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The Good News: Easter Monday Could Become US Federal Holiday if Senator Gets His Way

The Good News | April 17, 2025 | by Catholics for Catholics

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EASTER MONDAY COULD BECOME US FEDERAL HOLIDAY IF SENATOR GETS HIS WAY 
US Senator Eric Schmitt has announced that he is introducing new legislation to make Easter Monday a federal holiday to help families spend “the holiest day in Christianity” together…READ MORE >

UK SUPREME COURT ISSUES LANDMARK RULING ON LEGAL DEFINITION OF WOMAN 
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, a move that now excludes transgender women from the legal definition of a woman. Trans women can be excluded from some single-sex spaces and groups under the U.K. Equality Act, the five judges of the top court ruled….READ MORE >

BILL TAKING AIM AT IRS WOULD STRIP AGENCY OF GUNS AND AMMO 
While American taxpayers are familiar with the annual rigmarole of filing their federal taxes and realizing just how much of their hard-earned money Uncle Sam is taking away, several House Republicans are pushing a proposal to take some things away from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): Guns and ammunition…READ MORE >

RFK SAYS ‘WE KNOW’ ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS ARE CAUSING AUTISM EPIDEMIC 
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a press conference on Wednesday that the autism epidemic is caused by environmental toxins, and is commissioning a series of studies on numerous toxins…READ MORE > 

THE PASSION THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR LADY How much of the Passion did Our Lady witness, and how did she understand it? It’s an important question not just because she is the mother of God but because, as our Catechism teaches, Mary is the “Church’s model of faith…READ MORE >

MARYLAND SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN TURNED AWAY FROM EL SALVADOR PRISON IN PUSH FOR ALLEGED MS-13 MEMBER KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA’S RETURN 
Sen. Chris Van Hollen was blocked Wednesday from visiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) mega-prison complex after the Democrat traveled to El Salvador to push for the release of the illegal migrant and purported MS-13 member…READ MORE >

CALIFORNIA BECOMES 1ST STATE TO SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO BLOCK TARIFFS 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit on April 16 targeting President Donald Trump’s tariffs, making California the first state to challenge the constitutionality of the president’s trade policies…READ MORE >

PRO- LGBT ARCHBISHOP OF DETROIT BANS LATIN MASS AT NEARLY ALL PARISHES 
Archbishop Edward Weisenburger, who was just installed as bishop in March, announced in an April 16 statement that he will not renew permissions for the celebrations of the Tridentine Mass in parish churches…READ MORE >

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