April 7, 2026 – United Yam

Piloto de la misión Artemis II predica el mandamiento al amor de Cristo durante sobrevuelo lunar #Catholic – (OSV News) — Mientras los astronautas de la primera misión tripulada de la NASA en sobrevolar la Luna en medio siglo han despertado asombro, reflexión y oración al alcanzar su punto de máxima aproximación a la Luna, el piloto del equipo recordó a la Tierra el mandamiento de Jesucristo de amar tanto a Dios como al prójimo.
“A medida que nos acercamos al punto más cercano a la Luna y más lejano de la Tierra, y mientras continuamos desvelando los misterios del cosmos, me gustaría recordarles uno de los misterios más importantes que existen allí en la Tierra: el amor”, dijo el astronauta Victor Glover, piloto de la misión Artemis II, dirigiéndose al control de tierra el 6 de abril desde a bordo de la nave espacial Orion de la NASA, bautizada “Integrity” (Integridad).
“Cristo dijo, en respuesta a cuál era el mandamiento más importante, que era amar a Dios con todo tu ser”, dijo Glover. “Y él también, como gran maestro, dijo que el segundo es igual a ese. Y ese es amar a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”.
Glover, un cristiano que ha hablado públicamente sobre su fe –citando el Salmo 30 durante su anterior misión a la Estación Espacial Internacional–, compartió ese mensaje minutos antes de que la cápsula Integrity se enfrentara a una interrupción prevista de 40 minutos en la comunicación con el control de tierra, al pasar la nave espacial por detrás de la Luna, lo que bloqueó las señales de radio y láser.

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La nave despegó el 1 de abril desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy, en Florida, para un viaje de 10 días que llevó a la tripulación a dar la vuelta a la Luna, recorriendo 695.081 millas desde el despegue hasta el amerizaje en el océano Pacífico frente a la costa de San Diego.
La misión Artemis II recorrió una distancia máxima de 252.760 millas desde la Tierra, es decir, más de 4.100 millas más allá de la misión Apolo 13 de 1970.
Acompañan a Glover en el espacio el comandante Reid Wiseman y dos especialistas de misión: Christina Koch y el astronauta canadiense Jeremy Hansen, quien se convierte en el primer ciudadano de esa nación en emprender una misión lunar.
Las prioridades de la misión Artemis II se centran en preparar la exploración del espacio profundo por parte de seres humanos y sentar las bases para lo que la NASA denomina “una presencia sostenida en la Luna”.
Dado que el vuelo tiene lugar en medio de conflictos y tensiones geopolíticas generalizados –desde Ucrania hasta una guerra en expansión en Oriente Medio–, las palabras de Glover hicieron eco ha comentarios sobre cómo esta misión lunar también está reafirmando la dignidad humana, así como la necesidad tanto de unidad como de gratitud en medio de conflictos arraigados.
Glover, desde la nave especial, le dijo a CBS el 5 de abril, “al adentrarnos en el Domingo de Pascua, pensando en todas las culturas de todo el mundo –independientemente de si lo celebran o no, de si creen en Dios o no– esta es una oportunidad para que recordemos dónde estamos, quiénes somos, que somos lo mismo y que debemos superar esto juntos”.
“Cuando leo la Biblia y contemplo todas las cosas asombrosas que se hicieron por nosotros quienes fuimos creados, veo este lugar increíble, esta nave espacial”, dijo. “Ustedes se están comunicando con nosotros porque nos encontramos en una nave espacial muy lejos de la Tierra; pero ustedes están en una nave espacial llamada Tierra, la cual fue creada para brindarnos un lugar donde habitar en el universo”.
Y añadió: “Tal vez la distancia que nos separa de ustedes les haga pensar que lo que hacemos es algo especial; pero, en realidad, nosotros estamos a la misma distancia de ustedes. Y lo que intento decirles –simplemente confíen en mí– es que ustedes son especiales”.
Glover –el primer astronauta de raza negra en orbitar la Luna– señaló a “todo este vacío”, “toda esta inmensidad de la nada” al que “llamamos universo”, y describió la Tierra como “este oasis, este lugar hermoso” donde “tenemos el privilegio de coexistir”.
En declaraciones a BBC News antes de la misión lunar, Glover comentó: “Cuando estemos detrás de la Luna, sin contacto con nadie, tomémoslo como una oportunidad. Recen, tengan esperanza, envíen sus buenos pensamientos y sentimientos para que logremos restablecer el contacto con la tripulación”.
Instantes antes del 6 de abril, fecha en que se produjo la pérdida de señal –que finalizó según lo previsto, con la tripulación emergiendo a salvo en su trayectoria de regreso a casa–, Glover dijo: “Mientras nos preparamos para perder la comunicación por radio, aún podemos sentir su cariño desde la Tierra. Y a todos ustedes, allá abajo en la Tierra y alrededor de ella, los queremos desde la Luna”.
“Houston, recibido”, respondió control terrestre. “Nos vemos al otro lado”.
Gina Christian es reportera multimedia de OSV News. Sígala en X: @GinaJesseReina

