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| TUESDAY, MARCH 27 |
| DEMOCRATS, ABORTION, AND OBAMACARE After months of negotiations, Republicans were willing to sign off on a massive bailout of Obamacare. But Democrats walked away from the deal because it didn’t fund abortions. READ |
| TRUMP UP IN POLL President Trump is at his highest approval rating since his first 100 days. At 42% approval, it’s a 7-point bump since the previous CNN poll last month. In the same poll, 54% of voters disapproved of his performance. READ |
| FACEBOOK UNDER INVESTIGATION The Federal Trade Commission confirmed that they are investigating the social media giant Facebook after reports that data from 50 million users landed in the hands of a political consulting firm with ties to President Trump’s campaign. Facebook’s shares slid 6% following the news. READ |
| GREAT JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is an unsung hero, who has demonstrated considerable leadership in shepherding excellent judicial nominees through his Judiciary Committee to the full Senate for approval. READ |
| CAMPUS NONSENSE A professor at Siena College quit the school’s civil discourse committee because she did not want to work with conservative students who were “making [her] miserable.” READ |
| RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Ambassador Sam Brownback says that the world face a ‘critical moment’ for religious minorities. READ |
| WHAT YOUNG CATHOLICS WANT “They (the 300 selected youth) were charged with drafting a working document, which the bishops will consult at the Synod on Youth, scheduled for October. In an opening address to this pre-synodal meeting, Pope Francis said he hoped the event would lead to ‘a church with a young face.’ But the result is a botched plastic surgery, a grotesquerie of old ideas stretched and reshaped to mimic youth.” READ |
| SHROUD OF TURIN A new documentary unveils the Shroud of Turin for youth. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Almost nothing is known about Lazarus of Bethany, who plays an important role in the Gospel of Saint John. There we are told that he was a personal friend of Jesus. Many legends exist about Lazarus’ later life. READ |
| DAILY MASS READINGS “I will sing of your salvation.” (Ps 71:15) READ |
| HUMOR |