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Bitter Victory or Sweet Defeat in the Middle East, But Whose?

Mahmoud Zayyat
People make their way through the heavily damaged historic market of Nabatieh as residents displaced by the fighting return to southern Lebanon on June 15, 2026. Israel's defence minister said on June 15, that Israeli forces would remain in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely, hours after the United States and Iran agreed to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon.

COMMENTARY: The consequences of this war will only be revealed over time, months and even years into the future.

Northern Ireland City Leads First Coordinated Worldwide Marian Eucharistic Procession

In Derry City, Northern Ireland, on June 13, 2026, to mark the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, thousands took part in a Eucharistic procession that completed its route in the shadow of the city’s famous walls.

The Northern Ireland city kicked off a worldwide Eucharistic procession honoring the Blessed Mother, coordinated at the same time across six continents.

US Vice President, Second Lady Share Family Mass Attendance Practices

U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and his family attend the Vatican’s Liturgy for the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday, April 18, 2025.

Having priests come to celebrate Mass at home is ‘one of the rare privileges of this life,’ Vice President JD Vance said.

Human Dignity and Human Frailty at the Heart of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’

Daniel Ibanez
Pope Leo XIV during the General Audience at St. Peter's Square on May 27, 2026.

COMMENTARY: We can’t understand how Pope Leo urges us to address the challenges of technology without understanding what he is teaching us about the meaning and the demands of human dignity.

Norway’s March for Life Returns After 40 Years, Uniting Christians for the Unborn

Ragnhild Helena Aadland Høen, public affairs officer for the Norwegian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, stands with Maria Fongen, family pastoral adviser for the Catholic Diocese of Oslo, with the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) in the background.

Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, and evangelicals marched together for the unborn through a rainy Oslo in Norway’s first major March for Life in some 40 years.