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Piloto de la misión Artemis II predica el mandamiento al amor de Cristo durante sobrevuelo lunar #Catholic –

(OSV News) — Mientras los astronautas de la primera misión tripulada de la NASA en sobrevolar la Luna en medio siglo han despertado asombro, reflexión y oración al alcanzar su punto de máxima aproximación a la Luna, el piloto del equipo recordó a la Tierra el mandamiento de Jesucristo de amar tanto a Dios como al prójimo.

“A medida que nos acercamos al punto más cercano a la Luna y más lejano de la Tierra, y mientras continuamos desvelando los misterios del cosmos, me gustaría recordarles uno de los misterios más importantes que existen allí en la Tierra: el amor”, dijo el astronauta Victor Glover, piloto de la misión Artemis II, dirigiéndose al control de tierra el 6 de abril desde a bordo de la nave espacial Orion de la NASA, bautizada “Integrity” (Integridad).

“Cristo dijo, en respuesta a cuál era el mandamiento más importante, que era amar a Dios con todo tu ser”, dijo Glover. “Y él también, como gran maestro, dijo que el segundo es igual a ese. Y ese es amar a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”.

Glover, un cristiano que ha hablado públicamente sobre su fe –citando el Salmo 30 durante su anterior misión a la Estación Espacial Internacional–, compartió ese mensaje minutos antes de que la cápsula Integrity se enfrentara a una interrupción prevista de 40 minutos en la comunicación con el control de tierra, al pasar la nave espacial por detrás de la Luna, lo que bloqueó las señales de radio y láser.

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La nave despegó el 1 de abril desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy, en Florida, para un viaje de 10 días que llevó a la tripulación a dar la vuelta a la Luna, recorriendo 695.081 millas desde el despegue hasta el amerizaje en el océano Pacífico frente a la costa de San Diego.

La misión Artemis II recorrió una distancia máxima de 252.760 millas desde la Tierra, es decir, más de 4.100 millas más allá de la misión Apolo 13 de 1970.

Acompañan a Glover en el espacio el comandante Reid Wiseman y dos especialistas de misión: Christina Koch y el astronauta canadiense Jeremy Hansen, quien se convierte en el primer ciudadano de esa nación en emprender una misión lunar.

Las prioridades de la misión Artemis II se centran en preparar la exploración del espacio profundo por parte de seres humanos y sentar las bases para lo que la NASA denomina “una presencia sostenida en la Luna”.

Dado que el vuelo tiene lugar en medio de conflictos y tensiones geopolíticas generalizados –desde Ucrania hasta una guerra en expansión en Oriente Medio–, las palabras de Glover hicieron eco ha comentarios sobre cómo esta misión lunar también está reafirmando la dignidad humana, así como la necesidad tanto de unidad como de gratitud en medio de conflictos arraigados.

Glover, desde la nave especial, le dijo a CBS el 5 de abril, “al adentrarnos en el Domingo de Pascua, pensando en todas las culturas de todo el mundo –independientemente de si lo celebran o no, de si creen en Dios o no– esta es una oportunidad para que recordemos dónde estamos, quiénes somos, que somos lo mismo y que debemos superar esto juntos”.

“Cuando leo la Biblia y contemplo todas las cosas asombrosas que se hicieron por nosotros quienes fuimos creados, veo este lugar increíble, esta nave espacial”, dijo. “Ustedes se están comunicando con nosotros porque nos encontramos en una nave espacial muy lejos de la Tierra; pero ustedes están en una nave espacial llamada Tierra, la cual fue creada para brindarnos un lugar donde habitar en el universo”.

