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New FDA-Approved Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer’s 5 to 10 Years Before Symptoms Appear

Atthapon Raksthaput
Paired with new FDA-approved treatments and evidence-backed lifestyle modifications that slow disease progression, the arrival of simple blood testing shifts Alzheimer’s from an untreatable fate to a manageable condition.

By detecting the subtle brain changes and damage to nerve cells years before memory or language issues surface, the blood test allows patients to seek treatment during the window when therapies are most effective.

America at 250: Our Unity Is Our Strength

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Independence Hall in Philadelphia stands as the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

COMMENTARY: Loving service is our responsibility, and liberty our right.

Pope Leo XIV Warns Prayer Is Disappearing From Christian Families

Daniel Ibañez
Pope Leo XIV resumed his general audiences on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in St. Peter’s Basilica.

The Pope urged Catholics to rediscover prayer "in its true form" and embrace the Liturgy of the Hours as a daily school of Christian prayer.

Pope Leo XIV to Visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November

Daniel Ibáñez
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica during the general audience on Aug. 5, 2026.

The pontiff accepted the invitation of the heads of state and ecclesiastical authorities of the three countries; it will be his first papal trip to Latin America.

The Work Ethic Incarnate

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L to R Quarterbook John Unitas; Coach Webb Ewbank and end Raymond Berry look at films of the Cleveland- Giants Pro Football game on Dec. 19, 1958.

COMMENTARY: Baltimore Colts’ legendary wide receiver Raymond Berry, who died in May, embodied what Pope St. John Paul II taught in Laborem Exercens: Through our work, we become more the person we were created to be.

Spokane Bishop Daly Calls for Prayers Amid ‘Devastating’ Wildfires in Washington State

Erick Doxey
A Virgin Mary statue remains untouched in front of a burned residential home in the Balboa neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, on Aug. 2, 2026. Fast-moving fires left a trail of destruction in the northwestern U.S. city of Spokane on Sunday, with officials reporting hundreds of structures reduced to cinders. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes Saturday and overnight into Sunday.

The blazes have consumed hundreds of structures and forced thousands of local residents to evacuate.

The Cristero Rebellion of 1926 Offers a Sober Warning Today

Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro (1891–1927), photographed moments before his execution by firing squad with his arms outstretched in the form of a cross, is shown alongside the original tilma image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

COMMENTARY: Horrors are possible in our time, and in places not far away.