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| THURSDAY, APRIL 26 |
| ENDING OBSTRUCTION A Senate panel approved a plan to shorten debate times on most presidential nominations from 30 hours to 8 hours. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not say whether or when the full Senate would consider the change. READ |
| UPDATE ON ALFIE EVANS An appeals court in the United Kingdom rejects what is likely the last legal hope for saving Alfie Evans. READ |
| SPEECH CONTROL Local police in Liverpool, England, are warning social-media users to be careful about what they say online about Alfie Evans. Chief Inspector Chris Gibson said: “I would like to make people aware that these posts are being monitored.” READ |
| TRAVEL BAN President Trump’s travel ban went before the Supreme Court. Legal scholar John Malcolm said the arguments suggest a win for Trump is likely. READ |
| RUSSIA AND CATHOLICVOTE Liberal website Vox blames WikiLeaks decision to publish John Podesta’s emails, and CatholicVote’s promotion of those emails, as the reason that Hillary Clinton lost Catholic support in 2016. Can you trust everything in this article? Nyet. READ |
| KANYE & TRUMP? Rapper Kanye West’s surprising love for President Trump is dominating Twitter. “You don’t have to agree with Trump but the mob can’t make me not love him,” Kanye West tweeted. READ |
| EPA HEAD FACING HEAT Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Priutt faces tough questioning on Capitol Hill over his travel and spending. Pruitt has spent more than $3 million on security and frequent first-class travel. A White House spokesman noted that the Trump administration was looking into the concerns over Pruitt’s actions. READ |
| CULTURE GQ slams ‘overrated’ Bible, but writes about it all the time. READ |
| KEY TO VOCATIONS New priests suggest orthodoxy is a key factor in what makes a diocese fertile ground for vocations. READ |
| VOCATION STORY They were going to get married. Now he’s a priest and she’s a sister. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY The devotion to our Lady of Good Counsel originated at Gennazzano, a village in the neighborhood of Rome, where an Augustinian church, in which is enshrined a miraculous picture of our Lady, had been for centuries a place of popular pilgrimage. READ |
| DAILY MASS READINGS “For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.” (Ps 89:2) READ |
| WITNESS Catholics gather at a vigil in St. Peter’s Square to pray for Alfie Evans. Meanwhile, American supporters are planning a prayer vigil outside the British Embassy in Washington DC today. READ |