Y añadió: “Tal vez la distancia que nos separa de ustedes les haga pensar que lo que hacemos es algo especial; pero, en realidad, nosotros estamos a la misma distancia de ustedes. Y lo que intento decirles –simplemente confíen en mí– es que ustedes son especiales”.

Glover –el primer astronauta de raza negra en orbitar la Luna– señaló a “todo este vacío”, “toda esta inmensidad de la nada” al que “llamamos universo”, y describió la Tierra como “este oasis, este lugar hermoso” donde “tenemos el privilegio de coexistir”.

En declaraciones a BBC News antes de la misión lunar, Glover comentó: “Cuando estemos detrás de la Luna, sin contacto con nadie, tomémoslo como una oportunidad. Recen, tengan esperanza, envíen sus buenos pensamientos y sentimientos para que logremos restablecer el contacto con la tripulación”.

Instantes antes del 6 de abril, fecha en que se produjo la pérdida de señal –que finalizó según lo previsto, con la tripulación emergiendo a salvo en su trayectoria de regreso a casa–, Glover dijo: “Mientras nos preparamos para perder la comunicación por radio, aún podemos sentir su cariño desde la Tierra. Y a todos ustedes, allá abajo en la Tierra y alrededor de ella, los queremos desde la Luna”.

“Houston, recibido”, respondió control terrestre. “Nos vemos al otro lado”.

Gina Christian es reportera multimedia de OSV News. Sígala en X: @GinaJesseReina

– (OSV News) — Mientras los astronautas de la primera misión tripulada de la NASA en sobrevolar la Luna en medio siglo han despertado asombro, reflexión y oración al alcanzar su punto de máxima aproximación a la Luna, el piloto del equipo recordó a la Tierra el mandamiento de Jesucristo de amar tanto a Dios como al prójimo. “A medida que nos acercamos al punto más cercano a la Luna y más lejano de la Tierra, y mientras continuamos desvelando los misterios del cosmos, me gustaría recordarles uno de los misterios más importantes que existen allí en la Tierra: el amor”,

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Sermon on the Integrity: Artemis II mission pilot preaches Christ’s command to love on lunar flyby #Catholic –

(OSV News) — As the astronauts of NASA’s first crewed lunar flyby in half a century reached their closest approach to the moon, the team’s pilot reminded the Earth of Jesus Christ’s command to love both God and neighbor.

“As we get close to the nearest point to the moon and farthest point from Earth, as we continue to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos, I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on Earth, and that’s love,” said astronaut Victor Glover, pilot of the Artemis II mission, speaking to ground control April 6 from aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft Integrity.

“Christ said, in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all you are,” said Glover. “And he also, being a great teacher, said the second is equal to it. And that is to love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Glover — a Christian who has spoken publicly about his faith, citing Psalm 30 during his previous mission to the International Space Station — shared that message minutes before the Integrity faced an anticipated 40-minute communication lapse with ground control, as the spacecraft passed behind the moon, with radio and laser signals consequently blocked.

The craft launched April 1 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a 10-day journey that took the crew around the moon, spanning 695,081 miles from launch to splashdown off the coast of San Diego.

Artemis II traveled a record-breaking maximum distance of 252,760 miles from the Earth, or more than 4,100 miles further than the 1970 Apollo 13 mission.

Joining Glover in space are commander Reid Wiseman and two mission specialists — Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who is the first from that nation to undertake a lunar mission.

Artemis II’s priorities focus on preparing for deep space exploration by humans and laying the groundwork for what NASA calls “a sustained presence on the Moon.”

With the flight taking place amid widespread geopolitical conflicts and tensions — from Ukraine to a widening war in the Middle East — Glover’s most recent words echoed earlier comments on how the lunar mission is also reaffirming human dignity, as well as the need for both unity and gratitude amid entrenched strife.

Glover, speaking from the spacecraft earlier on April 5 to CBS News, said that “as we go into Easter Sunday, thinking about all the cultures all around the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing, and that we’ve got to get through this together.”

“When I read the Bible and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us who were created — you have this amazing place, this spaceship,” he said. “You guys are talking to us because we’re in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe.”

He added, “Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we’re doing is special, but we’re the same distance from you. And I’m trying to tell you — just trust me — you are special.”

Glover — the first Black astronaut to travel around the moon — pointed to “all of this emptiness” and “whole bunch of nothing” that “we call the universe,” describing Earth as “this oasis, this beautiful place” where “we get to exist together.”

