HEALTH CARE // Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, had surgery on Friday to remove a blood clot — and it appears to be more serious than initial reports suggested. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said votes on the Senate GOP health bill won’t begin until McCain returns — and that might not be for week or two. http://cvote.it/2tZDRZ1
HEALTH CARE // Even after Senate Republicans made major concessions requested by the U.S. Bishops, Bishop Dewane announced that the revised Senate health bill was still “unacceptable.” Are the Bishops moving the goalposts? http://cvote.it/2tZjP0z
HEALTH CARE // Sen. Ted Cruz’s proposal would allow insurers to sell non-Obamacare plans. This would likely turn the exchanges into high-risk pools for the old and sick. That might not be such a bad thing. http://cvote.it/2tZxyoo
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY // A federal court in New York City ruled that the Archdiocese of New York had the right not to hire a principal who had shown “insubordination” to a local pastor. The federal court noted that a 2012 Supreme Court ruling considered religious instructors to be ministers not just ordinary employees. http://cvote.it/2tZcrlT
INCIVILITY // A threatening note was left for Sen. Dean Heller, a Nevada Republican, after someone broke into his Las Vegas office. http://cvote.it/2tZmV4K
JUDICIARY // Pray for Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire and repent. (Though, he probably won’t retire until next year…) http://cvote.it/2tYYrIM
CULTURE // A man walked through the Phoenix airport wearing a sweatshirt with a big logo of an X-rated website. A Catholic author and apologist confronted him. http://cvote.it/2tvm600
CATHOLIC // A Texas priest won the highest award in the United States for home-brewed beverages. “This is a hobby, and it’s a hobby I’ve done all right with. So I would never want it to eclipse what I do … because my role as a priest takes precedence,” said Fr. Jeff Poirot. http://cvote.it/2tZhi6I
CATHOLIC // Cardinal Meisner was one of the four Cardinals to submit a dubia to Pope Francis asking the pope to clarify several ambiguities raised by Amoris Laetitia. Pope Emeritus Benedict wrote a eulogy thanking God for Meisner’s witness and “testimony” as well. Meisner’s last testimony was the dubia. http://cvote.it/2tZm8Ra
SAINT // Saint Francis Solano – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “Our help is in the name of the Lord.” (Ps 124:8) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
NEAT // The world’s largest crucifix is in a small town in northern Michigan. http://cvote.it/2tvJ8nu