“I don’t care about your past,” she said finally, her voice steady and determined. “I care about who you are now, and who we are together.” A look of relief washed over Yusha’s face as he reached for her hand, squeezing it gently. “Thank you, Zainab. I promise, from this day forward, to always be…
Month: September 2025
‘God’s Influencer’ — Carlo Acutis Canonized as First Millennial Saint by Pope Leo
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint Sunday, giving the next generation of Catholics a relatable role model who used technology to spread the faith and earn the nickname “God’s influencer.” Leo canonized Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, during an open-air Mass in…
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Leo said both men created “masterpieces” out of their lives by dedicating them to God. “The greatest risk in life is to waste it outside of God’s plan,” Leo said in his homily. The new saints “are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them…
But Acutis limited himself to an hour of video games a week, apparently deciding long before TikTok that human relationships were far more important than virtual ones. That discipline and restraint has proved appealing to the Catholic hierarchy, which has sounded the alarm about the dangers of today’s tech-driven society. In October 2006, at age…
“It’s like I can maybe not be as great as Carlo may be, but I can be looking after him and be like, ‘What would Carlo do?’” said Leo Kowalsky, an 8th grader at a Chicago school attached to the Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish. Kowalsky said he was particularly excited that his own namesake –…
Stephen King predicts Trump supporters will deny voting for him in the coming decades
Liberal author Stephen King predicted there would be a cultural backlash to President Donald Trump in the coming decades, leading some of his supporters to deny ever voting for him. In an interview with U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times, the prolific writer defended his outspoken criticism of Trump on social media. King acknowledged he was…
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“It’s a question, like the song says, ‘Which side are you on?’” he said. King suggested that future history books would portray Trump negatively and that Trump’s supporters would be quick to disassociate from him. “There’s a story about the home run that was heard around the world,” King told the outlet. “There are… tens…
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement to Fox News Digital, “Since Stephen has spent so long writing fiction, it’s understandable that he’d have no grasp on reality.” King, who has nearly 7 million followers on X, wrote on Sept. 1 that Americans would turn against Trump by the next election. “Trump and…
DeSantis: Alligator Alcatraz Will Stay Open After Appeals Court Blocks Judge’s Ruling
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced Thursday that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed a lower court ruling against the state’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility, allowing it to continue operating as legal challenges proceed. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) declared that “the mission continues” at the state’s Alligator Alcatraz detention facility after an…
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“The media was giddy that somehow Alligator Alcatraz was, quote ,shutting down, and we told them that that wasn’t true,” DeSantis remarked in a video posted to X. “There have been illegal aliens continuing to be there and being removed and returned to their home country. But they ran with the narrative because some leftist…