Speaking to BBC News ahead of the mission, Glover said, “When we’re behind the moon, out of contact with everybody, let’s take that as an opportunity. Let’s pray, hope, send your good thoughts and feelings that we get back in contact with the crew.”

Moments before the April 6 period of loss of signal — which ended as scheduled, with the crew safely emerging on a homeward bound trajectory — Glover said, “As we prepare to go out of radio communication, we’re still able to feel your true love from Earth. And to all of you down there on Earth and around Earth, we love you from the moon.”

“Houston copies,” replied ground control. “We’ll see you on the other side.”

Gina Christian is a multimedia reporter for OSV News. Follow her on X @GinaJesseReina.

– (OSV News) — As the astronauts of NASA’s first crewed lunar flyby in half a century reached their closest approach to the moon, the team’s pilot reminded the Earth of Jesus Christ’s command to love both God and neighbor. “As we get close to the nearest point to the moon and farthest point from Earth, as we continue to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos, I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on Earth, and that’s love,” said astronaut Victor Glover, pilot of the Artemis II mission, speaking to ground control April 6

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A reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
3:1-10

Peter and John were going up to the temple area
for the three o’clock hour of prayer.
And a man crippled from birth was carried
and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day
to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple.
When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked for alms.
But Peter looked intently at him, as did John,
and said, “Look at us.”
He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.
Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold,
but what I do have I give you:
in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.”
Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up,
and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong.
He leaped up, stood, and walked around,
and went into the temple with them,
walking and jumping and praising God.
When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
they recognized him as the one
who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple,
and they were filled with amazement and astonishment
at what had happened to him.

From the Gospel according to Luke
24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week,
two of Jesus’ disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
He asked them,
“What are you discussing as you walk along?”
They stopped, looking downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,
“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
who does not know of the things
that have taken place there in these days?”
And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”
They said to him,
“The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,
how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over
to a sentence of death and crucified him.
But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;
and besides all this,
it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:
they were at the tomb early in the morning
and did not find his Body;
they came back and reported
that they had indeed seen a vision of angels
who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb
and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see.”
And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are!
How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?”
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him
in all the Scriptures.
As they approached the village to which they were going,
he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, “Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the Eleven and those with them who were saying,
“The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

The disciples of Emmaus walk sadly because they hoped for a different ending, for a Messiah who did not know the cross. Although they have heard that the tomb is empty, they cannot smile. But Jesus walks alongside them and patiently helps them understand that pain is not the denial of the promise, but the way through which God has manifested the measure of his love (cf. Lk 24:13-27). When they are finally seated at the table with him and break bread, their eyes are opened. They realize that their hearts were already burning, even though they did not know it (cf. Lk 24:28-32). This is the greatest surprise: to discover that beneath the ashes of disenchantment and weariness there is always a living ember, waiting only to be rekindled. Brothers and sisters, Christ’s resurrection teaches us that no history is so marked by disappointment or sin that it cannot be visited by hope. No fall is definitive, no night is eternal, no wound is destined to remain open forever. However distant, lost or unworthy we may feel, there is no distance that can extinguish the unfailing power of God’s love. (Pope Leo XIV – General Audience, 8 October 2025)

PANIC MODE: Pakistan Prime Minister BEGS Trump for 2-Week Delay to ‘End of Civilization’ Strikes on Radical Iran Regime –
Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, has urgently appealed to President Donald Trump to delay his looming military deadline on Iran by two weeks.
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Meeting between two leaders in an ornate room, discussing diplomatic relations, with a focus on strategic collaboration and international cooperation.

Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, has urgently appealed to President Donald Trump to delay his looming military deadline on Iran by two weeks.

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Infamous Hollywood Personality Undergoes Radical Transformation After Meeting God During Near-Death Experience –
Redemption lies within everyone’s grasp, for God can awaken even the coldest and most hardened hearts to His love.
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Redemption lies within everyone’s grasp, for God can awaken even the coldest and most hardened hearts to His love.

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Kanye West BANNED from the UK for ‘Past Antisemitic Comments and Celebration Of Nazism’, Leading to Wireless Festival Being Cancelled –
UK says ‘nay’ to Ye.
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UK says ‘nay’ to Ye.

