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The Thursday Loop - February 5, 2026
ADMIN PULLS 700 FEDERAL AGENTS FROM MINNESOTA
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, announced yesterday that approximately 700 federal immigration officers will immediately leave Minnesota thanks to “unprecedented collaboration” from state and local officials that has reduced the need for large-scale street enforcement.
STUDENTS ASK NOTRE DAME TO REMOVE PRO-ABORTION PROF
In a letter published Feb. 3 in The Observer, the campus student newspaper, the executive board of Notre Dame Right to Life called on university administrators to immediately rescind the appointment of pro-abortion Associate Professor Susan Ostermann as director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.
MAJOR MEDICAL GROUP RENOUNCES CHILD 'TRANS' SURGERIES
The 11,000-member American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which represents over 90% of board-certified plastic surgeons in the U.S. and Canada, has renounced subjecting children to so-called “transgender” surgeries.
CV PUBLISHES LATE CARDINAL'S CASE AGAINST MASS MIGRATION
CatholicVote yesterday published an explosive address by the late Cardinal Giacomo Biffi in which the then-archbishop of Bologna made a case for giving preference to Catholic migrants and argued Muslim immigrants would not assimilate as well. The cardinal also predicted that the future of Europe would be either Catholic or Muslim.
JOHNSON PUBLISHES BIBLICAL BORDER CONTROL ESSAY
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., released a Biblical defense of border security this week. CatholicVote President Kelsey Reinhardt commended Johnson for tackling the issue and highlighted CatholicVote’s own recently published analysis. “We are called to welcome the sojourner and nations have a sovereign right to enforce borders,” Reinhardt said.
'DETRANSITIONER' AWARDED $2 MIL IN LANDMARK CASE
In an unprecedented decision, a New York jury Jan. 30 awarded a detransitioner $2 million in damages after she sued her medical care providers for malpractice, alleging that they pressured her into “transitioning" during her teens.
ISRAELI STRIKES REPORTEDLY KILL AT LEAST 21 IN GAZA
Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes on Gaza yesterday reportedly killed at least 21 Palestinians, including two infants. The dead included at least five children — among them a 5-month-old infant and a baby just 10 days old — as well as seven women and a paramedic, according to a report from AP and CBS News citing hospital officials in Gaza.
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CALIFORNIA SCHOOL REGROUPS AFTER VANDALISM ATTACK
A Catholic school in Long Beach held a Mass of reparation Feb. 3, drawing students, families, and parishioners back into a space that had been ransacked and desecrated about 24 hours earlier.
LATIN MASS GROUPS DENOUNCE SSPX FLOUTING OF VATICAN
Two international organizations that support Catholics with a devotion to the Traditional Latin Mass issued a joint statement Feb. 3 expressing grave concern at the news that the General House of Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) will consecrate new bishops in July despite not receiving permission from Pope Leo.
INSPIRING: HEROIC 13-YEAR-OLD RESCUES FAMILY
A heroic 13-year-old boy from Australia last week swam 2.4 miles in rough waters and ran for 1.2 miles to get rescue services to find his family, who were stranded in the ocean. First responders called his swim “superhuman,” and doctors told him it was the equivalent of running two marathons.
CATHOLIC 101
St. Francis de Sales offers a freeing way to handle the frustration of “not having enough,” showing how accepting what God allows can make you truly rich in spirit.
SAINT OF THE DAY
The is St. Agatha, an early Church martyr who was tortured and put to death for refusing to betray her faith. She is a patron saint of breast cancer patients and nursing women.
DAILY PSALM
"Lord, you are exalted over all." (1 Chronicles 29)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
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