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| TUESDAY, APRIL 30 |
| ROSENSTEIN OUT Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation to President Trump, effective May 11. READ |
| CAMPAIGN 2020 Joe Biden makes a play for the working man by campaigning in Pittsburgh. And, as of right now, he leads the Democratic primary field. READ |
| IMPEACHMENTA new poll showed that 56% of Americans oppose Congress beginning impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. In the ABC News/Washington Post poll only 37% supported impeachment. READ |
| PRISONER VOTINGAlmost 75% of Americans disagree with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ position that all prisoners, including notorious criminals like the Boston Marathon bomber, should have voting rights. READ |
| MINIMUM WAGE LAWS Laws calling for a $15/hour minimum wage are having undesirable side effects at restaurants: higher prices and fewer hours for workers. READ |
| SYNAGOGUE ATTACK “Our country should be better than this,” said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, after the synagogue attack in San Diego. “Our world should be beyond such acts of hatred and anti-Semitism.” READ |
| CHURCH IN SEATTLE Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Paul Etienne of Anchorage to be coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle. A coadjutor bishop serves alongside an archbishop and succeeds him upon his retirement or death. Current Seattle Archbishop Peter Sartain has serious health issues involving his back. READ |
| CATHOLICISM VS. SOCIALISM Donald DeMarco examines the encyclicals of three different popes. And all three agreed that socialism strongly favored extreme government control, showed a disregard for the true nature of man, and placed an exaggerated emphasis on material things while failing to recognize the importance of charity, the family, and personal motivation. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Pope Saint Pius V, a Dominican, was the one responsible for the implementation of the results of the Council of Trent—no easy task. Refusing to remove his Dominican habit, he is also responsible for the tradition that popes wear white. His Dominican training and spirituality were great helps in his efforts to reform the Church. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.” (Ps 93:1) READ |
| BEAUTY With the ashes now cool, the battle for Notre Dame begins. “It is important to understand that modernist architects and designers have taken the debate about renovations and turned it into their ticket to rebuild buildings in their own image,” writes Dr. Randall Smith. SHARE |