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New record in France: More than 20,000 adults and teens baptized at Easter #Catholic This Easter, France recorded more than 20,000 adult and adolescent baptisms, a 20% increase compared with the previous year. A new report published by the French Bishops’ Conference presents the latest statistical data from Easter 2026, during which approximately 8,200 adolescents and 13,200 adults embraced the Catholic faith.The report indicates that the majority of converts are young adults between the ages of 18 and 25, closely followed by the 26-to-40 age group. Women constitute the largest segment, accounting for approximately 62% of the total.In general, the new catechumens have no prior religious tradition, driven primarily by difficult life experiences, a profound search for meaning, or spiritual encounters that left a lasting mark on their lives, according to the report.The ecclesiastical provinces with the highest number of baptisms were Paris, with 3,184, followed by Marseille with 1,437 and Lyon with 1,200. The report highlights a notable increase in the military diocese, headquartered in the French capital, particularly during the military pilgrimage to Lourdes.The ‘magnitude of the thirst for God’Olivier de Germay, archbishop of Lyon and the official responsible for the catechumenate in the country, reflected on this new reality, one that “never ceases to surprise and challenge us.”Although society has long been aware of the world’s failure to provide answers to “the deep aspirations of the human being,” the French prelate expressed his surprise at the “rapidity and magnitude of the thirst for God manifesting itself today.”This phenomenon opens up a new horizon and presents a “major challenge” for the Church, he said, which must offer appropriate guidance for initiation into the Christian life.For De Germay, the situation also calls upon the “seasoned veterans of the Christian life,” who are invited “to once again become aware of how God can break into [a person’s life] and transform it.”Among some new initiatives to address the increasing numbers, the regional council launched by the eight dioceses of the Île-de-France region stands out. Titled “Catechumens and Neophytes: New Perspectives for the Life of Our Church in Our Dioceses,” the council will run until May 2027. After gathering feedback from Catholics, including the newly baptized, the council aims to develop an appropriate response to the growing number of converts and to establish common guidelines at the provincial level.The provincial council is encouraging the other dioceses outside the Île-de-France region to launch other initiatives focused on specific proposals to increase the participation of the newly baptized in the liturgy.This story was first published by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.

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The surge in baptisms of young persons continues in France in 2026, a 20% increase over the already previous record-high number in 2025. The influx represents a major challenge for the French Church.

Government favors natural family planning over contraception in key health funding #Catholic New 2027 guidelines by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will ban key federal abortion funding while favoring fertility education and natural family planning.The April 3 “2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity” for Title X, the federal family planning grant program, bans funds from being used “in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.”The move came days after the Trump administration released the fifth and final year of grant funding to Planned Parenthood under Title X, a decision that garnered criticism throughout the pro-life movement. The White House cited legal challenges for the controversial decision to continue the funding.“The administration has issued the fifth and final year of Title X grants that were locked in place during the Biden presidency,” the White House told EWTN News in a statement. “The administration faced significant legal challenges in stopping any of these dollars from going out.”Previous Republican administrations, including that of Trump’s first term, also banned abortion funding via Title X. What makes this year’s criteria unique is that it encourages fertility education in place of contraception.The notice highlighted “fertility-awareness-based methods” or “natural family planning,” a method encouraged by the Catholic Church that involves tracking a woman’s biological markers to determine when ovulation occurs.The administration also teased a new pro-family grant that will be announced soon.“HHS will soon be releasing a new Title X funding opportunity for the next five-year funding cycle that prioritizes life and promotes the pro-family agenda,” the White House statement read.The notice also promoted “body literacy” on fertility-related conditions, such as “education on menstrual cycle physiology, hormonal health, male and female fertility awareness, and early indicators of reproductive disorders such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), thyroid dysfunction, metabolic disorders, and other conditions that often first emerge in adolescence.”An estimated 1 in 10 women have endometriosis; 1 in 8 women develop a thyroid disorder; and roughly 1 in 10 have PCOS — all conditions that can negatively affect fertility and overall health.“For example, endometriosis often goes undiagnosed for years because symptoms such as severe menstrual pain or irregular bleeding are frequently normalized or minimized,” the HHS notice read.“Body literacy counseling helps patients recognize that these experiences are not ‘normal’ features” but instead “potential indicators of an underlying condition, prompting earlier discussion with providers, timely diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and improved long-term reproductive and overall health outcomes,” the notice continued.The 2027 plan is not prioritizing contraception funding; instead the government said that contraception is part of an overreliance on “pharmaceutical and surgical treatments.” The health department noted that fewer women than in previous years are using contraception (54% of reproductive-age women) and that “the most common reason women reported discontinuing use related to dissatisfaction was side effects.” For instance, hormonal contraception can cause depression in some patients, among other negative side effects.“This approach has failed to adequately address the root causes of the nation’s chronic disease burden, resulting in ongoing health challenges that affect fertility, pregnancy outcomes, and long-term health outcomes,” the notice read.HHS said it will focus instead on “underlying behavioral and lifestyle factors of health — such as nutrition, sleep, physical activity, stress management, and environmental factors.”The White House told EWTN News that “the administration remains committed to realigning the Title X program with the president’s pro-life and pro-family agenda going forward.”Michael New, an assistant professor of practice at the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America as well as a Charlotte Lozier Institute senior associate scholar, called the decrease in Planned Parenthood funding “a win for the pro-life movement,” though with a caveat.“Cutting funding to Planned Parenthood may not have a large impact on the incidence of abortion in the short term due the increasing prevalence of telehealth abortions,” New said.The professor also noted that “defunding contraception programs and supporting natural family planning is a win for pro-lifers.”“Since the Title X program started in 1970, the federal government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, into promoting contraception,” New said. “This money has been poorly spent. Many places that distribute contraception also perform abortions, so some of this money indirectly funds abortion.”“Many Catholics do not want their tax dollars spent on programs, such as contraception programs, they find morally objectionable,” New continued. “Even though many Americans support contraceptive use, pro-life Catholics would like the government to stay out of the issue: no funding, no mandates, no distribution. As such, defunding contraception programs has been a longtime policy goal for many pro-life Catholics.”“Natural family planning, when done correctly, has a strong track record of success,” New said. “However, it has been marginalized in many secular public health circles. The fact that HHS is promoting natural family planning will give NFP more visibility and credibility.”

