Rome Rejects Rupnik Rumors

July 23rd, 2026 - Happy feasts of Ss. Apollinaris & Bridget of Sweden!

President Donald Trump joined Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of four soldiers killed in Jordan and Iraq due to the ongoing Iran war. The U.S. military death toll since the Iran war began now stands at 18. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani conceded that city authorities lack the legal power to execute the International Criminal Court’s warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Holy See Press Office Director Matteo Bruni dismissed as “entirely unfounded” reports that a Vatican panel had acquitted disgraced former Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik, who faces accusations of serial abuse. The Justice Department opened a civil-rights investigation into whether Harvard used China-based funds to favor students from certain countries in financial aid programs. The first flight in a new U.S. aid effort for Cuba carried food and hygiene kits for hundreds of families. Catholic Relief Services will help ensure the supplies are distributed through local parishes, a plan intended to keep the communist government from diverting or stealing the aid. Battelle Energy Alliance agreed to pay $5 million to resolve federal allegations that it denied religious and disability accommodations under its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The French Parliament on July 21 definitively passed a law banning children under the age of 15 from accessing social media, making France the first country in Europe to enshrine such a restriction in its national legislation.

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