Jerry Hall

Catholic NFL kicker Harrison Butker just nailed a 69-yard field goal for the Chiefs. The NFL’s official regular-season record for the longest field goal is 68 yards. Absolutely incredible.

STATEMENT FROM CATHOLICVOTE PRESIDENT & CEO @catholickelsey Israel has become the most contentious topic in the world, something that is felt by every organization in America, especially the political ones. We at CatholicVote have lost donors, supporters, and now a political editor over claims that we are either not sufficiently pro-Israel on the one hand, or that we are too critical of Israel on the other. During an interview with Tucker Carlson Wednesday evening, that editor, Mr. Stephen Herried, with whom we parted ways in what we believed was a friendly and Christian manner, made false allegations regarding our coverage of Israel. Those fallacies require correction. The bottom line is this: we are dealing here with an editor who does not want to be edited. One thing is true: I made the decision to supervise some of Mr. Herried’s editorial decisions after a long period of observation that his coverage was increasingly focused on one issue to the neglect of other worthy topics, including the persecution of Christians in other parts of the world, important domestic issues, and genocides in China and the Ukraine. That one issue was the question of Israeli conduct. This change in editorial policy applied specifically to Mr. Herried and followed months of back and forth with the news team on questions of balance, tone, and basic fairness. Mr. Herried wrongly asserted to Tucker Carlson that this policy was as a result of donor pressure at the Napa Institute Conference. No donor at the Napa Institute pressured Zeale News to change its coverage of Israel. What is true is that I had several conversations with donors and friends of the organization on how to handle the gap in perceptions about Israel between age groups, exploring the possibility of creating a listening salon that could bridge these gaps, all in an effort to be ever more balanced in our coverage of this issue. Mr. Herried further accused Ambassador Brian Burch, the co-founder of CatholicVote, of pressuring us to change our coverage. Herried even agreed with Tucker’s absolutely slanderous statement that Ambassador Burch was “aiding and abetting the genocide of Christians in the Holy Land.” Mr. Herried’s statements are completely false and pure speculation. He was not in the meeting with Ambassador Brian Burch, who did not intervene in Zeale’s editorial policy in any way. During my approximately 35-minute meeting with Ambassador Burch, attended by two other CatholicVote staff members, I—not the Ambassador—initiated a barely five-minute discussion about Israel. At no point did the Ambassador ask, suggest, or insinuate that Zeale should change its editorial coverage. His only observation was that reporting accurately from Israel can be difficult because information often passes through multiple sources before it can be independently verified. At issue is Mr. Herried’s reliance on material sourced from the Vulnerable People Project (VPP), which he published with unusual frequency. We repeatedly asked him to moderate that coverage—not because of its viewpoint, but to maintain editorial balance with other issues. When—for the first time in three years—Zeale declined to publish a story pitched to Herried by VPP—a simple story about Christian scouts, certainly not a hard news story—VPP’s founder threatened to “bury” me in The Washington Post for being unfair to Christians and surrendering to “the Zionists.” The impropriety of that threat underscored the point that had been repeatedly stressed to Mr. Herried, namely the importance of maintaining normal editorial independence from any outside organization. One final comment: there never was and never will be a Zeale-wide prohibition on covering Israel. The additional review of certain stories applied only to Mr. Herreid because of the concerns described above. Ultimately, this was not a dispute over whether Zeale would report on suffering in Israel, Gaza, or the West Bank. It was a dispute over ordinary editorial standards: balance, sourcing, supervision, and adherence to the editorial process. Zeale will continue to cover Israel and the suffering of Christians throughout the world without fear or favor, and with the seriousness such stories deserve.

100 years after Antoni Gaudí's death, Pope Leo will bless the church that became his life's work. On June 10, 2026, the American pope is set to bless the central Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Familia—a 566-foot structure that now stands as the tallest church on Earth.

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In Jalisco, Catholic priests climbed onto the roof of their church, carrying Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, to pray over Mexico amid civil unrest in the region following retaliation linked to the killing of El Mencho. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for Mexico 🙏

Why did CatholicVote create Zeale? Because faith belongs in public life, and culture is shaped by hearts, not just arguments. Through news, shows, and more, Zeale helps the faithful encounter God, build community, and take action. 🔥 Sign up now! 👇 bit.ly/SignUpForZeale

Justin Bieber was seen worshipping Jesus during a powerful night of praise with Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes. We need more of this. 🔥

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Tim Allen reveals Erika Kirk forgiving her husband’s killer moved him to forgive the man who caused his own father’s death. "I have struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed my Dad. I will say those words now as I type: ‘I forgive the man who killed my father.’"