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New directives by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ban Title X abortion funding while favoring fertility education and “body literacy.”

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NASA’s Great Observatories – the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope – were launched between 1990 and 2003, each intended to observe the universe in a different wavelength. Hubble, launched in 1990 and still operational today, observes primarily in visible light and near-ultraviolet.Continue reading “April 7, 1991: Compton Gamma Ray Observatory is deployed”

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A view of the near side of the Moon, the side we always see from Earth, as seen from the Orion spacecraft.

$Irish childhood shaped Father Flanagan’s lifelong work with youth – #Catholic – A loving Catholic family at home in Ireland provided the foundations and values that led Venerable Father Edward Flanagan to establish Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska, according to experts on his life in Ireland.Flanagan, who was born and raised in the small village of Ballymoe, Ireland, before emigrating to the United States, was declared venerable on March 23 by Pope Leo XIV. Father Edward Flanagan ouside Ballymoe Church in Ireland in 1946. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Flanagan Visitor Centre Fidelma and Alan Croghan of the Father Flanagan Group in Ballymoe provided insight into the Irish priest’s formative years to EWTN News. “He was the fourth-youngest of 11 children. His father was a herdsman looking after an absentee landlord’s livestock on the estate. They lived in a cottage here at Leabeg,” Fidelma said.“From birth Father Flanagan’s life was bathed in the warm embrace of a loving family. On the night he was born, they didn’t think that he would survive because he was quite ill. He was a very sickly person all of his life in terms of bad lung health. The story goes that his grandparents also lived in the house with them. So the grandfather took the tiny newborn baby and put the baby skin to skin, against his own heart for the night, and Eddie survived.”Fidelma shared that from the moment of his birth, Flanagan “knew love and the loving bond of a family; he had a very happy upbringing. Their home was full of music and happiness, neighbors came in and they played music and danced on the stone flagstones of the kitchen floor before a big open fire.”She added: “He worked with his dad as a shepherd boy tending to the sheep. He was into prayer and reading from a young age, and he wrote about going out on the land with his rosary beads and reading Dickens.” Father Edward Flanagan and his brother P.A. Flanagan visit their sister in Ballymoe, Ireland, in 1946. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Flanagan Visitor Centre Following primary education at the nearby Drumatemple National School, Flanagan attended the Diocesan College of the Immaculate Conception, Summerhill College, Sligo, to complete his secondary education and prepare for life as a priest.Alan Croghan said he has no doubt that the future priest’s upbringing and the family values he espoused throughout his life were formed by his origins and his upbringing in Ireland.“Our purpose in Ireland here is to educate people and tell them about this man, going on to America to do what he did in Boys Town. He took what he learned here in Ballymoe, how a family should be run,” he said. Father Edward Flanagan. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Flanagan Visitor Centre Bishop Kevin Doran of Achonry and of Elphin told EWTN News: “Father Flanagan’s life and virtue have much to say to us today, in a wealthy country where so many children are forced to live with homelessness, and in a world in which we still find it so easy to define people as ‘hostile aliens.’”Boys Town families and descendants often visit Ballymoe and the Father Flanagan Visitor Centre to see the famous priest’s hometown. Fidelma Croghan said: “We had a woman come two or three years ago, and she knelt on the floor of the house, and she cried, and cried, and cried, and said, ‘Only Father Flanagan saved my father; I wouldn’t be here.’ Another visitor told me: ‘I would have been dead as a young man, or would have spent my life in jail, only for Boys Town.’” The Flanagan homestead in Ballymoe, Ireland, as it is today. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Flanagan Visitor Centre If Flanagan’s experiences growing up in Ireland shaped his compassionate approach to the social issues he encountered in Nebraska, his experiences there dealing with troubled boys and young men subsequently influenced his reactions during a return trip to Ireland in 1946, when he visited the country’s reform schools.He was profoundly troubled at the desperately poor conditions and treatment they encountered. Speaking about the schools in Cork, he told the audience: “You are the people who permit your children and the children of your communities to go into these institutions of punishment. You can do something about it.” He described his country’s penal institutions as “a disgrace to the nation.”Flanagan had received letters from Ireland drawing attention to the brutal regimes in these schools and wanted to see for himself how bad conditions really were.In response to his prophetic warnings, the Irish government minister for justice at the time, Gerald Boland, told the Dáil (Irish legislative chamber) “that he was ‘not disposed to take any notice of what Monsignor Flanagan said while he was in this country, because his statements were so exaggerated that I did not think people would attach any importance to them.’”The schools Flanagan visited included Artane and Letterfrack, institutions that became notorious after the truth of the abuses inflicted on students there eventually emerged.$

