A Catholic Take

• Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
  • Pope Leo Declares That His Job Is To Be Political
• Niwa Limbu – Ad Vaticanum – X
  • Archbishop Iannone says women bring “different sensitivities” to choosing bishops
  • Pope Leo XIV personally lobbied Macron over French euthanasia bill, sources say

Other Links:

• Pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with Fr. Joao Silveria and Luis Roman
• iCatholicMobile
• My Catholic Will – use promo code 14STATIONS
• iCR+
• Station of the Cross/iCR Merch!
• GET THE ICR MAGNET HERE

The News:

• Cardinal Sarah Tells the European Parliament That Gender Ideology and Islamic Fundamentalism Are “Apocalyptic Beasts”
• DHS Warns China’s Theft of 200 Million Voter Records Could Be Used to Alter Rolls and Steal Absentee Ballots
• Ireland Moves to Grant Five Days of Paid Leave After Abortion, Drawing Pro-Life Alarm

Saint of the Day:

• St. Jadwiga

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 12:1-8

Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat? Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath and are innocent? I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned these innocent men. For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”

1. Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist
2. Fr. Gerald Murray – Archdiocese of New York
   • Leo poised to grant ‘generous’ exemptions to Traditionis custodes, UK bishops told

Other Links:

• Pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with Fr. Joao Silveria and Luis Roman
• iCatholicMobile
• My Catholic Will – use promo code 14STATIONS
• iCR+
• Station of the Cross/iCR Merch!
• GET THE ICR MAGNET HERE

The News:

• Cardinal Burke: The Latin Mass Is “Intimately Linked to the Very Identity” of the Catholic Church
• More Than 100 House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel
• Five Reported Miracles Could Be “Potential Leads” Toward the Canonization of Fulton Sheen

Saint of the Day:

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 11:28-30

Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

1. Bishop Joseph Strickland – Pillars of Faith
   • The Final Battle: Sodom, Fatima, and Our Times

Other Links:

• The New Inquisition
• Who could be Leo’s pick for Secretary of State, whenever it comes?
• Pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with Fr. Joao Silveria and Luis Roman
• Joe McClane – Website
• iCatholicMobile
• My Catholic Will – use promo code 14STATIONS
• iCR+
• Station of the Cross/iCR Merch!
• GET THE ICR MAGNET HERE

The News:

• Iran War and Israel Provisions Sink $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill in the Senate
• Oil Tops $80 Per Barrel as Trump Threatens to Take Over the Strait of Hormuz
• Scottish School Sacks Catholic Teacher for Saying She Opposes Abortion

Saint of the Day:

• St. Henry II

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 12:35-40

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straight-way open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming.

1. Michael Haynes – Substack – X
   • JUST IN: The SSPX has filed a “preliminary recourse” against the Vatican decree of excommunication
2. Steven Mosher – Population Research Institute
   • China Intensifying Crackdown on Underground Christians
   • Report details China’s intense crackdown on underground Catholics
   • The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi

Other Links:

• Pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with Fr. Joao Silveria and Luis Roman
• Joe McClane – Website
• iCatholicMobile
• My Catholic Will – use promo code 14STATIONS
• iCR+
• Station of the Cross/iCR Merch!
• GET THE ICR MAGNET HERE

The News:

• Murder of Catholic Pro-Life Politician Ann Widdecombe Now Investigated as Terrorism
• Sen. Jim Banks Introduces Bill to End Birthright Citizenship, Following Kavanaugh’s Roadmap
• Egypt’s soccer team recited anti-Christian prayer before World Cup match

Saint of the Day:

• St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 11:20-24

Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And as for you, Capernaum: Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the nether world. For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.

1. Mike Koeniger – Former U.S. Coast Guard
2. Mark Lambert – Catholic Unscripted
   • Why Did Pope Leo Promote Bishop Christian Würtz?

Other Links:

• Pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with Fr. Joao Silveria and Luis Roman
• iCatholicMobile
• My Catholic Will – use promo code 14STATIONS
• iCR+
• Station of the Cross/iCR Merch!
• GET THE ICR MAGNET HERE

The News:

• GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After ‘Brief and Sudden’ Illness
• Hochul Accused of Anti-Catholic Bigotry Over Law Targeting Hospice Nuns
• New Jersey Diocese Suppresses Traditional Latin Mass

Saint of the Day:

• St. Mildred

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 7:15-21

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, by their fruits you will know them. Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father in heaven shall enter the kingdom of heaven.

1. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
   • Vatican Publishes Document Denying The Existence Of Satan
   • Remove restrictions on the Latin Mass, says Benedict XVI’s former secretary
   • Michael Davies: A “First Responder” of Catholic Tradition
   • Feminist ‘theologians’ target Church tradition on St. Maria Goretti as ‘martyr of purity’

Other Links:

• Pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with Fr. Joao Silveria and Luis Roman
• Joe McClane – Website
• iCatholicMobile
• My Catholic Will – use promo code 14STATIONS
• iCR+
• Station of the Cross/iCR Merch!
• GET THE ICR MAGNET HERE

The News:

• Unclaimed airstrikes target Iran after US attacks, raising questions of who launched them
• McElroy Claims He Removed Exorcist Who Linked UFOs to Demons Because Ministry Should Be ‘Private’
• Little Sisters of the Poor Seek to Restore Religious Exemption From Contraceptive Mandate

Saint of the Day:

• The Seven Holy Brothers

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 12:46-50

At that time, as Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and His brethren were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. And someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brethren are standing outside, seeking You.” But He answered and said to him who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brethren?” And stretching forth His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brethren! For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.