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The Good News: Rubio to visit Italy Amid Pope Leo, Trump Tensions

The Good News | May 4, 2026 | by Catholics for Catholics

DAILY READINGS: NOVUS ORDO

DAILY READINGS: VETUS ORDO

SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Monica (Trad)

RUBIO TO VISIT ITALY, VATICAN AMID TROOP DRAWDOWN CALL, TENSION WITH TRUMP, POPE LEO 
Rubio, a Catholic, is expected to meet with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomatic official, Reuters reported. Rubio is also expected to hold talks with Italy’s foreign and defense ministers…READ MORE >

22 MILES OF FAITH: CATHOLIC FAMILY OF 10 TURNS WALK TO MARY PILGRIMAGE INTO A TRADITION 
This year an Illinois family will make the entire 22-mile trek to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin, which honors the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States…READ MORE >

POPE REMEMBERS JOURNALISTS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO VIOLENCE AND WARS 
Recalling the annual World Press Freedom Day celebrated on May 3rd, Pope Leo XIV remembers the many journalists and reporters who have become victims due to wars and violence…READ MORE >

NUN ASSAULTED IN JERUSALEM AS CONCERN GROWS OVER ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS 
A French nun was violently assaulted by an Israeli settler in East Jerusalem’s Old City on April 27. A researcher at the Dominican-run biblical and archaeological institute, she suffered bruises to her head and other injuries after being thrown to the ground and kicked repeatedly by a 36-year-old male suspect, who was arrested the same night and is being questioned on suspicion of racist assault…READ MORE >

FEDERAL COURT BLOCKS ABORTION PILLS BY MAIL NATIONWIDE, DRUG MAKER APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT 
The Fifth Circuit sided with Louisiana against the Biden’s FDA mail-order abortion pill policy, in a major victory for life. An abortion drug maker has now appealed to the Supreme Court…READ MORE >

DID THE BIDEN ADMIN PURPOSEFULLY IGNORE COVID VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS? 
The effort to promote COVID vaccines to the general public took many forms. Experts like Anthony Fauci downplayed the extreme difference in risk between age groups, asserting that everyone should be vaccinated, regardless of youth or a lack of other health-related risk factors…READ MORE >

FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR: ‘I’D LIKE TO PROSECUTE ANY NUN WHO STILL WEARS THE HEAD HABIT’ 
Text messages released by the Senate Judiciary Committee show two former federal prosecutors discussing desires to prosecute nuns during investigations of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol…READ MORE >

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