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The Good News: Pro-Abortion Sen. Dick Durbin Backs Down from Receiving Cardinal Cupich’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award”

The Good News | October 1, 2025 | by Catholics for Catholics

DAILY READINGS: NOVUS ORDO

DAILY READINGS: VETUS ORDO

SAINT OF THE DAY: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

PRO-ABORTION SEN. DICK DURBIN BACKS DOWN FROM RECEIVING THE “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” FROM CARDINAL CUPICH 
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has decided not to receive a “Lifetime Achievement Award,” scheduled to be presented in November at the archdiocese’s “Keep Hope Alive” celebration, according to a statement by Chicago Cardinal…READ MORE > 

WORLD’S LARGEST PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED 
World’s largest Planned Parenthood clinic located in Houston, TX is officially closed. Texas Right To Life broke the good news saying: “Once the largest abortion facility in the western hemisphere, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston shut down today, September 30!…READ MORE > 

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR HAMAS TO ACCEPT PEACE DEAL, TRUMP SAYS 
Hamas has only a few more days to make up its mind if it will accept an armistice with Israel, said President Donald Trump. “We’re going to do about three or four days,” Mr. Trump told reporters before heading to Quantico, according to The Washington Times…READ MORE >

COMMENTARY: FAITH IMPACTS YOUR POLITICS 
When Charlie Kirk told Bishop Joseph Brennan a week before his death, that he was “this close” to becoming Catholic, Charlie understood the geopolitical consequences of this decision. The spiritual movement of Charlie Kirk towards Catholicism at the end of his life also coincided with his move away from a blind support for the 1948 State of Israel…READ MORE >

POPE LEO XIV WADES INTO DURBIN DEBATE
“Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life,” the pope explained. “Someone who says I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.” The number of U.S. bishops who have condemned Cardinal…READ MORE >

MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT REP. DRAFTS ARTICLES TO IMPEACH RFK JR.
 Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) announced plans to draft articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Democrat from Michigan alleges that Kennedy has breached his oath of office and shown himself to be “unfit to serve.”…READ MORE >

REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP WORK TO END TAX ADVANTAGES FOR “GENDER PROCEDURES” 
The IRS assigns so-called gender procedures as a “qualifying medical expense,” which means patients can pay for these procedures with tax-advantaged Health Savings Accounts and subsidized Affordable Care Act insurance plans…READ MORE >

LOUISIANA AUTHORITIES ISSUE ARREST WARRANT FOR CALIFORNIA DOCTOR IN ABORTION PILL CASE 
A doctor from California is facing an arrest warrant from authorities in Louisiana; he is accused of sending abortion pills via mail to a woman he never spoke with…READ MORE >

TOP U.S. POLITICAL SATIRIST DRAWS ATTENTION TO PLIGHT OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 
Since July 2009, more than 19,000 Christian churches have been destroyed or looted, while hundreds of clergy, including Catholic priests, have been kidnapped or attacked…READ MORE >

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