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| THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 |
| ANTI-RELIGIOUS BIAS Attorney General Jeff Sessions calls out the Southern Poverty Law Center for using the term “hate group” to “bully” conservatives. “People of faith are facing a new hostility. Really some of it is a bigoted ideology which is founded on animus towards people of faith,” Sessions told the Alliance Defending Freedom conference. “You’ll notice that they don’t rely on the facts. They don’t make better arguments. They don’t propose higher ideals. They just call people names—like ‘hate group.’” READ |
| SUPREME COURT Planned Parenthood launches a six-figure TV and digital ad campaign against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The ads feature two women who had an abortion before Roe v. Wade. READ |
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| CAPITAL GAINS TAXES President Trump recently instructed the Treasury Department to examine whether the agency had the authority to let investors adjust capital gains to inflation. The press immediately characterized the change as a giveaway to the rich, but this change would also help Baby Boomers who have purchased their home in 1970s and 1980s. READ |
| HOLLYWOOD BUBBLE Actress Mila Kunis admits that she lives in a bubble. She claims: “I didn’t even know there was an opposing side” on abortion. READ |
| THIS CAR IS A RELIC St. John Paul II’s last car to be auctioned. READ |
| YOUTH RESPONSE TO SCANDAL A group of young writers, activists, and professors have released an open letter calling for an independent investigation into the alleged crimes of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. And these younger Catholics are not calling for the Church to abandon Church teaching, but to promote it: “As Catholics, we believe that the Church’s teaching on human nature and sexuality is life-giving and leads to holiness. We believe that just as there is no room for adultery in marriages, so there is no room for adultery against the Bride of Christ. We need bishops to make clear that any act of sexual abuse or clerical unchastity degrades the priesthood and gravely harms the Church.” READ |
| RUIN OF SOULS Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner writes: “Many Catholics in recent weeks have received homilies, or letters in the church bulletin, with the important reminder to keep the faith. To keep our eyes on the center of our faith, which is Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen son of God and the savior of the world. But when you’ve heard this plea — stay focused on the Cross in these tough times — a few times, it starts to sound defensive and diversionary. It starts to sound like: Look away from this ugly scandal of the men who were supposed to care for your soul.” READ |
| QUOTE OF THE DAY “When I was hungry, you formed a committee. When I was thirsty, you issued a document. When I was naked, you lobbied lawmakers. When I was sick you sent thoughts and prayers. When I was in prison you issued a press release.” -John Harden, @jwesleyharden |
| SAINT OF THE DAY The story of Edith Stein begins with her life as a noted philosopher raised in the Jewish faith. Edith ended her life story as a Catholic Carmelite nun with the name Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1942. A complicated story involving two faiths and many political events which swirled around her. She who was born Edith Stein is now known as Saint Teresa Benedicta. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Create a clean heart in me, O God.” (Ps 51:12) READ |
| MUSIC Rock star Sting says he is grateful for his Catholicism. “The Church’s music and liturgy fed this artistic soul.” READ |