FBI INVESTIGATION The FBI seeks Senate documents on the sale of fetal tissue and body parts — an indication that agents may be investigating if crimes were committed by Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers. http://cvote.it/2mo4oND
SENATE SCANDAL A fifth accuser of Roy Moore says he assaulted her when she was 16. Additional Republicans distanced themselves from Moore, raising the very real prospect that he might get expelled from the Senate even if he wins the election. http://cvote.it/2mkKNOk
COURT CHALLENGE This is huge news: The Supreme Court will hear a case on the constitutionality of a California law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to promote abortion. Similar laws in Texas, Maryland, and New York have been struck down by courts. http://cvote.it/2mp68GE
HEALTH SECRETARY President Trump nominated Alex Azar as the new Secretary for Health and Human Services. Azar, a former executive at Eli Lilly served as a clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia and also was deputy secretary at HHS during George W. Bush’s administration. http://cvote.it/2mmBgX4
CONGRESS 2018 Republicans have their nominee for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 18th District: State Rep. Rick Saccone. In 2013, Saccone wrote God in Our Government, a book detailing the many ways in which our federal and state governments have recognized God in our laws, art, and public buildings. http://cvote.it/2z077Tk
CORRUPTION TRIAL Jurors in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, say they are deadlocked. The judge urged them to resume deliberations Tuesday. http://cvote.it/2mnyzEX
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY More delay and obstruction from the Senate Democrats, who are dragging out the confirmation of Sam Brownback as U.S. ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. http://cvote.it/2yZzm4w
CATHOLIC DEBATE Two great Catholic thinkers held a debate over the value and limits of the free market. http://cvote.it/2mkWTqV
BISHOPS’ MEETING Amid division, we must look to the God who united us, says Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, head of the USCCB. In his address to the U.S. Bishops’ meeting, DiNardo said: “Civility begins in the womb. If we cannot come to love and protect innocent life from the moment God creates it, how can we properly care for each other as we come of age?” http://cvote.it/2mnQ3AX
QUOTE OF THE DAY “God willing, if the long Lent of 2002 led to badly needed reforms for the Catholic Church, the long fall of 2017 will do the same for Hollywood,” writes Patrick Coffin. http://cvote.it/2yZAIfC
SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Gertrude the Great – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS READINGS “I will bless the Lord at all times.” (Ps 34:2) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
REBUILD The soon-to-be beatified Solanus Casey is a great example of Christian rebuilding. http://cvote.it/2yXticZ