SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Athanasius
CARDINAL DOLAN, BISHOP BARRON TO SERVE ON TRUMP’S NEW RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION
Two members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States — Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron — have been tapped to serve on a new presidential commission on religious liberty created by President Donald Trump on Thursday, May 1….READ MORE >
REPUBLICANS DISCUSS DEFUNDING ‘BIG ABORTION’ LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN TRUMP AGENDA BILL
House Republicans are discussing measures that could potentially end federal funding of groups like Planned Parenthood as cost-savings in their multitrillion-dollar bill advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda…READ MORE >
THE GUARDIAN NAMES CATHOLICS FOR CATHOLICS “ONE OF LEADING CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC GROUPS IN AMERICA”
“Catholics For Catholics is one of the political faces of a newly militant Catholic right. In March, the organization hosted a prayer event at Mar-a-Lago for the second year in a row. The organization also worked to mobilize Catholic swing-state voters for the Republican party last fall, with a particular focus on millions of “low-propensity” Catholics who don’t regularly vote…READ MORE >
FRONT-RUNNER CARDINAL SEEN AS THE SUCCESSOR TO POPE FRANCIS SUFFERS SUDDEN ILLNESS
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s former Secretary of State who considered by many Vatican experts as the front-runner to succeed Pope Francis, was stricken with a sudden illness that may hinder his chances in his race for the papacy…READ MORE >
JD VANCE EXPLAINS WHY MEETING POPE FRANCIS HOURS BEFORE HIS DEATH WAS ‘A SIGN FROM GOD’
“I was one of, if not the very last world leader to actually meet with the pope,” Vance said. “I took one of my relatively junior staffers, who is a devout Catholic, and I looked back at him when he was about to meet the pope, and he was crying—it sort of drives home how important this, not just this man, but this institution is to over a billion people worldwide.”…READ MORE >
PHIL LABONTE FROM TIMCAST DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCE ATTENDING HIS FIRST LATIN MASS
A clip from a recent episode of Tim Pool’s podcast shows recurring co-host and musician Phil Labonte describing his surreal experience attending a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) for the first time.The Timcast IRL panel had been discussing the phenomenon of conservatives and, particularly members of Generation Z, flocking to the Catholic Church when Labonte, a lapsed Catholic, described his memorable experience attending a Tridentine Mass for the first time.”…READ MORE >
FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS TRUMP’S USE OF ALIEN ENEMIES ACT IS UNLAWFUL, BLOCKS DEPORTATIONS
A federal judge on May 1 ruled that President Donald Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport suspected Venezuelan gang members is unlawful, and barred the government from deporting alleged gang members in southern Texas…READ MORE >
OPEN LETTER URGES CHURCH LEADERS TO ABANDON ‘SYNODALITY,’ ABOLISH COMMUNION IN THE HAND
A group of anonymous “theologians, pastors, and canonists” have written an open letter ahead of the May 7 conclave that urges the College of Cardinals to consider dozens of concrete steps to restore traditional Catholic teaching and practice…READ MORE >
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