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| ANTI-CATHOLIC BIGOTRY A Pennsylvania politician relentlessly harassed an elderly woman praying a rosary. State Rep. Brian Sims, a Democrat from Philadelphia, recorded his interrogation of the woman, whom he called an “old white lady.” Sims shared the video on his social media networks. READ |
| PROJECTION? After being called out on social media for video recording his harassing a woman for praying a rosary, State Rep. Brian Sims called Christians “Bible Bullies.” READ |
| SCHUMER BACKS TRUMP Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, encouraged President Trump to “hang tough on China” as the Trump administration announced its plans to enact new tariffs on Chinese imports. READ |
| PRO-LIFE DEM IN DANGERSeveral pro-abortion groups joined together to announced their endorsement of pro-abortion Democrat Marie Newman. She recently announced her second primary bid to oust Rep. Dan Lipinski, one of the only Democrats in the House with a solid pro-life record. Lipinski won the primary in 2018 by only 2,145 votes (or 51.1 to 48.9%). READ |
| ECONOMIC GAINSThe poorest Americans are benefiting the most from the strong economy. In April, the unemployment rate for Americans with a high school degree fell to the lowest rates since before the Great Recession. READ |
| TRANSGENDER AND SPORTS Selina Soule, a 16-year-old runner from Glastonbury, Connecticut, shares what it’s like being forced to compete against biological boys. “Everyone is afraid of retaliation from the media, from the kids around their school, from other athletes, coaches, schools, administrators,” Selina explained. Selina’s mother warns that if the Equality Act is passed on a federal level, “women will be completely eradicated from sports.” READ |
| EQUALITY ACT The House Judiciary Committee approved a controversial bill that Catholics warn would severely damage religious liberty and conscience rights. “The Equality Act is deliberately written to give radical sexual ideology the force of law: nature, religion, custom, science, and common sense be damned,” said Stephen White, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. READ |
| GEORGIA VS. HOLLYWOOD Hollywood actors are threatening to boycott Georgia because of pro-life legislation known as the heartbeat bill, which will soon be signed into law by the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp. “We cannot change our values of who we are for money,” Kemp said of the boycott threats. READ |
| FULTON SHEEN A civil appeals court dismisses a legal challenge and says Fulton Sheen’s body can go to Peoria. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY The death of a fiancé can be traumatic, and Saint Rose Venerini responded by joining a convent. That is not where God was calling her, however. She returned home to care for her widowed mother and eventually became a teacher, a career at which she thrived. Rose also gathered others to expand her ministry. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Into your hands, O Lord, I commend your spirit.” (Ps 31:3) READ |
| BEAUTY A wonderfully symmetrical photo by NYC architect Joel Pidel of the great frescoed ceiling of the Gesù in Rome, the mother church of the Jesuits where St. Ignatius of Loyola is buried. Painted by Giovanni Battista Gaulli. SHARE |
