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The Thursday Loop - July 31, 2025
TRUMP: ONLY 'COLDHEARTED,' 'NUTS' DENY STARVATION IN GAZA
President Donald Trump this week lamented the "terrible" starvation of children in Gaza. He told reporters that “everybody, unless they’re pretty coldhearted or, worse than that, nuts,” has to admit that “’it’s terrible’ when you see the kids... and you see the mothers — they love ‘em so much. There’s just nothing they seem to be able to do… We’re going to get them food.”
REPORT: PLANNED PARENTHOOD HIDING 'TRANS' SERVICES
The Daily Wire reports that Planned Parenthood has been hiding its "gender affirming care" services after finding the abortion giant's national service totals and its local affiliate data on the number of "trans" treatments provided nationally don’t line up.
UPCOMING CONFERENCE TO FEATURE CV'S KELSEY REINHARDT
CatholicVote President Kelsey Reinhardt will join other leading Christian commentators at the Founded to Flourish Conference, cosponsored by CatholicVote and slated to be held Nov. 3-5. Other speakers will include Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, Tucker Carlson, and Michael Knowles. Those interested in attending are encouraged to take advantage of a $250 discount for some CV supporters.
FATHER CARLOS MARTINS CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES
Exorcist and well-known Catholic speaker Father Carlos Martins has been cleared of all charges after he was controversially accused of "battery" last November. In a statement yesterday, his attorneys said they were "expecting" this result, calling the charge "simply absurd." They added: "This was a case that never should have been brought forward."
BARRON: THE WORLD RESTRICTS, FAITH CALLS TO ADVENTURE
“Don’t ever let them tell you that religious people are kind of dull, stay-at-home types, not all that interesting,” Bishop Robert Barron told young people gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth. "On the contrary, it seems to me, religion at its best is always a summons to adventure.”
TULSA CATHOLICS MOURN MURDERED ALTAR SERVER
A faithful Catholic young man was shot dead at a parish festival at an Oklahoma church Sunday. His parish family held a special Mass on July 29 for the 15-year-old, who had been an altar server. The shooter, a youth unaffiliated with the parish, turned himself in after shooting the victim.
FASCINATING POLL SHOWS MORAL COMPASS OF AMERICANS
A new Gallup poll found that Americans of both major parties believe adultery, human cloning, and suicide are "immoral." The moral consensus breaks down sharply between parties, however, on issues such as abortion, fornication, and "gender reassignment," with Democrats holding radically progressive opinions of each.
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US BISHOPS: BIPARTISAN BORDER REFORM 'NECESSARY'
Bishop Mark Seitz, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration, is applauding a bipartisan push for immigration reform, calling the latest version of the Dignity Act a vital step toward serving the common good.
MASSIVE DONATION WILL ENABLE BETTER CARE FOR BABIES
Holy Name Medical Center in New Jersey has received a $75 million gift — the most ever donated to a Catholic hospital in the US. The massive windfall will enable the hospital to invest more in its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which cares for newborn babies with special medical needs.
BONUS NEWS
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP: • Iowa's pro-life law marks its anniversary: abortions down nearly 60%! • Kamala Harris says she is NOT running for governor of California. • Gaza aid trucks were looted on the first day of Israel's "humanitarian pause."
HOW TO TALK ABOUT CATHOLICISM AND PORN
Father Scott Bailey does his best to be a good pastor. He always wears his Roman collar when he travels and loves to talk openly about the faith with anyone who asks. He once gave a long lecture to a fellow passenger on an airplane about the evils and harms of pornography and... it didn't go over well. Here's how Father has since learned to talk to struggling men about this sensitive topic.
CATHOLIC 101
“We are created for prayer, for that intimate conversation with God, to walk with Him in the cool of the day," writes Father Paul Scalia. "But we don’t know how to pray as we ought. We need to be instructed."
SAINT OF THE DAY
Today the Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. The Spanish saint is known for founding the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, as well as for creating the “Spiritual Exercises” often used today for retreats and individual discernment.
DAILY PSALM
"How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!" (Psalm 84:2)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
RELENTLESS ADORATION
Cardinal Robert Sarah gave a stirring homily in France on the 400th anniversary of St. Anne's apparition. He urged the 30,000 gathered faithful to cast off sin and worldliness through unceasing adoration of God — especially amid the sufferings of life.