CONGRESSIONAL SHOOTING // Wounded Congressman Steve Scalise is out of surgery but remains in critical condition. The bipartisan Congressional Baseball Game was held last night and had 24,959 in attendance. (More than the number of fans that showed up at MLB games in Minneapolis, Chicago, or Detroit!) Democrats won the game, and gave the trophy to the GOP to be placed in Scalise’s office. http://cvote.it/2rCwJgu
IMMIGRATION // Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly has rescinded the Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). The program for children known as DACA was not changed. http://cvote.it/2s7dqzG
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY // US bishops vote to make their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty permanent. “The very idea of religious freedom and its root in human nature is challenged” today, said Archbishop William Lori, chair of the committee. http://cvote.it/2s69ejI
CIVILITY // Catholic author and congressional spouse Rachel Campos-Duffy says that the intense rhetoric is coming from the Left: “When is the last time that security was needed on campus because a liberal speaker was going to speak? When is the last time that the Tea Party has mass protesters looting and breaking windows?” http://cvote.it/2s6fl7C
CIVILITY // “When an irreligious wife-beater and voyeur shoots up a strip mall that contains an abortion clinic, the whole pro-life movement is suspect… However, when a leftist or a Muslim kills those who don’t share his views, we’re supposed to blot that out of our minds. That would ‘politicize’ a tragedy,” writes John Zmirak. http://cvote.it/2rBQrt0
WORK // President Trump signs an executive order on apprenticeships which calls for more money and greater involvement by private industry to design these apprenticeship programs. “We’re here today to celebrate the dignity of work. It’s really a good term: dignity of work,” said President Trump. Hmm, that sounds a lot like Catholic Social Teaching. http://cvote.it/2s7tGk1
HEALTH CARE // Five ways Obamacare proves that government-run health care is a disaster by Dr. John Barrasso, who is also a Republican Senator from Wyoming. http://cvote.it/2rAU6qL
CATHOLIC // The President of the U.S. Bishops conference thinks that laws cracking down on sanctuary cities puts too much demand on local law enforcement. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said that local police officers shouldn’t be required to enforce immigration laws unless they are “violent criminal aliens.” http://cvote.it/2s6n05B
CATHOLIC // U.S Bishops say that the next synod must address the concerns of the disillusioned youth. http://cvote.it/2s6vA4g
CATHOLIC // A new book of interviews with a secretary of two popes provide an insight into their daily lives. According to Polish Rev. Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, St. John Paul II discussed stepping down as pope with his aides but was advised against it in the interest of the Catholic Church. http://cvote.it/2s6CGG6
SAINT // Saint John Francis Regis – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise.” (Ps 116:17) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
SOLIDARITY // Watch as American Hero and Capitol Police officer David Bailey gets thunderous applause as he throws out the first pitch at the Congressional Baseball Game. http://cvote.it/2s7vKZx