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| MONDAY, OCTOBER 29 |
| PITTSBURGH SHOOTING The U.S. Attorney’s office will pursue the death penalty for the man who murdered 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh — the largest mass shooting targeting Jews in American history. READ |
| PITTSBURGH UNITED Hundreds of people attended an impromptu vigil outside the Pittsburgh synagogue to show support for the victims. READ |
| TRUMP TO VISIT 8 STATES President Trump plans 11 rallies in his final six-day campaign blitz to expand the Republican Senate majority. READ |
| HILLARY 2020? On a Recode live podcast, Hillary Clinton was asked if she wanted to run again? “No. No,” Clinton said. When the interviewer noted the pause, Clinton said: “Well I’d like to president.” She added that she is not going to “think about” running until after the midterms. READ |
| SENATE 2018 A new CBS poll out of Indiana shows pro-life challenger Mike Braun with a 3-point lead over Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-IN. CBS also had Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, and Gov. Rick Scott in a 46%-46% dead heat. Over in Arizona, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema held a 3-point lead over Republican Martha McSally, 47-44%. READ |
| WAR ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Opponents of religious freedom have deep pockets and they’re not afraid to spend their money pushing their beliefs. Already they’ve spent $500,000 on campaigns related to the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. But that’s just the icing on the cake. Since 2014, at least $9.9 million have been spent on campaigns against religious freedom. READ |
| GOOD STUDENT ACTIVISM A group of men have requested that the University of Notre Dame implement a filter to make pornography inaccessible on the University’s Wi-Fi networks. “Pornography does not come up often in casual conversation, but its effects are everywhere — even on the campus we call home,” the organizers wrote. READ |
| YOUTH SYNOD DOCUMENT Vatican journalist Edward Pentin identifies five areas of concern from the Youth Synod’s final document. “Synodality, sexual abuse, homosexuality, women in the Church, and a flawed but seemingly invincible working document are a few parts of the final text giving some bishops heartburn,” writes Pentin. READ |
| MORE WITCHES THAN EVER An estimated 1 to 1.5 million people say they practice Wicca or paganism, up from about 8,000 Wiccans in 1990. It had climbed to 340,000 by 2008. One Catholic priest speculated the trend is due in part to Americans wanting a “quick fix–magic” to solve their problems. READ |
| CHINESE CATHOLICISM Communist Chinese authorities destroy two Marian shrines despite new Vatican-China agreement. The shrines were dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Dongergou and Our Lady of Bliss (also known as Our Lady of the Mountain) in Anlong. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Some speculate that Saint Narcissus lived well beyond 100; some say he lived to 160. We don’t know much about him, but a number of miracles are attributed to him. Narcissus served as bishop of Jerusalem in the late 2nd century. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Behave like God as his very dear children.” (Ep 5:1) READ |
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