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The Friday Loop - June 5, 2026
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 - FIRST FRIDAY SACRED HEART DEVOTION
TRUMP: WAR RESOLUTION BACKERS SHOULD BE 'ASHAMED'
President Donald Trump yesterday dismissed the House’s advancement of a resolution to limit his power to order continued military actions against Iran. "Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran," the President wrote. "Who would do such an unpatriotic thing."
DETRANSITIONER PLEADS WITH CONGRESS TO PROTECT KIDS
Chloe Cole, a 21-year-old detransitioner, urged Congress during an emotional June 3 hearing to ban the practice of subjecting children to gender “transition” procedures, alleging that doctors lied to her family and left her with irreversible physical and emotional harm.
HEZBOLLAH REJECTS CEASEFIRE PLAN IN LEBANON
Hezbollah rejected a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government on June 4, insisting that any agreement must include a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. The rejection threatens broader efforts to end the Iran war.
CARDINALS TO DISCUSS JUST WAR WITH POPE LEO AT CONSISTORY
Discussions at the upcoming Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals slated to start June 26 will focus on, among other things, what constitutes a just war. Other topics reportedly to be discussed during the meeting of cardinals from around the world are Pope Leo's new encyclical and the implementation of the Synod on Synodality.
DOJ ANNOUNCES NEW FRAUD INDICTMENTS
Trump announced Wednesday evening that he is nominating Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve permanently in the AG role. After the announcement, Blanche revealed the Justice Department is handing out numerous indictments for fraud – targeting over a dozen people in connection with schemes to defraud taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars in Ohio.
DOWN SYNDROME FAMILIES RESPOND AFTER YOUTUBER ABORTS BABY
Parents of children with Down syndrome took to X June 4 to share stories of love and advocacy, responding to a viral post by YouTuber Jesse Ridgway in which he announced he and his wife aborted their unborn child after learning the baby had Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome.
DOJ FILING REVEALS NEW DETAILS OF SPLC SCHEMES
The Justice Department has “just secured a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center,” Tyler O’Neil of the Daily Signal reported yesterday. Among the many new “bombshells” contained in the indictment is the revelation that “SPLC paid more than $70K to … a NAZI, KKK, and Aryan Nations leader” and $1.2 million to another operative “who was in a romantic relationship with an SPLC employee.”
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5 THINGS EVERY CATHOLIC FATHER SHOULD KNOW TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY
“The first sin to destroy families is the abdication of spiritual headship.” — Fr. Chad Ripperger. In a world filled with confusion, temptation, and spiritual attacks, Catholic fathers are called to lead. Discover five essential truths to strengthen family prayer, establish order in the home, protect those entrusted to your care, and embrace your God-given role as spiritual leader.
STUDENTS FOR LIFE PUSHES CONGRESS ON PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDS
Students for Life Action is calling on Congress to permanently defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers by July 4 or face an “F” grade on its Pro-Life Generation Report Card.
POPE LEO, TOLKIEN, AND THE BYSTANDER'S DUTY
Pope Leo's encyclical, which quotes J.R.R. Tolkien, indicates that the responsibility of “bystanders” during the AI revolution is to safeguard human identity by carrying out daily life with love, a Catholic Association writer argues.
NOT TO BE MISSED
Here are the stories we couldn’t fit in today’s LOOP:
- Here's the latest on the Los Angeles mayoral race, now between incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, progressive Councilmember Nithya Raman, and GOP newcomer Spencer Pratt.
- More than 95,000 students are set to get the first education funding awards in Texas, thanks to a new school choice program backed by CatholicVote.
- Today, the U.S. will receive a blessing following a Eucharist procession in Washington, D.C.
SUNSCREENS THAT AREN'T BAD FOR YOU
These sunscreens all use natural ingredients to protect your skin from skin cancer but are light enough to let you absorb some Vitamin D.
CATHOLIC 101
Cherry red, vibrant orange, pale blue, and bubblegum pink — these international churches go way beyond the usual gray stone exteriors.
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Boniface, known as the "Apostle of the Germans," was an English Benedictine monk who left a prestigious monastic life to evangelize Germanic tribes and reform the Frankish Church.
DAILY PSALM
"O Lord, great peace have they who love your law." (Psalm 119)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION
Answer the call to pray for our nation this First Friday. Make reparation to the Sacred Heart for our sins—and join thousands of Catholics preparing for the America 250 consecration through Zeale.
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