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The Wednesday Loop - June 4, 2025
EXPOSED: ANTI-CATHOLIC FBI MEMO WAS A BUREAU-WIDE EFFORT
The FBI’s anti-Catholic Richmond memo was distributed to more than 1,000 employees in FBI field offices across the country before it was ever leaked to the public by a whistleblower, according to documents just revealed by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA. CatholicVote Cofounder Joshua Mercer said the "frontal assault on the First Amendment should horrify every American – and it must never be allowed to happen again."
TRUMP ADMIN ENDS BIDEN-ERA RULE TO FORCE ER DOCTORS TO ABORT BABIES
The Trump administration yesterday struck down a controversial Biden-era policy that aimed to force emergency room doctors to perform abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
WIFE AND KIDS OF BOULDER ATTACKER DETAINED, MAY BE DEPORTED
The wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman — the Egyptian national accused of firebombing a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado — have been taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. A White House post on X yesterday stated that the family “could be deported by tonight.”
PRO-LIFE GROUP: KEEP PRO-LIFE MEASURES IN 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL'
Students for Life Action has launched a month-long June campaign pushing 12 Republican senators to back the House-approved budget bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and other major abortion businesses.
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FINALLY: 'TANGIBLE' ADVICE 'I HIGHLIGHT, STAR, AND UNDERLINE'
Parents (and grandparents) of boys: how to raise chaste men in our sex-obsessed culture. Wisdom from a mom of eight, plus a powerful chapter from over 20 young men with their experience and advice. NOW in an expanded 2nd edition with forewords by Jason Evert and Fr Dwight Longenecker. FREE Pope Leo XIV prayer card and Saint Thomas Aquinas chastity prayers for LOOPERS!
HOUSE RESOLUTION: INSTEAD OF 'PRIDE,' MAKE JUNE 'FAMILY MONTH'
CatholicVote has strongly endorsed a House resolution brought by Rep. Mary Miller, R-IL, yesterday to declare June “Family Month” instead of “Pride Month.” The measure recognizes the role of the family as the foundation of society and highlights that children thrive in a home with married parents, a mother and a father.
US MURDER RATES PLUMMET UNDER TRUMP ADMIN
Murder rates in the US have dropped by 20% nationwide, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt crediting President Donald Trump’s law-and-order agenda for the sharp decline Tuesday. “American families were promised their communities would be safer and President Trump swiftly delivered," Leavitt said.
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POPE LEO'S FIRST MONTHLY PRAYER INTENTION
Pope Leo XIV has issued his first monthly prayer intention since being elected last month. His June intention invites the faithful to pray “that the world might grow in compassion.”
5 TAKEAWAYS FROM BISHOP BARRON'S TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEW
In a recent interview, Tucker Carlson and Bishop Robert Barron tackled some of today’s most urgent spiritual and cultural challenges — from rising despair and smartphone addiction to Christian persecution and the scars of the sex abuse crisis. Here are CatholicVote's top 5 takeaways from their conversation.
SO MUCH NEWS
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP: • Texas' Supreme Court greenlit a probe of a Catholic migrant nonprofit. • Charlotte's bishop has paused his plan to shut down Latin Masses! • Inspiring! A card from a great aunt led this woman to the Church.
SHOULD I HAVE KIDS?
Society gives young couples a long (and daunting) checklist of "must-haves" before children. If they're not all checked off, you're not ready yet! Here's why that mentality gets the secret to a happy life backwards... and why you should have kids before you're "ready."
CATHOLIC 101
What do you say to people when they ask why we make such a big deal about the Eucharist? Check out this beautiful explainer from our bishops about our belief in the Eucharist as the Real Presence of Christ.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Today, the Church remembers Saint Optatus, a 4th-century convert from paganism who became a prominent defender of Catholic orthodoxy against heresy. Though now perhaps an obscure saint, Optatus was a major figure in his own time, earning the praise of Saint Augustine of Hippo and other famous churchmen.
DAILY PSALM
"Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth." (Psalm 68:33)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
BEAUTY
The mosaic "Triumph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus" at Sacré-Cœur is one of the largest in the world — spanning 475 square meters and made of 25,000 gilded ceramic pieces. It radiates and devotion from the heart of Paris.