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| TRUMP TWEET House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were publicly attacking each other all weekend. President Trump then jumped into the mix and suggested that “Progressive Democrat Congresswomen” should “go back” to their home countries. Trump tweeted: “Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump’s remarks were proof that he really is interested in “making America white again.” READ |
| PELOSI QUOTES BIBLEHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi used the Bible to condemn President Trump’s immigration policies. “It should be a sign to us that today’s Catholic Gospel reading is the Good Samaritan, where Jesus teaches us to love our neighbors as ourselves and treat them with mercy,” said Pelosi, calling Trump’s ICE raids “the opposite of mercy.” Pelosi has previously invoked her Catholic faith to defend legal abortion. READ |
| U.S. FLAG TAKEN DOWN Protesters tore down the U.S. flag at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Colorado and replaced it with a Mexican flag. READ |
| AOC’S POLL NUMBERS An internal Democratic poll found that 74% of swing voters knew of controversial freshman Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, but only 22% had a favorable view of her. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-MN, was recognized by 53% of swing voters. Just 9% had a favorable view of her. READ |
| SUMMIT ON ONLINE SPEECH Pro-life leaders told the White House about online censorship by Big Tech companies like Google and Pinterest. “This double-standard and bias is a growing problem in big tech, even though they say that they are politically neutral and that they don’t discriminate,” said Lila Rose at the White House summit. READ |
| CULTURE OF DEATH Liberal activists used a watermelon to demonstrate an early abortion procedure at the liberal Netroots Nation conference. READ |
| APOLLO 11 This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. Here is the speech President Richard Nixon would have given “in event of moon disaster.” READ |
| CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ “The official story is that northern Iraq is at peace. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) has largely been defeated; the Iraqi Army and its allies are in charge,” writes Tim Stanley. “But for Christians, the persecution continues.” READ |
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| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Bonaventure was in many ways the second founder of the Franciscan Order. Through his teaching, writing, and mysticism, Saint Bonaventure captured the spirit of Saint Francis and renewed the order accordingly. Saint Bonaventure served as the Minister General of the Franciscans and served the Church as the Cardinal Bishop of Albano. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “Our help is in the name of the Lord.” (Ps 124:1) READ |
| CVTV Should Catholics favor building the wall? Both American citizens and immigrants matter, according to the Catechism. WATCH |
