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In Case You Missed It – Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Pope warns bishops about dangers of AI: 'the person is not a system of algorithms'; Catholics to bring Jesus to LA; Trump reverses ICE exemption for farms, hotels, meatpacking; SCOTUS sides with religious employers; JD Vance responds to Israel-Iran conflict and more —

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‘Christ’s Presence changes everything’: Catholics prepare to bring Jesus through Los Angeles in wake of riots

This weekend, Catholics will bring Jesus in the Eucharist, the Prince of Peace, in procession through downtown Los Angeles, which has been wrought with division, riots, and protests this month. 


Organizers with the National Eucharistic Congress (NEC) had planned the route of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP), which traces from Indianapolis to Los Angeles, well in advance. The Pilgrimage, which kicked off in May, will conclude June 22 — the Solemnity of Corpus Christi — in downtown Los Angeles with Mass, an outdoor Eucharistic Procession, and a festival. 

Read more at Catholic Vote


Report: Trump Administration Proposes Iran Talks for Nuclear Deal, Ceasefire

The Trump administration has reportedly proposed meeting with Iran this week to discuss its nuclear program and a potential ceasefire with Israel.


Four sources confirmed to Axios that the White House proposed a meeting between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The meeting would focus on a nuclear deal and ending the war between Israel and Iran.

Read more at Breitbart


Trump says to ‘immediately evacuate Tehran!’ as Israel-Iran conflict escalates on fourth day

President Donald Trump called for all people to evacuate Tehran “immediately” Monday evening as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalated sharply.


After some Israeli airstrikes hit central Tehran, ushering in a new round of attacks as the conflict entered its fourth day, Trump stated: “Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

Read more at CatholicVote

 

Fears of regional conflict rise as Israel-Iran escalation continues

Iranian attacks on Israel on Monday morning killed at least 8 people and wounded dozens, while Tehran said Israeli attacks overnight hit military and civilian targets.


And as fears of a wider regional conflict rise, at least 20 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in northern Gaza and in Gaza City on Monday since dawn, including people queuing for food near aid distribution points in Rafah. 

Read more at Vatican News


Col. Rob Maness says Trump will keep MAGA campaign promise, keep US troops out of war

Retired Colonel Rob Maness, founder and chairman of GatorPAC, analyzes President Donald Trump’s strategy for negotiations with Iran. “I think you’re going to see that the President of the United States is going to keep his promise to MAGA and not put Americans into another war using our offensive capability,” he adds.


“But, as you know, war is very unpredictable. And if they attack our forces at all in any way, you can expect that President Trump’s going to obliterate whatever force they use.”

Read/watch more at Just the News 


JD Vance responds to Israel-Iran conflict

Look, I'm seeing this from the inside, and am admittedly biased towards our president (and my friend), but there's a lot of crazy stuff on social media, so I wanted to address some things directly on the Iran issue ...

Read more @JD Vance on X


The last Shah of Iran speaks out about Israel's strikes on Iran

BBC has interviewed Iran's king-in-exile & national leader, Reza Shah II Pahlavi in which His Majesty states that the Iranian people are now energized & motivated, viewing this as the best opportunity to remove the Islamic regime.


Trump at the G7 Summit opining on what once was the G8

Trump calls out Obama and Trudeau for kicking Russia out of the organization in 2014.

Read/watch more @Clandestine on X


Trump says he won’t ’waste time’ calling Walz over Minnesota lawmakers shooting

President Donald Trump confirmed that he will not call Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) in light of the shooting in his state that killed the state Speaker of the House and her husband. …


“I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I’m not calling him. Why would I call him?” Trump told a gaggle of press ... “I could call him and say, how are you doing? The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a mess. So I could be nice and call him, but why waste time?”

Read more at Washington Examiner (subscription required for full article)


Supreme Court sides with religious employers, orders New York to reconsider abortion mandate

The Supreme Court on June 16 handed a win to religious employers, overturning a lower court ruling and ordering New York’s top court to reconsider its abortion coverage mandate under religious liberty protections.


In the unsigned decision, the justices reversed a ruling that upheld New York’s mandate requiring employer health plans to cover “medically necessary” abortions. The rule, first enacted in 2017 and codified in 2022, offers only a narrow exemption for religious entities that both employ and serve people of the same faith — an exemption critics say is too restrictive. 

Read more at Catholic Vote

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Anti-surrogacy activists denounce exploitation of poor women, human trafficking

Bernardo García, executive director of the Casablanca Declaration, a coalition that calls for the universal abolition of surrogacy, said that in reality the practice amounts to “the exploitation of poor women and the sale of children.” The Casablanca Declaration takes its name from a conference on the subject held in Casablanca, Morocco, in 2023.


García spoke to “EWTN Noticias,” the Spanish-language broadcast edition of EWTN News, during the coalition’s third summit, held last week in Lima, Peru, with specialists in bioethics, law, and communications participating.


Cardinal Burke appeals for restoration of Traditional Latin Mass

Cardinal Raymond Burke said he has asked Pope Leo XIV to remove measures restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in dioceses. 


Burke spoke at a London conference organized by The Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, telling attendees that he hopes the new pontiff will “put an end to the persecution” of Catholic faithful who want to celebrate Mass using the “more ancient usage” — “usus antiquior” — of the Roman liturgy. 

