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The Amish community in Minnesota is pushing back amid claims of unfair government policies that purportedly fail to offer religious accommodations — and even reportedly led to one Amish man’s arrest. First Liberty attorney Ryan Gardner said his firm is representing two Amish congregations in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, arguing the county itself has “essentially criminalized being Amish.” “As you might know, the Amish community lives by a pretty strict set of religious principles, and many of those involve not being involved in technology,” Gardner said. “And kind of keeping to themselves … they want to be able to live...

19 September 2026 Saturday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St. Januarius Church in Naples, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 15:35-37,42-49The resurrected body is heavenly by natureSomeone may ask, ‘How are dead people raised, and what sort of body do they have when they come back?’ They are stupid questions. Whatever you sow in the ground has to die before it is given new life and the thing that you sow is not what is going to come; you sow a bare grain, say of wheat or something like that. It is the same...

Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints oppose an Idaho ballot initiative that would establish a right to abortion in the state. They also encouraged church members to “voice their opposition” to the proposed law in a letter that will be read from the pulpit during worship services for the next two Sundays, according to a letter the leaders sent to the faith’s 1,300 congregations in the state. “We join with other like-minded individuals and organizations working against this initiative,” the letter states, “and encourage our members to voice their opposition to it in a respectful manner...

"The Fetus Is a Life Worthy of Dignity and Protection" Calls for Expanded Support for Women in Crisis Pregnancies, Single-Parent, and Disabled Children’s Families As the government moves forward with the phased introduction of abortion medication, Protestant organizations have joined the Catholic Church in voicing their opposition. They argue that, before the approval of such pharmaceuticals, there should first be comprehensive legal and systemic reforms encompassing the scope of permissible abortions, safety management, and protections for women facing crisis pregnancies. On September 17, the United Christian Churches of Korea issued a statement calling for the government to halt its planned...

18 September 2026 Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Osimo, Italy: Basilica of Saint Joseph of Cupertino Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 15:12-20If Christ has not been raised, your belief is uselessNow if Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ himself cannot have been raised, and if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is useless and your believing it is useless; indeed, we are shown...

Woman Loses It Over Music on Bus… Then PISSES OFF the Wrong Cops FReepers the bus driver was playing Christian music 🎵🎶 and this female totally lost her mind.

Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins has said officials at the Catholic Gonzaga University shut down her attempts to dialogue with a group of pro-abortion “reproductive justice” advocates that gathered to protest her visit to the campus. “I was banned from tabling. The administration prevented students from coming inside to ask questions. ‘Catholic’ student protestors demanded the Church bend to abortion,” Hawkins said. “This indoctrination is happening on college campuses across America, including at ‘Catholic’ schools. Let’s be clear: you cannot be Catholic and support abortion. The backlash I faced here is in direct contradiction to the Church.”...

17 September 2026 Thursday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Eibingen Abbey of Saint Hildegard, Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 15:1-11I preached what the others preach, and you all believedBrothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, the gospel that you received and in which you are firmly established; because the gospel will save you only if you keep believing exactly what I preached to you – believing anything else will not lead to anything. Well then, in the first place, I taught you what I...

Earlier this week, as I sat in a waiting room and scrolled on my phone, the algorithm attacked. There on my screen was an ad from the so-called Catholics for Free Choice asking me to purchase a training class on how to spot “fake clinics.” They were referencing pregnancy resource centers. And for a fee, they were willing to teach me how to hunt them down. Clearly, Catholics for Choice (CFC) has a new target, and for once, it’s not the bishops. They are now targeting the women sitting in a waiting room with a positive test and no idea...

16 September 2026 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Saint Ludmila of Bohemia (Prague?)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13The supremacy of charityBe ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them. If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or a cymbal clashing. If I have the gift of prophecy, understanding all the mysteries there are, and...

A devout Catholic family in Massachusetts had their 15-year-old daughter taken away from them after they refused to refer to her with male pronouns while her school was secretly socially transitioning her behind the parents’ backs. Joseph and Arlene Kutzko haven’t been allowed to see their daughter, Sophie, in nearly two years. Since then, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) has housed her in a boys dormitory, put her on birth control pills and antipsychotic medications. On top of this, their daughter — who previously led the parish in saying the Rosary before Mass — has been stripped of...

15 September 2026 Our Lady of Sorrows on Tuesday of week 24 in Ordinary TimeCatacombs and mausoleum om Via Nomentana in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27-31You together are Christ's body: each of you a different partJust as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as...

14 September 2026 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast Church of St. Notburga, Eben-Maurach on Achensee, Tyrol, AustriaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).When a Feast of the Lord is celebrated on a weekday there is only one reading before the Gospel, which may be chosen from either the first or second reading.(This rule is not followed in the United States, so two separate readings are shown here).First readingNumbers 21:4-9If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and livedOn the way through the wilderness the people lost patience. They spoke against God...

13 September 2026 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. John Chrysostom Catholic Church, Inglewood, California Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingEcclesiasticus 27:33-28:9Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you; and when you pray, your sins will be forgivenResentment and anger, these are foul things, and both are found with the sinner.He who exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin.Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven.If a man nurses anger against another, can he then demand compassion from the Lord?Showing...

12 September 2026 Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary TimeSt. Ailbe's Church, Emly, IrelandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 10:14-22We are a single body because we all share the one breadMy dear brothers, you must keep clear of idolatry. I say to you as sensible people: judge for yourselves what I am saying. The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us,...

11 September 2026 Friday of week 23 in Ordinary Time St. Felix and Regula, ZurichReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-27We go into strict training, like fighters at the gamesI do not boast of preaching the gospel, since it is a duty which has been laid on me; I should be punished if I did not preach it! If I had chosen this work myself, I might have been paid for it, but as I have not, it is a responsibility which has been put into my hands. Do you know what my reward is? It...

A landmark legal battle to determine whether Jewish women have a religious right to an abortion entered a critical new stage in Indiana. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a case that began with a local Jewish group’s 2022 religious freedom challenge to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban. The state is appealing a permanent blocking of the ban that a lower court imposed in March. The arguments, held in Indianapolis, explored a legal theory that the state’s abortion ban impedes Jews’ religious freedom because many interpretations of Jewish law prioritize the life of the mother over that...

Jan Markell and Michele Bachmann review stunning current events that were once unimaginable. Clearly, the demons are here and active. Beloved, wanted to share this report with you! All hands on deck, children of light! Be sure to check out Jan and Michele's prophetic update on the growth of demons in America. Indeed, sobering! Look how EXPONENTIALLY we have fallen! Maranatha!

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10 September 2026 Thursday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Basilica of St. Nicola of Tolentino. Tolentino, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 8:1-7,11-13Your brethren may be weaker than you: do not lead them astrayNow about food sacrificed to idols. ‘We all have knowledge’; yes, that is so, but knowledge gives self-importance – it is love that makes the building grow. A man may imagine he understands something, but still not understand anything in the way that he ought to. But any man who loves God is known by him. Well then, about eating food sacrificed...