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The Friday Loop - May 2, 2025
ADMIN REPORTS HOW ‘TRANS’ AGENDA HARMS CHILDREN
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a sweeping 400-page report Thursday warning of serious long-term risks associated with subjecting children to so-called “gender-affirming care," including infertility and psychological harm.
WALTZ LEAVES NAT SEC ROLE, TRUMP TAPS HIM FOR UN AMBASSADOR
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is nominating outgoing national security adviser Mike Waltz to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations, just hours after reports surfaced that Waltz was departing from the National Security Council.
TRUMP TAPS BISHOP BARRON, CARDINAL DOLAN FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION
Trump issued an executive order yesterday to establish the Religious Liberty Commission in an effort to guarantee the religious rights of Americans. The announcement coincided with the annual National Day of Prayer. Trump appointed Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester to serve on the commission, as well as Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.
REPUBLICAN BARRED FROM VOTING FOR DEFENDING GIRLS' SPORTS
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Maine, has been barred from speaking or voting in the Maine House after publicly objecting to the state’s policy of allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports and refusing to recant. Libby has argued an official Democrat-backed censure violated her First Amendment rights and effectively silenced nearly 9,000 voters in her district.
STUDY: POPULATION SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON UPPING BIRTH RATE
A new study has found that human populations may need a fertility rate of at least 2.7 children per woman — far higher than the long-accepted 2.1 — to reliably avoid long-term extinction. Here are the details.
OLDEST LIVING WOMAN, A NUN, PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK
Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun who was declared the oldest person in the world in January, passed away April 30. She would have turned 117 later this month. Sister Inah credited the Catholic faith for her longevity. Pope Francis honored her on her 110th birthday, and every year, on her birthday, Porto Alegre’s soccer team celebrated their oldest fan.
DRIVERLESS SEMI TRUCKS TO ROLL DOWN TEXAS HIGHWAY
A semi-truck company announced that in the coming days its first driverless truck will cruise down I-45 along a 200-mile freight corridor between Dallas and Houston. The autonomous truck company Aurora Innovation reportedly planned to go completely driverless by the end of April. READ
SO MUCH NEWS
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP: • Connecticut parishioners sued to save their church from demolition. • UK lawmakers are signaling opposition to an assisted suicide bill. • Five years ago, the US was consecrated to Jesus through Mary!
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POLL: MOST US CATHOLICS WANT 'INCLUSIVE' CHURCH
Most Catholics in the US would like the Church to be “more inclusive, even if that means changing some of its teachings” on matters such as contraception, in vitro fertilization (IVF), marriage, and women’s ordination, according to a recent poll from the Pew Research Center.
VIETNAMESE BISHOP: REVERE MARY THIS MAY
As part of the Church’s Jubilee Year 2025, Bishop Joseph Trần Văn Toản of Long Xuyen, Vietnam, issued a pastoral letter encouraging Catholics to mark May with renewed Marian and Eucharistic devotion: The "Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eucharist are the very Body and Blood born of Mary."
WHEN TO WORK OUT FOR BETTER SLEEP
Turns out your body clock has a favorite workout time. Here are the best (and worst!) times to work out for a good night's sleep.
A SAINT FOR OUR TIME
Saint Athanasius provides us with an example to fight for our beliefs in the face of ridicule, hatred, and violence, persisting to the very end. Decades of exile did not sway this great saint from holding firm to Truth. He is truly.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Today is the feast of Saint Athanasius. The fourth-century bishop is known as “the father of orthodoxy” for his absolute dedication to the doctrine of Christ's divinity. He is a doctor of the Church.
DAILY PSALM
"One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord." (Psalm 27:4)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
PRAY ALONG WITH CARDINAL BURKE'S CONCLAVE NOVENA
Cardinal Raymond Burke has composed a novena prayer for the selection of our next pope. Let's pray this together every day!