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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on July 8, 2025.

eNewsletter Subject: A fruitful July?

I hope many of our readers will have an opportunity for some time off this month—which is at least a common period for vacations. If you do, perhaps this message will provide a welcome opportunity for spiritual focus.

Phil Lawler is disappointed at the US bishops’ reaction to the bill that defunded Planned Parenthood: The US bishops denounce ‘the most significant pro-life law ever’.

We also have three other thought-provoking commentaries:

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Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Bruno, Priest; Opt Mem of Bl. Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin (USA)

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Today the Universal Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Bruno (1030-1101), who was born in Cologne, Germany. He became a priest and achieved fame as a professor of theology at Rheims. He decided to leave the world and pursue a life of complete solitude and prayer. He established his hermitage in…

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