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| OBAMACARE The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to strike down all of Obamacare. A federal district court ruled in December that Obamacare was unconstitutional. The health care law remains in effect pending appeal. READ |
| DEMOCRATS ISSUE DEMAND Democratic House committee leaders have demanded that the Justice Department release special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report to Congress within one week. READ |
| MUELLER REPORT The Trump campaign promises to weaponize the Mueller Report as a part of their 2020 re-election campaign. “Rest assured that you will be hearing about the Democrats’ collusion and obstruction lies and President Trump’s full vindication between now and Election Day,” said Trump campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany. READ |
| BORDER WALL The Defense Department has notified Congress that it has authorized the transfer of $1 billion to begin new wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin building 57 miles of 18-foot-high fencing within the Yuma and El Paso sections of the border. READ |
| HIGHER ED SCANDAL Duke University has agreed to to reimburse $112.5 million to the National Institutes of Health and the Environment Protection Agency for obtaining grants through falsified or fabricated data. READ |
| TRUMP AND ISRAEL President Trump recognizes Israel’s right to the Golan Heights during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House. READ |
| 2020 Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, IN, has surged to third-place at 11% in an Iowa presidential primary poll. READ |
| LAWYER CHARGED Media-savvy lawyer Michael Avenatti has been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort up to $25 million from Nike. Avenatti previously represented Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Trump. READ |
| RELIGIOUS PERSECUTIONReligious repression in China has increased under the tenure of President Xi Jinping. The Chinese Communist Party is trying to shape religious practice to conform to its values. READ |
| SPIRITUAL WARNINGArchbishop John Wester of Sante Fe is warning Hispanic Catholics not to be fooled into praying to “Santa Muerte” or “Saint Death.” Unknown before 2001, “Santa Muerte” now has 10-12 million devotees. “It’s really wrong,” said Archbishop Wester. “Our devotion is to the God of life.” READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Catherine of Genoa wanted to be a nun, but was rejected due to her youth. Instead she married, converted her husband to a life of virtue, and together they cared for the poor. The Lord sometimes has other—and better—plans for us. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Remember your mercies, O Lord.” (Ps 25:4) READ |
| CVTV The number of Catholic nuns has been declining for decades. And some even predict that most of America’s religious orders will simply go extinct in the next few years. SHARE |