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| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 BIDEN ED SEC: STUDENTS NEED ABORTIONS Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who claims to be a Catholic, said on Tuesday that college students need abortions in order to succeed in life. “Students need access to health care to thrive in school and in life, and that includes reproductive health care,” Cardona said. READ SCHOOLS STOP ABORTION REFERRALS UNDER PRO-LIFE LAW Because of Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act, now in effect, public colleges and universities in the Gem State are advising staff not to refer students for abortions or “emergency contraception.” If they do, they could be charged with a felony offense. READ HOSPITALS HIDING CHILD ‘GENDER’ PROCEDURES Health care facilities across the country, including some prominent children’s hospitals, are scrubbing their websites of information about the “trans” procedures they perform on minors. At least 21 hospitals have recently made changes to the sections on their websites describing their gender-related activities. READ WEALTHY HEIR VS. PRO-LIFERS AIDING MOMS Edsel B. Ford II, heir and great-grandson of American automobile icon Henry Ford, wrote to his local city officials to complain about a Catholic church’s pro-life signs offering help to women in crisis pregnancy situations. Ford argued that “protecting the aesthetic value of our community obligates the City of Grosse Pointe Farms to require St. Paul Catholic Church to remove this improper blight immediately.” READ NATIONAL DEBT PASSES $31 TRILLION The U.S. national debt has passed $31 trillion for the first time in history. Treasury Department data released Tuesday showed that the total national debt was $31.123 trillion. In 2022, the budget deficit is expected to be about $1 trillion. Some experts believe $1 trillion per year in new debt is the floor given growth in entitlement spending as well as new spending priorities set by Congress this year such as aid to Ukraine and Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. READ AMERICA’S HAPPIEST WOMEN A new American Family Survey from YouGov and the Deseret News looked at, among other things, degrees of reported happiness among various groups within the United States. Guess which group of women ages 18-55 are the happiest? Conservative women. Here’s why. READ CATHOLICVOTE UPDATES ITS ‘BIDEN REPORT’ CatholicVote’s news team added seven new incidents in the last month to the Biden Report, CV’s timeline of President Joe Biden’s record in office. “The administration continues to push anti-Catholic, anti-life, and anti-family policies while also issuing near-incoherent messages about COVID-19 as well as dangerously confusing comments about foreign policy,” said CatholicVote President Brian Burch. READ ADVERTISEMENT DOUBLE YOUR GIFT We’re getting close to the finish line for CatholicVote’s matching gift challenge! Between now and October 8, a generous donor will match dollar-for-dollar every donation. We’re over halfway to meeting our goal. Pitch in now! GIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY “Title IX requires conforming to abortion and gender ideology, according to our President. Therefore Catholic families should reject and protest any Catholic school or college that does not claim a religious exemption to the Biden administration’s gruesome rules.” –Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society LINK CATHOLIC VICTORY IN INDIANA A federal court in Indiana ruled in favor of a Catholic school that suspended a guidance counselor on the basis that she violated her contract by being in a “same-sex marriage,” marking the latest victory for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Judge Richard Young ruled Friday that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and its educational institutions can hire, retain, or suspend faculty in accordance with their religious standards. READ CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA VS. CENSORS Catholic University of America (CUA) President Peter Kilpatrick this week rejected efforts to stop Catholic commentator Matt Walsh from speaking on campus about his film “What Is a Woman?” which questions the LGBTQ agenda. “I believe that bringing in speakers that challenge us and push us to consider different perspectives is a hallmark of a thriving intellectual environment,” Kilpatrick wrote in a campus email. READ CATHOLIC 101 Pop quiz! Adoremus offers 10 questions for you to prove how well you know your Catholic liturgical norms! READ SAINT OF THE DAY Today the Church remembers St. Faustina Kowalska (1905 – 1938), a Polish nun to whom Our Lord revealed himself in a series of visions and locutions to share the message of Divine Mercy. Jesus asked her to have an image painted of him, his hand raised in blessing and two rays emanating from his heart. Pope St. John Paul II canonized her on April 30, 2000, the same day he established the Feast of Divine Mercy on the Sunday after Easter in accordance with Christ’s request. READ DAILY PSALM “O bless the Lord, my soul!” (Psalm 103:1) READ DAILY READINGS Today’s Mass readings. READ |
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