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1. Greg & Julie Alexander – The Alexander House
   • ‘Dramatic’ decline in Catholic marriage highlights need for ‘proactive’ Church response
2. Mark Lambert – Catholic Unscripted
   • MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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• SSPX Names the Four Bishops-Elect to Be Consecrated July 1 in Écône
• U.S. Carries Out Defensive Strikes on Iran’s Gulf Coast Amid Talks to End the War
• Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Calls for AI Regulation — Anthropic Co-Founder Joins Vatican Launch

Saint of the Day:

• St. Philip Neri

Gospel of the Day:

John 10:1-10

At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: Amen, amen, I say to you, he who enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up another way, is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is shepherd of the sheep. To this man the gatekeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them forth. And when he has let out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. But a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers. This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what He was saying to them. Again, therefore, Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All whoever have come are thieves and robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. I am the door. If anyone enter by Me he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and shall find pastures. The thief comes only to steal, and slay, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

1. Dr. Anthony Stine – YouTube – Substack
   • Shocking Audio Leak Shows The Vatican’s REAL Priority Dealing With Wicked Priests
2. Bishop Joseph Strickland – Pillars of Faith
   • Schneider, Murray and SSPX accuse Vatican of ‘complicity’ in promoting LGBT ideology
   • The Sound of Silence: Silencing the Holy Ghost

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The News:

• CATHOLIC LAWMAKER URGES RUBIO TO CONFRONT INDIA
• Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
• SSPX head calls for ‘charity,’ warns against ‘triumphalism’ ahead of July 1 consecrations

Saint of the Day:

• St. Rita

Gospel of the Day:

John 21:15-19

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

1. Nicholas Cavazos – The Nick Cavazos Show
   • Why the SSPX will be EXCOMMUNICATED but the Germans will not
2. Auguste Meyrat
   • Gen Z Has Been Groomed for Radicalization

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The News:

• German Bishops Vote for ‘Women’s Ordination,’ Ask Pope ‘to Decide How to Proceed’
• Oklahoma Designates Abortion Pill Trafficking as a Felony Offense
• Average US long-term mortgage rate climbs to 6.51%

Saint of the Day:

• St. Godric

Gospel of the Day:

John 17:20-26

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “Holy Father, I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.”

1. Steven O’Reilly – YouTube
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   • Valid? the Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI: The Case Against the Benepapists

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The News:

• Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war
• Trump Says Xi Told Him Release of Jimmy Lai ‘Would Be a Tough One’
• Wheat crop could be worst since 1972

Saint of the Day:

• St. Bernardine of Siena

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 19:27-29

At that time, Peter said to Jesus, “Behold, we have left all and followed You; what then shall we have?” And Jesus said to them, “Amen I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit on the throne of His glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.”

1. Fr. Carlos Martins – Website – YouTube
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   • UFOS and The Demonic
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The News:

• California takes girl after parents oppose ‘gender transition,’ moves to put her up for adoption
• Trump says he’s delaying planned strikes on Iran
• TEEN SHOOTERS KILL THREE AT MOSQUE

Saint of the Day:

• Pope St. Celestine V

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 16:13-19

In that time: Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven

1. Mike Koeniger – Former U.S. Coast Guard
   • Where will AI be in 1, 2 or 3 years?
2. Matt Gaspers – Veritatis Vox
   • Vatican Is Preparing Document on the ‘Transmission of the Faith’

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The News:

• Justices Thomas & Alito accuse Supreme Court of undermining ‘Dobbs’ in abortion-pill order
• Surprise arrest during Trump’s border crackdown opens door to Cuba-shaking Raul Castro indictment
• Four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho

Saint of the Day:

• St. Felix of Cantalice

Gospel of the Day:

John 15:26-27, 16:1-4

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When the Advocate has come, Whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth Who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness concerning Me. And you also will bear witness, because from the beginning you are with Me. These things I have spoken to you that you may not be scandalized. They will expel you from the synagogues. Yes, the hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think he is offering worship to God. And these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have spoken to you, that when the time for them has come you may remember that I told you.