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The Friday Loop - April 11, 2025
MAN PLEADS GUILTY OF TRYING TO KILL PRO-LIFE JUSTICE
A California man pleaded guilty this week to attempting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022. Before 29-year-old Nicholas Roske's arrest, he reportedly said in an online message that he was going to “stop roe v wade from being overturned” by killing pro-life justices.
WISCONSIN SCHOOLS REFUSE TO FOLLOW FEDERAL ANTI-DEI ORDER
Wisconsin is refusing to comply with a new federal directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in schools, potentially putting hundreds of millions in federal public school funding at risk.
HOUSE PASSES SAVE ACT
House Republicans on Thursday passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would require all voters to provide proof of citizenship before casting their ballots. The bill would also mandate that states purge their voter rolls of illegitimate voters.
LENTEN LESSONS: THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ABOUT PRIESTLY ORDINATION
Relevant Radio CEO Fr. Rocky recommends that we all attend a priestly ordination ceremony to experience it, but we’d better get there early because they are always jam-packed! Watch and learn more about it in today’s Lenten Lesson on the Sacraments.
SENATE BILL WOULD EXPAND CHILD TAX CREDITS
A new Senate bill would increase child tax credits from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per school-aged child and $4,200 per younger child. The legislation would also abolish the current Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, which only subsidizes formal daycare.
TRUMP ORDER TACKLES WATER-PRESSURE REGS
President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order to "make America's showers great again." The order aims to repeal Obama- and Biden-era regulations that limited water pressure in common household appliances, including showerheads, faucets, and dishwashers.
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: 'LIVE NOT BY LIES'
In a speech at the Heritage Foundation’s premiere of Episode One of the documentary “Live Not By Lies,” Vice President JD Vance exhorted Americans to have "the courage to speak the truth” and “the courage to live the truth.”
SO MUCH NEWS
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP: • A Florida baby with a typically fatal disease is now learning to crawl. • A priest and a Knight comforted the grieving after the DC plane crash. • Targeted killings of Christians continue in Nigeria: 28 dead in a month.
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BILL COULD PROTECT FOREIGN-BORN CLERGY FROM DEPORTATION
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers this week introduced The Religious Workforce Protection Act, a bill aimed at preventing the abrupt departure of foreign-born religious workers from US faith communities due to visa backlogs.
FAKE NUN SCAMS CATHOLICS VIA EMAIL
In recent months, a scammer targeted numerous faithful around the world by pretending to be a prioress of a female religious community 29 times before Google disabled the fraudulent email account this week.
HOW TO LET GO OF YOUR STUFF
Have trouble getting rid of things in your home? So did this former hoarder. Here, she shares 10 clutter cures that helped her let go of things that she couldn’t detach from for decades.
CATHOLIC 101
For centuries, the Roman Rite commemorated a special observance of the Seven Sorrows of Mary on the Friday before Holy Week. This Friday of Sorrows devotion acts as a preview of what is to come. Learn more here.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Today the Catholic Church honors the memory of the 11th-century bishop and martyr Saint Stanislaus of Krakow, the beloved patron of the Polish nation and people. He died for the faith at the hands of King Boleslaus II.
DAILY PSALM
“In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice." (Psalm 18:7)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
PAPAL UPDATE
Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at St. Peter's Basilica yesterday — dressed in laymen's clothes.