Read more at Catholic News Agency 


Can Pope Leo afford to wait on ‘Traditionis custodes’?

New restrictions on the celebration of both the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the liturgy will take effect in the Archdiocese of Detroit from July 1st, Archbishop Edward Weisenburger has decreed.


The new norms, which include the restriction of the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass to four designated regional sites and a personal parish, as well as prohibiting the celebration of Mass ad orientem in the ordinary form, are to implement fully the provisions of Pope Francis’ 2021 motu proprio Traditionis custodes.

Read more at The Pillar


Parody of the Mass? Unfortunately, No.

Mass yesterday at All Saints Catholic Church in Syracuse, New York. (Where the "Pride" flag was just ripped down by some brave soul.) If you try to list the sacrileges, you'll lose count.


WaPo: Trump Reverses ICE Exemption for Farms, Hotels, Meatpackers

President Donald Trump’s deputies have reversed the short-lived ICE exemption policy for hotel, farm, and restaurant companies, according to the Washington Post.

 

On Monday, Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLoughlin told Fox: “We continue to enforce the law … there is no safe harbor.”


The restoration of Trump’s original policy is good news for ordinary Americans, millions of whom have been pushed aside by employers’ preference for the desperate migrants who are willing to accept lower wages or salaries in exchange for living in the United States.

Read more at Breitbart


Department Of Transportation Threatens To Defund Cities That Don’t Cooperate With ICE

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced Monday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) will withhold funding from states and cities that do not work with the Trump administration on immigration enforcement and riot control.


“Rogue state actors who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement” will not receive funding from the DOT, Duffy said in a post on X.

Read more at the Daily Caller


The Sanctuary State Confederacy – Essay

Most Americans think of the Civil War as an unambiguous conflict between the North and the South over slavery, and that is generally accurate. It was an insurrection against the federal government committed by 11 states whose Democrat governors and legislators feared that the recently elected Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, would deprive them of their non-citizen labor force.


These state officials vowed to resist any attempt by the federal government to put down their rebellion and routinely denounced the new president as an aspiring dictator. Why does this sound familiar?

Read more at The Spectator


Singer Nezza, Who Sang National Anthem in Spanish, Weeps in Tirade over Backlash: ‘I’m Proud of Myself’

Singer and social media influencer Nezza now says she is “proud of herself” for lying to the Dodgers and telling them she would not sing the U.S. national anthem in Spanish as a protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. ...


Hernandez also freely admitted that team officials told her not to sing El Pendón Estrellado, but to sing the proper, English version of the national anthem. She apparently agreed. But she ... sang the Spanish version anyway.

Read more at Breitbart

 

Dems Make ‘Political Stunt’ Padilla A Martyr While Ignoring Victims’ Pain 

After hearing hours of heartbreaking stories of families victimized by criminally violent illegal immigrants, Democrats at Thursday’s Capitol Hill hearing on the devastating policies of sanctuary states tried to manufacture a martyr out of grandstanding Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., in their war on the rule of law. ...

Read more at The Federalist


Man Arrested for Assassination Plot Against PM Orbán

A 44-year-old man from Bölcske, Tolna County, Hungary has been arrested for allegedly plotting an assassination attempt against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary. The local court has ordered his detention for one month, according to the news site Teol.hu.


The suspect has published a video on the social media site TikTok in which he proclaimed that the supposed offences of PM Orbán warrant his murder. ...

Read more at the Hungarian Conservative


Budapest Mayor Backs Pride, Declares It Municipal Event

Budapest will host Hungary’s Pride march on June 28 as an official municipal event celebrating freedom, the city’s liberal mayor announced on Monday. The move is aimed at bypassing a law that permits the police to ban LGBTQ marches.


Hungary’s parliament, in which Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing Fidesz Party has a big majority, passed legislation in March that creates a legal basis to ban LGBTQ marches, citing protection of children. It also lets police use facial recognition cameras to identify people who attend.

Read more at Strat News Global

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Satanists Make Appearance at Warsaw Pride Parade

Narrator: Warsaw's pride parade — it may seem joyous and colorful ... however, look just a bit closer and the atmosphere changes radically. Satanists also appeared at the pride parade — one of the people who referred to themselves as "Abortcielle" wore a mask with a baby's legs for horns ...

 

Nearly half of Americans have a connection to Catholicism, new report finds

Nearly 50% of adults in the U.S. have some connection to the Catholic faith, according to new data from Pew Research. 


“Catholicism’s roots in the United States run deep,” Pew stated in a new report titled “U.S. Catholicism: Connections to the Religion, Beliefs and Practices.” 


Don’t let digital revolution crush human dignity, Pope tells bishops

Pope Leo XIV has warned the Church about the challenges being created by artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and social media In today’s world.


Speaking to the bishops of Italy, the pontiff said such developments, along with the data economy, “are profoundly transforming our perception and experience of life”.

“In this scenario, the dignity of the human being risks being flattened or forgotten, replaced by functions, automatisms, simulations,” he said today.


“But the person is not a system of algorithms: He is a creature, a relationship, a mystery,” he explained.

Read more at the Catholic Herald


A Prayer for Peace

Lord, in your mercy, grant peace tonight and peace tomorrow. Peace in the United States, in Ukraine, in the Middle East. Grant us the peace that you alone can bring. Be our Prince of Peace, not only externally, but internally. Help us embrace the things that make for peace.

 

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