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| THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 |
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| TRUMP: PAUL RYAN PROMISED WALL President Trump said that former House Speaker Paul Ryan promised to secure wall funding if the president would sign the 2018 omnibus spending bill. “Well, I was going to veto the omnibus bill and Paul told me in the strongest of language, ‘Please don’t do that, we’ll get you the wall.’ And I said, ‘I hope you mean that, because I don’t like this bill,’” Trump told the Daily Caller. “And then he went lame duck.” READ |
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| VIRGINIA GOVERNOR BACKS INFANTICIDE Gov. Ralph Northam, D-VA, caused a firestorm when he seemed to voice his support for allowing newborn infants to die rather than provide them with care. “So in this particular example if a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen, the infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother,” said Northam, who is also a pediatrician. The comments came while discussing a Virginia bill which would allow a woman to abort her child as she is dilating and about to give birth. READ |
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| TRUMP BLASTS NORTHAM President Trump sharply criticized Virginia Democrats for their pro-abortion legislation, which was defeated this week. “I thought it was terrible,” said President Trump. “Do you remember when I said [during a 2016 presidential debate] Hillary Clinton was willing to rip the baby out of the womb? That’s what it is, that’s what they’re doing, it’s terrible.” READ |
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| TALK OF AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION Negotiations over border security between Democrats and Republicans appear stalled. There is increased speculation that the Trump administration is considering issuing an emergency declaration to continue work on a border wall. But Senate Republicans were divided on whether that action should be taken. READ |
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| ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY A private school is now refusing to play basketball against the Christian school where the Vice President’s wife is teaching on the grounds that it makes children “unsafe.” READ |
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| SOLIDARITY CatholicVote members donate $36,000 to Covington family. READ |
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| 9TH CIRCUIT President Trump has renominated three judicial candidates for the very liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The news comes after conservatives sounded the alarm of a possible “deal” that would allow Democratic senators from California to veto several candidates from being renominated. READ |
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| INVESTIGATION Daniel Mattson, a Catholic author on homosexuality is accused of forming an online sexual relationship with a minor (via webcam and phone). The alleged activity occurred 14 years ago and is being investigated by Child Protective Services in Michigan. READ |
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| 25 YEARS LATER Pope John Paul II wrote his “Letter to Families” 25 years ago. The letter has profound insights that have impact today, said Steve Bollman, founder of the family ministry Paradisus Dei. “What John Paul did is he truly identified the family as the pathway to holiness. In this letter, it’s the family that’s placed at the heart of the great struggle between good and evil, between life and death, between love and all that’s opposed to love.” READ |
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| SAINT OF THE DAY Inspired by Saint Francis de Sales, Saint John Bosco founded the Salesians to continue his work among boys. Then, joining forces with Mary Mazzarello, he helped found the Salesian Sisters. All this during a time when established religious communities in Italy were closing their doors. But Saint John Bosco was different; he was a poor man who truly cared for the poor, and people saw that. READ |
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| DAILY READINGS “Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.” (Ps 24:6) READ |
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| TRUTH While many people go to Mass every week, few people know what it is to worship. Fr Mike tells us how we can stop watching the Mass and start worshipping at Mass. SHARE |
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