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The Wednesday Loop - May 27, 2026
ANTI-CATHOLIC DISCRIMINATION IN WASHINGTON NATIONALS?
A senior Washington Nationals executive was caught on hidden camera saying the baseball team sidelines pitcher Trevor Williams from team social media content because of his Catholic faith and past public criticism of anti-Catholic mockery. Wiliams famously took a stand against the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," an anti-Catholic hate group, being honored at Dodger Stadium.
DEM ATTORNEYS GENERAL SKIP VANCE ANTI-FRAUD MEETING
Vice President JD Vance convened a May 26 roundtable on combating fraud in federal programs with Republican state attorneys general, while a coalition of 23 Democratic attorneys general declined to attend.
FEDERAL COURT BLOCKS ALABAMA GOP-BACKED MAP
A three-judge federal panel blocked Alabama from using its GOP-backed congressional map for the upcoming midterm elections. State officials are expected to file for emergency relief from the U.S. Supreme Court, which could still allow them to go back to their preferred map before the midterms.
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PAXTON DEFEATS CORNYN IN TEXAS SENATE PRIMARY RUNOFF
Texas voters chose Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate on May 26, capping one of the nation’s most expensive intraparty battles ever and setting up a November election campaign against Democrat James Talarico.
ELF COSMETICS CO-FOUNDER ORDAINED CATHOLIC PRIEST AT 52
Father Scott Borba, co-founder of the multibillion-dollar e.l.f. Cosmetics brand, was ordained to the Catholic priesthood May 23 in Visalia, California, more than a decade after discerning a vocation in his 40s, resigning from his business ventures, and giving away much of his fortune.
SSPX NAMES 4 FUTURE BISHOPS DESPITE SCHISM WARNING
The Priestly Society of Saint Pius X yesterday announced the names of four priests set to be ordained bishops July 1 without papal approval, weeks after the Vatican warned their ordinations would constitute a schismatic act.
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US BISHOPS WELCOME POPE LEO'S AI ENCYCLICAL
Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, welcomed Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" in a statement, saying no technology can replace "a child of God," and announced that the USCCB's Committee on Doctrine had been tasked with coordinating the conference's work on artificial intelligence.
'JUST IN CASE' ABORTION PILLS IN WASHINGTON AND HAWAII
Planned Parenthood has launched a new program in Washington state and Hawaii that allows women to obtain chemical abortion drugs before becoming pregnant, marking what appears to be the first initiative of its kind within the organization.
WHAT AN ANCIENT GREEK PLAY TEACHES US ABOUT CHASTITY
Written in 428 BC, the Greek tragedy "Hippolytus" follows a proud young man who refuses to engage with women out of contempt rather than virtue. His story turns out to offer a lot of insight in light of the Church's teaching on chastity and the difference between mere abstinence and the real thing.
CATHOLIC 101
The Church has always taught that the sacraments are far more than milestones — they're a path to Heaven. So is there such a thing as being too young to receive them? Here's what the Church says.
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Augustine of Canterbury, a Benedictine monk sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 597, converted King Æthelberht of Kent and helped establish the English Church, earning the title “Apostle to the English.”
DAILY PSALM
"Praise the Lord, Jerusalem." (Psalm 147)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
NEW EPISODE
Are patriotism and Christianity compatible? Cardinal Raymond L. Burke explains how true patriotism can help the Gospel flourish. Join Zeale for America 250 to watch the latest from The Virtue of Patriotism.
