Senate Republicans on July 1 passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda on taxes and immigration, without any Democratic support and losing three members of their ranks.
Author: Christine
Slain Minnesota Lawmaker, Husband Remembered for Lives Lived ‘With Purpose, Meaning’
Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were shot dead in their home June 14, were remembered at their funeral Mass on June 28 for living their lives “with purpose and meaning.”
Idaho Catholics Unite in Prayer for Firefighters Killed in Sniper Ambush
An Idaho pastor said his parish turned to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders.
Supreme Court Limits Judges’ Ability To Block Trump on Birthright Citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 limited the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions in a case concerning the Trump administration’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status or temporary visa holders, without addressing whether or not the order itself is constitutional.
Letters to the Editor, Weeks of June 28 & July 5, 2025
Church Closures: We Must Not Become Complacent; Thank You, Bishop Brennan; Honoring the Diocese’s High School Scholars; Spreading Word of the Miraculous Medal
Obituaries, Weeks of June 28 & July 5, 2025
Sister Virginia Baeder, RSM
Diocesan Assignments – June 28 & July 5, 2025
PASTOR Rev. Thomas F. Vassalotti, from administrator to pastor of St. Francis Assisi – St. Blaise, Crown Heights, effective June 28, 2025.
Chicago’s Mass for Pope Leo XIV Was a Real Treat
I was in Chicago on June 14 to attend Trinity Sunday’s vigil Mass at Rate Field, the home park of the Chicago White Sox, Pope Leo XIV’s favorite baseball team. More than a dozen priests and bishops, led by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, concelebrated a special Mass to mark the election of the first-ever American-born pope.
May Independence Day Unite the Church
As Americans gather to celebrate Independence Day on July 4, one year shy of the semiquincentennial, Catholic churches across the nation will join in, offering Masses that blend gratitude for freedom with prayers for unity and justice.
More Than Just Getting The Right Answer
As we invoke God’s grace to accompany Pope Leo XIV in his Petrine ministry, let us also pray through the intercession of Sts. Peter and Paul, that each of us might rely on that grace to be faithful in the discipleship to which Christ himself calls each of us.