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The Tuesday Loop - June 23, 2026
MLB COMMISSIONER: GIANTS PLAYERS WON'T BE PUNISHED
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred wrote in a letter to Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that the San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night caps will not face discipline. He also acknowledged that the league's warning to the players, which cited league uniform rules, did not make clear that the same rules would have allowed them to refuse to wear the pro-LGBT caps in the first place.
US BISHOPS PRAISE TRUMP MOU WITH IRAN
Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, praised the new U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding just ahead of the peace talks in Switzerland. "I commend President Trump and President Pezeshkian" for taking a "vitally important step" toward "ending hostilities between the U.S. and Iran and advancing deeper dialogue for lasting peace in the region," Bishop Zaidan said.
JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ELIGIBLE VOTER DATABASE
Federal Judge Sparkle Sooknanan yesterday blocked the Trump administration’s creation of a citizen database to ensure no noncitizens could vote in U.S. elections. Sooknanan ruled that agencies had unlawfully used sensitive records and inaccurate data that would incorrectly remove eligible citizens from voter rolls.
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KEIR STARMER ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced June 22 that he will resign as Labour Party leader and step down as prime minister once his successor is chosen. Starmer will leave office as the shortest-serving Labour prime minister in history.
CATHOLIC, ORTHODOX LEADERS VISIT GAZA
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III arrived in Gaza yesterday for a pastoral visit. Cardinal Pizzaballa spoke of “the pastoral responsibility of the Churches of Jerusalem toward the local churches and toward the whole population of Gaza, where families continue to endure grave humanitarian suffering, fear, loss, and uncertainty.” He told suffering Gazans: “We never abandoned you."
HOW TO BE PART OF ARCHBISHOP SHEEN BEATIFICATION
Tickets for the Sept. 24 beatification Mass of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen go on sale today at 10 a.m. Central, and Pontifical Mission Societies USA is also calling for volunteers to participate in the historic event in a very meaningful way whether they can attend or not: Participants can help make rosaries for the event based on a design by Archbishop Sheen himself.
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BISHOP ON DOBBS ANNIVERSARY: ABORTION PILLS UNDO VICTORY
Bishop Daniel Thomas of the U.S. Bishops' pro-life committee marked the fourth anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade yesterday by warning that the pro-life victory "risks being undone by the massive influx of abortion pills" that federal law continues to allow under the Trump administration. "While the Dobbs decision gave states the freedom to pass pro-life laws and protect preborn children, these laws are now being undermined," Bishop Thomas stated.
POPE LEO SENDS MESSAGE TO STEUBENVILLE CONFERENCE
Pope Leo XIV sent a message to participants in the Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Summer Youth Conferences, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, telling young people that true joy and peace will not be found in “doom scrolling,” good looks, health, superficial relationships, or other temporal things — rather, it comes from love for God.
THE JOSEPH OPTION
St. Joseph is the blueprint for virtuous fatherhood, and Zeale's William Nardi breaks down how fathers can follow his example in their day-to-day lives.
CATHOLIC 101
Here's how to come back to your prayer habits after life throws you a curveball.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Today is the feast of St. Joseph Cafasso, who ministered selflessly to prisoners and also mentored the future St. John Bosco.
DAILY PSALM
"God upholds his city for ever." (Psalm 48)
DAILY READINGS
Today's Mass readings.
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