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The Tuesday Loop - January 7, 2025
LIBERAL CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER TO RESIGN
Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday morning that he plans to resign. He will step down from both his post as prime minister and his role as leader of the governing Liberal Party, which is expected to lose the upcoming election to the opposition Conservative Party by a landslide.
CONGRESS CERTIFIES TRUMP VICTORY
Congress on Monday unanimously certified the 2024 presidential election, in which President-elect Donald Trump decisively defeated outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris. The procedure marked the first time in 36 years when no Democratic lawmaker objected on the Congressional floor to an election that their party lost. Harris presided over the certification of her own electoral loss.
CARDINAL DOLAN TO LEAD PRAYER AT TRUMP INAUGURATION
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, will lead a prayer at the beginning of Trump’s January 20 inauguration. “The president was kind enough to ask me to do the opening prayer,” Dolan stated.
McELROY WEIGHS IN ON NEW ROLE
In a Monday press conference about his new role as archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy spoke of synodality, engaging with the Trump administration, and mass deportation, which he described as “incompatible with Catholic doctrine.”
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BRAZILIAN NUN NOW OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Sister Inah Canabarro, a 116-year-old nun from Porto Alegre, Brazil, is the world’s oldest person. She said the secret to her old age is her Catholic faith.
LOOPcast
The gang is back! Cardinal McElroy will be the next archbishop of Washington, D.C…. What does this mean for all of us? Happy January 6th for all you who celebrate, Kamala forgot the pledge, Biden forgot the birthday boy, and a minnow takes on the tree huggers. All this and more on the!
NO WARMUP
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HYSTERIA MOUNTS OVER BIRD FLU AHEAD OF INAUGURATION
Former Planned Parenthood CEO Leana Wen is one of many so called health experts who once urged drastic COVID measures and are now pressing the Biden administration to similarly tackle bird flu before Trump takes office. Federal health agencies recently admitted the bird flu is “low-risk” for the general public.
CHINA’S OLDEST PRIEST DIES AT 104
Fr. Joseph Guo Fude, China’s oldest Catholic priest, passed away December 30 at the age of 104, just weeks before his 105th birthday. His life was marked by remarkable perseverance and an unshakable faith, despite decades of persecution under communist rule.
HIGH-TECH VIRTUES
“If our ultimate purpose is union with God and pursuing the good, how can we ensure that technology aids rather than hinders this journey? The moral challenges of the digital age—addiction, disconnection, and ethical dilemmas concerning AI—demand more than surface-level responses.” It turns out, we still need the virtues.
CATHOLIC 101
In scripture, Jesus tells us to be ready for His return, that His second coming would signal the end of the Earth as we know it. Christ said: “About that hour no one knows, neither the angels nor the Son. It is not for you to know times or moments.” We must be vigilant and ready for His coming.
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Raymond of Penafort (1175-1275) had a love of the Blessed Mother from an early age, studied hard, and became a teacher while he was still quite young. He worked with St. Peter Nolasco and King James of Aragon to establish the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, a group of men helping to ransom captive Christians in the Holy Land during the Crusades.
DAILY PSALM
“Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.” (Psalm 72:11)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
JOY
Patriotism is back! This recent performance of the National Anthem before the Army-Navy game will give you chills.