miller says the White House is looking into suspending habeas corpus, which protects people from unlawful detentions: "A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not."

View at The Lincoln Project on X

Consumer Price Index shows drop in prices of gas, groceries, electronics

The prices of gas, groceries, electronics, and air travel are dropping, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

As CNBC reported this week, data show that between March 2024 and March 2025, the most deflated categories of goods tracked by the CPI included gas (down almost 10%), and dishes and flatware (down nearly 11%). 

Read more at Catholic Vote

Knowles At Ave Maria University: ‘Your Job Is Not To Change The World’ But ‘Cooperate With God’s Grace’

“Your job is not to change the world, which you could not do even if you tried, but rather to cooperate with God’s grace to do what He wants for you,” [Michael] Knowles said. “The purpose of education is to cultivate your intellect and discipline your wills such that there is no difference between what God wants for you and what you want for yourselves. This lifelong habit is true education and the condition it brings is true freedom.”

Read more at The Daily Wire

Pope chose ‘Leo’ in response to ‘new revolution’ in artificial intelligence

In a meeting with the College of Cardinals Saturday, two days after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV explained that he chose his papal name as a commitment to the Church’s social teaching amid a new revolution in artificial intelligence.

Read more at the Catholic Herald

Trump Announces National Center for Homeless Vets to Be Paid for with Funds Previously Used to House Illegal Immigrants

On Friday President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a center for homeless veterans titled, “KEEPING PROMISES TO VETERANS AND ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CENTER FOR WARRIOR INDEPENDENCE.”

Read more at the Gateway Pundit

Why Pope Leo XIV Will Probably Not Be Francis 2.0

The snap judgment [that Prevost would be Francis 2.0] was based largely on his social media history of reposting criticisms of President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on immigration policy, as well as a few reposts of left-wing claptrap on climate change and race relations. 

So does this mean the 69-year-old Chicago-born Pope Leo is going to be the next Pope Francis? The short answer is: probably not.

Read more at The Federalist

Motherhood Builds the Civilization of Love

The singer Chappell Roan recently made headlines for her take on motherhood: “All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I actually don’t know anyone who’s, like, happy and has children at this age.” Roan, along with other social media influencers, would be surprised by research that consistently shows that married mothers are among one of the happiest cohorts in society.

Read more at National Review

"The Most Important Person on Earth is a Mother”

Venerable József Mindszenty's tribute to Mothers.

Read more at Pregnancy Help News

Young Men are Leading a Religious Resurgence

Christianity is starting to make a comeback in the U.S. and other western countries, led by young people.

Why it matters: A decades-long decline has stalled, shaping the future of Gen Z, the drivers of the religion revival.

Read more at Real Clear Religion

Making Manhood Matter Again

We need to teach our sons that a woman is not the same as a man – and women are to be honored and respected because of that, not dishonored by expecting them to fulfill their role and ours, too.

Read more at The Stream

Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics

Previous negative remarks by Pope Leo XIV about ‘homosexual lifestyle’ at odds with papacy of Pope Francis.

Read more at The Guardian

Trump Hires U.N. Migration Agency to Help Migrants Self-Deport

The Trump administration has engaged the United Nations migration team to help enact its self-deportation program for undocumented immigrants.

The UN agency for migration has championed migrant safety across the world, but is now being put at the epicenter of President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict illegal migration.

Read more at The Independent

Arizona Becomes 5th State to Ban Funding for China-Linked Organ Transplants

Arizona joins four other states that have enacted laws to address the Chinese regime’s organ harvesting abuse.

Read more at The Epoch Times

BREAKING: US announces China trade deal

While specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the talks as “productive” and said more information will be released Monday.

Read more at The Post Millennial

Pope Leo XIV’s brother Louis is a Trump fan, resurfaced Facebook posts reveal

Pope Leo XIV has two brothers, Louis and John. Old Facebook posts from Louis suggest he supports Donald Trump and JD Vance.

Read more at Hindustan Times

Classic response from Trump on 747 gift from Qatar

So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane. Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! MAGA

Read post at Truth Social

NEW: Archbishop Gänswein on Pope Leo

“Now a new phase opens. I sense some widespread relief. The season of arbitrariness is over. We can begin to rely on a papacy that can guarantee stability & rely on existing structures, without overturning and upsetting them”

Read post at Michael Haynes on X

Pope Leo XIV leads huge crowd in praying Regina Caeli at the Vatican

Watch at EWTNews on X

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