The LOOP
The Tuesday Loop - May 12, 2026
TRUMP WEIGHS STRIKES AFTER REJECTING IRAN COUNTERDEAL
President Donald Trump is weighing the reinstatement of Project Freedom – as well as a potential renewal of military strikes – after Iran rejected a U.S.-backed proposal that would have opened the Strait of Hormuz and ended hostilities for a 30-day negotiation period.
JUSTICE ALITO EXTENDS STAY ON ABORTION PILL RESTRICTIONS
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito yesterday extended a temporary stay on a federal appeals court ruling that would have reinstated restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone, keeping nationwide access by mail in place until Thursday.
SCOTUS OPENS DOOR FOR ALABAMA TO NIX DEM DISTRICT
The Supreme Court cleared the way last night for Alabama to potentially scrap one of two largely black congressional districts ahead of this year’s midterm elections, handing Republicans an opportunity to pick up a seat.
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TRUMP ADMIN PROPOSES IVF BENEFIT FOR WORKERS
The Trump administration proposed a rule May 10 that would allow employers to offer in-vitro fertilization (IVF) directly to workers through a new category of health coverage exempt from some Affordable Care Act requirements. Leaders in the pro-life movement have spoken out consistently against Trump’s promotion of IVF. The Catholic Church condemns the controversial practice, which routinely leads to the deaths of newly conceived unborn children.
'THANK A PRIEST': MINISTRY AIMS TO REVERSE PRIEST SHORTAGE
The number of Catholic priests in the U.S. has fallen from roughly 58,000 in the 1970s to about 35,000 today, and a ministry called Thank A Priest says it is working to reverse that trend by changing how young Americans perceive the priesthood.
TRUMP'S ACCUSED WOULD-BE ASSASSIN PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, pleaded not guilty yesterday to all federal charges.
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TRUMP TO ASK FOR JIMMY LAI'S FREEDOM
Ahead of his high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump promised yesterday to ask the communist dictator for the release of Jimmy Lai, a devout Catholic advocate of free speech who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Hong Kong Court.
NEW CHALDEAN PATRIARCH STANDS AGAINST MID-EAST WARS
His Beatitude Amel Shamon Nona, the newly elected patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, is pleading for peace in the Middle East. "We cannot accept that every year, there is a new war in this or that country,” he said in a recent interview.
NOT TO BE MISSED
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP:
THE MOTHERS BEHIND HISTORY'S GREATEST FIGURES
From St. Monica praying relentlessly for Augustine's conversion to Abigail Adams urging her reluctant son toward the presidency, the women who shaped history's most consequential figures often did their greatest work at home, out of the spotlight.
CATHOLIC 101
Scripture and Tradition describe seven qualities of the resurrected body and paint a picture of a body that is the same as the one we have now, but glorified, imperishable, and fully conformed to the soul.
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Epiphanius of Salamis was a monk, a bishop, and an influential defender of Christian orthodoxy against Arianism.
DAILY PSALM
"Your right hand saves me, O Lord." (Psalm 138)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
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