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Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan, who was declared “venerable” by Pope Leo XIV on March 23, was formed by “the warm embrace of a loving family.”

EWTN News explains: When does Easter officially end? – #Catholic – Catholics recognize Easter — when Jesus Christ rose from the dead after sacrificing his life for all of humanity — as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. But, as it turns out, they can continue saying “Happy Easter” into May or, in some years, into June.Easter lasts for a total of 50 days, from Easter Sunday until the feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles, Mary, and the first followers of Christ.This year, 2026, Easter was on April 5 and runs until Pentecost Sunday, May 24.Easter explainedCatholics observe Easter in different stages. Easter Sunday is the greatest Sunday of the year, and it marks the start of the “Easter octave,” or the eight days that stretch from the first to the second Sunday of Easter (also now known as Divine Mercy Sunday). The Church celebrates each of these eight days as solemnities of the Lord — a direct extension of Easter Sunday.The entire Easter season lasts 50 days and includes the solemnity of the Ascension of Christ, which falls on the 40th day of Easter, which this year is celebrated on either Thursday, May 14, or Sunday, May 17, depending on where you live, and ends with Pentecost, which is derived from the Greek word “pentecoste,” meaning “50th.”“The 50 days from the Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day, indeed as one ‘great Sunday,’” according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “These are the days above all others in which the ‘Alleluia’ is sung.”The USCCB calls Easter “the most important of all liturgical times.”“It celebrates Jesus’ victory of sin and death and salvation for mankind,” the U.S. bishops say. “It is God’s greatest act of love to redeem mankind.”In the traditional Roman riteIn the traditional form of the Roman rite, Easter is known properly as Paschaltide, which includes three parts: the season of Easter, Ascensiontide, and the octave of Pentecost. It thus lasts one week longer than the Easter season in the calendar of the missal of St. Paul VI.The season of Easter begins with the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday and runs through the afternoon of the vigil of the Ascension.Ascensiontide begins the evening before the Ascension, with first vespers of the feast, and ends the afternoon of the vigil of Pentecost — marking the first novena.The octave of Pentecost is an extension of the feast of Pentecost, beginning with the vigil Mass of Pentecost and ending the afternoon of the following Saturday, which this year falls on May 30.This story was first published April 21, 2022, and has been updated.

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Easter lasts for a total of 50 days, from Easter Sunday until the feast of Pentecost.

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April 7, 1991: Compton Gamma Ray Observatory is deployed

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