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catholicworldreport.com | Carl Olson |Catherine Harmon
The Blessed Sacrament: It’s either All or nothingA Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for June 22, 2025, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Detail from 'Institution of the Eucharist' (1441) by Fra Angelico (www.wikiart.org)Readings:• Gen 14:18-20• Psa 110:1, 2, 3, 4• 1 Cor 11:23-26• Lk 9:11b-17Shortly after my wife and I entered the Catholic Church in 1997, I had a conversation with an Evangelical Protestant friend that was as disconcerting as it was friendly.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |Catherine Harmon
French president to push social media ban for children under 15 By Madalaine Elhabbal for CNA French president Emmanuel Macron. / Credit: Frederic Legrand COMEO/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2025 / 17:08 pm (CNA). French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to ban social media for children under the age of 15 after a fatal knife attack at a middle school sparked debate about the psychological effects of social media on children.
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catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |Catherine Harmon
Los Angeles archbishop calls for day of prayer, Mass for peace and unity amid riots By Kate Quiñones for CNA LAPD rally as a curfew takes effect in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025, following days of protests in response to federal immigration operations that saw clashes spread across downtown. / Credit: BENJAMIN HANSON/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesCNA Staff, Jun 11, 2025 / 15:16 pm (CNA).
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catholicworldreport.com | Madalaine Elhabbal |Catherine Harmon
Jay Richards, the director of the Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, speaks at a Fidelity Month gathering on June 9, 2025, in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill. / Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNAWashington D.C., Jun 11, 2025 / 09:54 am (CNA). Members of the grassroots movement promoting the month of June as “Fidelity Month” at a gathering on Capitol Hill on Monday called for a renewal of the “common bonds” that unite Americans.
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catholicworldreport.com | Victoria Isabel Cardiel |Catherine Harmon
Pope Leo XIV: ‘There is no cry that God does not hear’ By Victoria Cardiel for CNA Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from the back of a pickup style popemobile before his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 11, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Jun 11, 2025 / 05:50 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV reflected on Christian hope — one of the three theological virtues, along with faith and charity — during his general audience on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Carl Olson |Catherine Harmon
Three Births and the Third Person of the TrinityA Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, June 6, 2025, Pentecost Sunday Detail from "Pentecost" (c.1545) by Titian [WikiArt.org]Readings:• Acts 2:1-11• Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34• 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17• Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26He is silent, yet sounds like rushing wind; he is invisible, but appears as tongues of fire; he is constantly working and giving, but is often overlooked and underappreciated.
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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kate Quinones |Catherine Harmon
null / Credit: Orhan Cam/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Jun 4, 2025 / 16:59 pm (CNA). The Trump administration on Tuesday nixed a Biden-era requirement that forced emergency room doctors to perform abortions. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, announced on June 3 that it would rescind the July 2022 guidelines issued under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Catherine Harmon
New Jersey parish employee pleads guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from 2 churches By Daniel Payne for CNA A New Jersey former parish bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two parishes, June 3, 2025. / Credit: Zack McCarthy via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2025 / 13:21 pm (CNA). A former parish employee in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from two parishes several months after she was accused of the thefts.
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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Carl Olson |Catherine Harmon
(Image: Joshua Hoehne / Unsplash.com)Pomp, Circumstance, and Unsolicited Advice (Ignatius Press, 2025) brings together two dozen commencement addresses and university lectures, given since the turn of the century, from George Weigel. These addresses and lectures, given in academic settings, are both robust and accessible. They are meant to challenge hearers and readers to better appreciate the true nature of learning and to better understand the foundational truths of a great tradition.
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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Daniel Payne |Catherine Harmon
Advocacy group launches campaign urging New York governor to force insurers to pay abuse claims By Daniel Payne for CNA A victims’ advocacy group is pressuring New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to force insurers to pay abuse claims. / Credit: lev radin/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Jun 3, 2025 / 15:50 pm (CNA). A victim advocacy group launched an ad campaign urging New York Gov.
