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The Thursday Loop - June 5, 2025
CATHOLICVOTE CALLS ON CATHOLICS TO TAKE ON APPLE
Two characters in the Apple TV+ show "Your Friends & Neighbors" desecrated the Holy Eucharist, and CatholicVote has responded by launching a petition for Catholics across the country to make their voices heard. "I’m asking you to add your voice to our call for Apple to remove that episode from Apple TV+ and publicly apologize for having put it there in the first place," said CatholicVote Cofounder Joshua Mercer.
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS DEPORTATION OF BOULDER ATTACKER'S FAMILY
A Colorado federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting the wife and five children of the Egyptian national accused of firebombing a pro-Israel rally, citing potential “irreparable harm” and due process violations.
TRUMP AND POPE LEO TALK WITH PUTIN, URGING PEACE
In separate phone calls Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV each urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pursue peace, following a series of deadly military strikes in the Russia-Ukraine war. Here are the details.
HEGSETH ORDERS RENAMING OF SHIP NAMED AFTER 'GAY' PREDATOR
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the US Navy to strip the name of the late San Francisco politician Harvey Milk from a Navy ship as part of the Trump administration’s push to restore the military’s “warrior ethos.” Milk, a prominent "gay rights activist," was also an infamous predator who groomed young boys.
GALLUP: AMERICAN YOUNG MEN AMONG LONELIEST IN THE WEST
One in four young men in America report regularly feeling lonely, significantly more than any other age group in the US and more than young men in most other wealthy countries in the West, a new Gallup report shows.
POPE DEFENDS TRUE MARRIAGE AT START OF 'PRIDE' MONTH
Pope Leo on June 1 preached on the importance of marriage between a man and a woman, saying today’s world needs the witness of the marriage covenant to encounter God’s love and combat forces “that break down relationships and societies.”
CELEBS TAKE OUT NYTIMES AD PUSHING TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTION
About 250 Hollywood stars joined with Planned Parenthood last week in a full-page New York Times ad that called for continued taxpayer funding of the abortion industry giant. The ad appeared as the Senate weighs Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," which in its current form would cut hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood through Medicaid and grants.
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UPDATE ON ANCIENT MONESTARY HANDED OVER TO EGYPTIAN STATE
Just days after an Egyptian court controversially ruled that the 6th-century Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai belongs to the Egyptian government, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said yesterday that he and Egypt's foreign affairs minister “agreed to work in the immediate future toward securing the rights of the monastery, as well as its legal status.”
CHINESE COMMUNIST PRESSURE? TIANANMEN SQUARE MASS UNSURE
The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong has again sidestepped questions about whether it will revive its longstanding tradition of holding a Mass to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre — a practice the diocese discontinued in 2022.
SO MUCH NEWS
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP: • Louisiana Catholics are praying for protection as hurricane season starts. • School choice worked for Catholics! Florida's Catholic schools thrive! • A pro-family cafe aims to help families make Christ their center.
GET KIDS OUTSIDE
It's hard getting kids outside in bad weather. But Charlotte Mason urges us to “never be within doors when you can rightly be without.” And with the right mindset, proper gear, and a few brave friends, even grey skies can lead to golden memories. Here are 3 tips from a pro mom on how to enjoy the great outdoors rain or shine.
CATHOLIC 101
Who is "The Gate of Heaven?" Mary is called by this title, though Jesus says, "No one comes to the Father except through me." This can cause confusion, but Professor of Mariology Mark Miravalle says, "Satan loves when people think they have to choose Jesus or Mary."
SAINT OF THE DAY
Today the Church remembers Saint Boniface, a fearless missionary who used local customs to preach Christ. He felled pagan idols, built churches, and was martyred in 754 while evangelizing in Holland.
DAILY PSALM
"Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope." (Psalm 16:1)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
DEFEND JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST
In an Apple TV+ show, a man & woman break into a Catholic church, open the tabernacle, and snack on the Eucharist—dipping hosts in jam. This is blasphemy. Mocking the Body of Christ is not entertainment.