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October 5th, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Faustina! A Department of Homeland Security investigation found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was given more than 3 million leads on illegal visa overstays between 2021 and 2024. Due to a 2021 directive, ICE made only 12 arrests. Cardinal Pizzaballa mourned two Christian women, a mother and daughter, killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, off...

September 25th, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Finbar of Cork! The Iranian President flatly denied yesterday that Tehran wants a nuclear bomb while claiming Iran is willing to submit its nuclear program for international inspection, blaming Washington for the nearly seven-month war in the Middle East and accusing it of blocking diplomacy. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the administration would imme...

September 24th, 2026 - Happy feast of Our Lady of Ransom! New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made the surprising admission that, by ignoring fraud and abuse in government programs, the political left has allowed the right to dictate the narrative and has lost the people's trust. The Supreme Court decided not to stop a California court ruling recognizing a couple as the legal parents of an infa...

September 23rd, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Padre Pio! President Donald Trump said he is poised to make a “big decision” on the war with Iran, threatening to “annihilate the Islamic Republic” if it rejects a deal. A new survey conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics found that nearly six in 10 would feel positively if military leaders removed Trump from power to “safeguard the Constitution” a...

September 22nd, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Maurice & Companions! President Trump is expected to address the United Nations General Assembly today. U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz told reporters that Trump’s remarks would highlight peace deals the president has worked on, U.S. actions in the Western Hemisphere and progress on his 20-point peace plan in Gaza. French intelligence is now almost certain...

September 21st, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Matthew! The Trump administration’s crackdown on fraud recently identified tens of millions of taxpayer dollars misused in what officials dubbed the “homeless industrial complex.” Alliance Defending Freedom and CatholicVote thanked senators for revising the Protect College Sports Act to address concerns that the bill could override state laws barring men f...

September 18th, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Joseph of Cupertino! The Environmental Protection Agency will analyze drinking water for more than 1,400 chemicals, including abortion drugs, contraceptives, and hormones sometimes used in gender “transition” treatments. A bombshell congressional report concluded that the Democratic Party-aligned fundraising giant ActBlue likely committed widespread fraud...

September 17th, 2026 - Happy feast of Ss. Hildegard, Robert Bellarmine, and the Impression of the Stigmata of St. Francis! The sole juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial who refused to find the accused “not guilty” of the murder of her three children has been identified as a Haitian Catholic. Seven House Republicans joined Democrats to approve a war powers resolution directing President Donald...

September 16th, 2026 - Happy feast of Ss. Cornelius & Cyprian! Vice President JD Vance said the U.S.-Iran conflict will enter a “much different phase” within months, declaring the first stage of the campaign complete as Washington moves to prevent Tehran from rebuilding its nuclear and military capabilities. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced a resolution yesterday to impeach Secretary of Wa...

September 15th, 2026 - Blessed feast of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady! Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge instructed priests at every Mass to read a letter addressing what he called the “extreme” and “dangerous” abortion and same-sex marriage amendments on Virginia’s ballot this November, encouraging Catholics to vote against the measures. Pope Leo XIV’s 71st birthday yesterday was marked with well...

September 14th, 2026 - Happy feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross! President Donald Trump said yesterday that China "spies on us" just as "we spy on them," following a report that Chinese entities provided Iran with satellite imagery before a deadly missile attack that killed three U.S. troops. Rep. Chris Smith is slated to chair an upcoming congressional hearing, centered on the imprisonment...

September 11th, 2026 - Blessed feast of St. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre! Today marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Please pray for the souls of those lost and for the continued healing of first responders and those who lost loved ones that day. The Knights of Columbus is marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by remembering 46 members killed that day — including 12 firefighters, six...

September 10th, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentino! A planned memorial at Utah Valley University on the one-year anniversary of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination has already sparked student protests. Students for a Democratic Society said that the university's approval of the memorial provides endorsement to the political and moral views of Turning Point USA. Near...

