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The Monday Loop - March 24, 2025
TRUMP ADMIN CONFRONTS ANTI-CATHOLIC VIOLENCE
President Donald Trump's promise to look into a satanic attack on a Kansas church and his administration's formation of an "Anti-Christian Weaponization Task Force" have "officially put the cowardly extremists responsible for nearly 500 attacks on Catholic Churches across America since 2020 on notice," writes CatholicVote's Tommy Valentine.
POPE FRANCIS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Pope Francis was released from Rome's Gemelli Hospital Sunday and greeted nearly 3,000 people gathered outside. In his first public appearance since being hospitalized Feb. 14, he thanked the crowd with a faint voice, visibly tired and enfeebled by his illness.
TRUMP BLOCKED BY COURTS MORE THAN ANY RECENT PRESIDENT
In Trump's first two months back in office, judges have issued at least 15 national injunctions against his executive orders, surpassing the totals for Presidents Bush (6), Obama (12), and Biden (14) during their entire terms, according to Harvard Law Review.
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LENTEN LESSONS: ARE YOU A LIVING TABERNACLE?
Because the Holy Eucharist remains in us for ten minutes or so after receiving it, we are all living tabernacles for that short period of time! Watch and learn more about the Eucharist today with Fr. Rocky’s Lenten Lessons on the Sacraments from Relevant Radio.
TRUMP WON BIG WITH THIS KEY VOTER GROUP
Trump won over the least politically engaged voting bloc by a historically significant amount in the 2024 election, a Democratic research firm recently reported. “They’re a group that Biden either narrowly won or narrowly lost four years ago. But this time, they voted for Trump by double digits."
PRO-LIFE LAWMAKERS DEFEND PREGNANCY CENTERS
Pro-life Reps. Chris Smith, R-NJ, and Claudia Tenney, R-NY, will today introduce a bill to shield pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) from government interference and discrimination. Democratic officials have increasingly targeted PRCs, aiming to steer expectant mothers toward abortion facilities instead.
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SO MUCH NEWS
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP: • A Little Sister of the Poor on serving the elderly during COVID. • A Christian coffee company raises funds for the pro-life cause. • University of Dallas fights an attempt to build a casino next door.
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OHIO PARENTS CONFRONT REQUIRED LGBT PRONOUNS
Sixteen federal judges heard arguments March 19 about whether an Ohio school district’s policy mandating the use of LGBT pronouns violates the First Amendment and parents’ authority. The pro-parent organization Parents Defending Education sued the district’s board over the policy in 2023.
NEW STATISTICS: MORE CATHOLICS, FEWER PRIESTS
The Vatican has released the latest official statistics on Catholics across the globe, revealing that the overall number of Catholics went from about 1.39 billion to 1.406 billion between 2022 and 2023. The overall number of priests, however, has slightly declined.
A SIGN OF HOPE AMONG YOUNG CATHOLICS
Meet the eight young adults embarking on the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in May. "The Lord still has many friends," says one.
CATHOLIC 101
"Is God even listening to my prayers?" we're often tempted to ask. But Saint Teresa of Avila might ask us, "Are you even really praying?" Here's how to avoid the kind of praying that Saint Teresa said "I do not call prayer, however much the lips move."
SAINT OF THE DAY
Saint Catherine of Sweden, daughter of Saint Bridget of Sweden, joined her mother on pilgrimages and went on to promote her canonization. After a celibate marriage, Catherine became abbess of a religious community, where she was known for her asceticism and for going to confession every day.
DAILY PSALM
“Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?" (Psalm 42:3)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
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