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The Tuesday Loop - November 25, 2025
TRUMP ORDERS NAMING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CHAPTERS TERRORISTS
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Nov. 24, directing the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury to begin the process of designating some chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations.
JUDGE THROWS OUT CASES AGAINST COMEY, LETITIA JAMES
A federal judge threw out criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James yesterday, ruling that the Trump administration improperly installed the prosecutor who brought the cases.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT PUBLISHES SCIENCE AGAINST 'TRANS'
The Department of Health and Human Services released an updated, peer-reviewed report concluding that medical interventions intended to alter a child’s sex pose serious, long-term dangers and rest on weak scientific evidence.
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WAR DEPT. MAY RECALL MARK KELLY OVER VIDEO
The Pentagon is probing Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy captain, for possible violations of military law after he appeared in a video telling U.S. service members to resist “illegal orders” from the White House. The Department of War announced yesterday that it may recall Kelly to active duty for potential court-martial or other disciplinary action.
STUNNING CONCERT WITNESSES TO CATHOLIC HERITAGE
Three children’s choirs from across Europe filled Barcelona’s Basilica of the Sagrada Família with sacred music in a special Nov. 21 concert to commemorate the centennial of the death of the basilica’s most famous architect, Ven. Antoni Gaudí. Titled “The Dream of a Genius,” the concert’s program represented “pieces of European choral heritage,” according to Sagrada Família.
ENROLLMENT OPEN: GREAT BOOKS PROGRAM FOR LAWYERS
The Napa Institute has opened enrollment for its annual Good Counselor Fellowship, a program designed to introduce early-career lawyers to the “great books” of the Western tradition and to encourage reflection on virtue in the practice of law.
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UPCOMING PAPAL VISIT TO LEBANON ALREADY BRINGING HOPE
As Pope Leo prepares for his historic journey to Lebanon, religious leaders and Catholics serving others in the country are sharing their hopes for what the visit will bring. "Every day, we hope for peace."
MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH BROOKLYN CHURCH ATTACK
A 33-year-old South Carolina man was arrested in New York City Nov. 21 after police say he damaged several religious fixtures inside St. Matthew Catholic Church in Crown Heights, a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, during a morning prayer service.
NOT TO BE MISSED
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP:
- Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., a Catholic, is sounding the alarm about the Nigerian government's failure to stop attacks on Christians.
- North Dakota's Supreme Court has upheld the state's law protecting nearly all unborn babies.
- Pro-life activist Savannah Craven Antao is suing the woman who attacked her while she discussed abortion with passersby on a sidewalk.
PICKING LOCKS
Why learn how to pick locks if you don't plan to break into someone's house? Art of Manliness has a few reasons. Here is a how-to for getting yourself on the other side of a tumbler lock.
CATHOLIC 101
Anger was the most complex “passion of the soul” for Thomas Aquinas. Does anger really have a good end? Where is the line between righteous anger and something destructive? Don’t we commend saints who were able to deal with terrible injustices without anger? Here’s a reflection on this emotion, especially in a time of political violence.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Today the Church remembers Saint Catherine of Alexandria (approximately 287-305), an early Catholic convert who confronted the Roman emperor to defend Christians during a time of intensifying persecution of the Church. The emperor ordered her tortured on a spiked wheel, but her bonds were miraculously loosed and the wheel shattered. She was then beheaded.
DAILY PSALM
"Give glory and eternal praise to him." (Daniel 3)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
LOOPcast
A Russia-Ukraine peace deal may finally be within reach. What's the plan? Meanwhile, Marjorie Taylor Greene announces her resignation from Congress. Is she stepping back or stepping up to something bigger? And finally, Candace Owens claims she is the target of a French assassination plot. All this and more on the!
