CHARLOTTESVILLE // President Trump made a third statement on the violent rally in Charlottesville. “They were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee. This week it’s Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?” http://cvote.it/2vHui04
CHARLOTTESVILLE // But Democrat and Republican lawmakers blasted Trump for his latest comments that there were “fine people” on both sides — which people took to mean that Trump was saying that there were “fine” neo-nazis and Klansmen. http://cvote.it/2vHhtCZ
ALABAMA // Sen Luther Strange, R-AL, got Trump’s endorsement, but in yesterday’s Alabama GOP Senate primary, he got second place to former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. Many Alabamans think Moore is more similar to Trump than Strange. Now Strange and Moore will advance to a Sept. 26 runoff. The winner will face off against Democrat Doug Jones on Dec. 12. http://cvote.it/2vGZpZo
GENOCIDE // Secretary of State Rex Tillerson denounced ISIS for carrying out “genocide” against Christians and Yazidis in Iraq. http://cvote.it/2vGY3hk
CULTURE // He’s super rich, but not charismatic at all. But more signs point to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg possibly running for president in 2020. http://cvote.it/2vH3xsr
CULTURE // Pro-life actress Patricia Heaton slams CBS for saying that Iceland was “on pace to virtually eliminate Down syndrome through abortion.” The actress fired back: “Iceland isn’t actually eliminating Down Syndrome. They’re just killing everybody that has it. Big difference.” http://cvote.it/2vHrno2
CATHOLIC // Crimes motivated by anti-Catholicism are on the rise in Scotland. http://cvote.it/2vHt6tE
CATHOLIC // Theologian Pia de Solenni named to highest post open to laity in the Diocese of Orange, California. http://cvote.it/2vHg8f6
SAINT // Saint Stephen of Hungary – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “Blessed by God who filled my soul with fire!” (Ps 66:1) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
TRUTH // We’re spending more and more money on education, but how much is it helping students?