PRESIDENT VISITS TEXAS // President Trump arrived in Corpus Christi to survey storm damage and to express solidarity with Texans. “The world is watching, and the world is very impressed with what you are doing,” Trump told several dozen emergency workers at Texas’ state command center. http://cvote.it/2wHMZUb
HOUSTON HERO // Houston’s “Mattress Mack” opened two of his massive furniture stores to provide shelter and food for thousands of Hurricane Harvey flood victims. And his company also enlisted their biggest moving trucks to rescue others who were stranded. Mattress Mack is a proud supporter of CatholicVote, but today CatholicVote wants to say how proud we are of Mattress Mack! http://cvote.it/2wHPE0j
BUST THE RED TAPE // President Trump reversed an Obama era rule which would have required all employers with 100 or more employees to hand over data on wages based on sex and race so that the government could decide if wages were being paid “fairly.” Good riddance. http://cvote.it/2wI3mzZ
CATHOLICISM AND THE MARKET // Some Catholic commentators are freaking out that House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Catholic, favors a more free market rather than increasing the size of the welfare state. But promoting economic growth does not treat the poor as an afterthought. And why do we think good feelings and a government program are the best way to help? http://cvote.it/2wHD68V
“NO LONGER SORRY” // Remember the vulgar comedian Kathy Griffin, who held up a fake decapitated head of Trump? After a public outcry, Griffin profusely apologized. Well, now she’s taking it all back. She says she’s “no longer sorry.” http://cvote.it/2wHUKJC
PELOSI DID WHAT? // How much do Americans hate the Antifa thugs who incite violence at peaceful conservative protesters? Apparently the polling on Antifa is so bad that even Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi felt compelled to issue a statement condemning them for violence in California. She called for those responsible for violence in Berkeley to be “arrested and prosecuted.” http://cvote.it/2wI50lf
PROFESSOR FIRED // The University of Tampa fired assistant professor Kenneth Storey for calling Hurricane Harvey “instant karma” for Texans voting Republican. The private college stated: “We condemn the comments and the sentiment behind them, and understand the pain this irresponsible act has caused.” http://cvote.it/2wmW8ig
EWTN IN ENGLAND // The global Catholic TV network EWTN opened their first studio in England. EWTN said the expansion would allow the network “to greatly expand our capacity to produce programming for our European channels.” http://cvote.it/2wHrO4t
FOUND 1,500 YEARS LATER // The earliest known Latin commentary on the Gospels has been rediscovered at the Cologne Cathedral Library. It was published in English this week. http://cvote.it/2wIa2hP
SAINT // Saint Jeanne Jugan – foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “You have searched me and you know me, Lord.” (Ps 139:1) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
WITNESS // The Institute of the Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb is a contemplative order and provides young girls with Down’s syndrome the opportunity to fulfill their religious vocation. http://cvote.it/2wIkYvE