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Northern Ireland Pro Protestant Mural Photo
Northern Ireland Pro Protestant Mural Photo (photo: Tito Edwards / Ben Kerckx from Pixabay / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

There Is a Catholic Majority in Northern Ireland for First Time – Madoc Cairns at The Tablet

What is a Proto-Deacon? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Will Everyone be Saved? – Nancy Lessard at Catholic365

Prayer for My Daughter; Poem of the Week – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Word & Song

Liturgical Training Publications Releases New Guardini Book – The Editors at Adoremus

Traditionalist, Progressive: Sorting Out the Catholic Tradition; Video – Prime Matters

Parents Who Neglect to Teach Truth and Honesty – Father Charles Hugo Doyle at Catholic Exchange

Synod Art Depicts Woman in Priestly Vestments, Person in ‘PRIDE’ T-Shirt – Catholic Vote

Is a Plurality of Religions Willed by God? – Eric Sammons at Crisis Magazine

Disgraced Cardinal Becciu Claims ‘Pope Told Me I Will Be Reinstated’ - The Catholic Thing

For More Outstanding Catholic News Links, Click Here – Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit

Pope Leo XIV venerates relics of St. Augustine at the Basilica of Saint Peter in Ciel d'Oro, in Pavia, Italy, on June 20, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV Visits St. Augustine’s Tomb

In a visit to the northern Italian city, the Augustinian Pope prayed before the relics of St. Augustine, called for civic peace and solidarity, and comforted young cancer patients and their families.