September 9th, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Peter Claver! The U.S. military struck five Iranian tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in response to attempted attacks by the IRGC on an American warship, according to U.S. Central Command. The new strikes on the Iranian tankers come after the IRGC attempted to hit an American aircraft carrier and a destroyer over the weekend. A court...

September 8th, 2026 - Happy feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Washington is moving to increase diplomatic pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program as Iran threatens a new Persian Gulf exclusion zone and warns it has “fundamentally recalibrated” its posture toward U.S. warships and bases. After being escorted out of a home game by security personnel, former National Basketball As...

September 7th, 2026 - Please join Jake and Sarah in discussing the history and meaning of Labor Day in the United States in the context of "Catholic Social Teaching" and Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum. Rise Right is a live morning program hosted by Sarah Cain & Jakob Martin Kraft, designed to help Catholics begin their day grounded in faith, clarity, and peace. The goal is simpl...

September 4th, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Rosalia! A judge has again told the deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial to keep trying to reach a verdict after a dramatic sixth day of deliberations in a case that has gripped America. There was audible shock in the room when the defence team asked for the holdout juror to be removed, a request that was denied by the judge. Steve Witkoff and J...

September 3rd, 2026 - Happy feasts of Ss. Pius X and Gregory the Great! The Lindsay Clancy jury was dismissed for the day yesterday after again failing to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations. Jurors are expected to return this morning to continue deliberating. New York Assistant Attorney General Daniel Wiesenfeld alleged in an email that Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat,...

September 2nd, 2026 - Happy feast of King St. Stephen of Hungary! Iran retaliated against new U.S. strikes overnight, launching missiles and drones toward U.S. positions in the region in defiance of President Donald Trump’s warning yesterday that such actions would see Iran “hit again at a much harder and higher level.” Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, will stand tria...

September 1st, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Giles! ICE confirmed that Milo Yiannapoulis was deported back to the UK only one day after his arrest. Following a thorough investigation into the creation of the 2023 memo labeling traditionalist Catholics as possible domestic terrorists, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that the FBI Richmond field office spied on and tracked priests, coordinated w...

August 31st, 2026 - August 31st, 2026 - Happy feast of St. Raymond Nonnatus! Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said that the central bank’s goal is to bring inflation down to 2% but warned that heightened interest rates may continue if price pressures do not ease. Nepal’s flooding and mudslides result in at least 900 dead and over 4,000 missing. Please pray for those relief efforts, and for the...

August 28th, 2026 - Jake and Sarah delve into the life and work of St. Augustine, including two newly discovered sermons. Rise Right is a live morning program hosted by Sarah Cain & Jakob Martin Kraft, designed to help Catholics begin their day grounded in faith, clarity, and peace. The goal is simple: help listeners start their day well. Stay rooted in prayer, informed about the world, and ab...

August 27th, 2026 - Jake and Sarah interview Fr. Robert McTeigue of the Society of Jesus, host of The Catholic Current. Rise Right is a live morning program hosted by Sarah Cain & Jakob Martin Kraft, designed to help Catholics begin their day grounded in faith, clarity, and peace. The goal is simple: help listeners start their day well. Stay rooted in prayer, informed about the world, and able...

August 26th, 2026 - Jake and Sarah interview Adele Keim of the Becket Fund on a lawsuit by Catholic nuns against New York State. Rise Right is a live morning program hosted by Sarah Cain & Jakob Martin Kraft, designed to help Catholics begin their day grounded in faith, clarity, and peace. The goal is simple: help listeners start their day well. Stay rooted in prayer, informed about the world,...

August 25th, 2026 - Jake and Sarah interview Austin Ruse of Crisis Magazine on his new book, Not Just for Kings. Rise Right is a live morning program hosted by Sarah Cain & Jakob Martin Kraft, designed to help Catholics begin their day grounded in faith, clarity, and peace. The goal is simple: help listeners start their day well. Stay rooted in prayer, informed about the world, and able to fac...