CHURCH ABUSE // Australian police charge Cardinal George Pell, Vatican’s top finance man, with sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell claims his innocence and has cooperated fully with the police investigation. Please pray. http://cvote.it/2sTs7Xx
HEALTH CARE // Who said the Senate health care bill is dead? In fact, the Senate is in full deal-making mode. The bill now gets $45 billion in funding to deal with opioid addiction, and Republican Senators are near an agreement to allow customer to use Health Savings Account money to pay for premiums. http://cvote.it/2sTLfo7
HEALTH CARE // While Republicans in-fight over health care, liberals in Congress are getting bolder and calling for even greater government control over health care decisions. Liberal Senator Elizabeth Warren is telling fellow Democrats to campaign on single-payer (government-run) health care for the 2018 elections. “Now is the time for the next step,” said Warren. “And the next step is single payer.” http://cvote.it/2snVAFe
HEALTH CARE // A court in Europe says a child has to be removed from life support — despite the fact that the child’s parents raised $1.6 million to take care of little Charlie. “If the State runs the health care system, ultimately they will be the ones who decide whose life is worth saving and whose isn’t. That’s not just a byproduct of socialized medicine — it’s the point,” writes Matt Walsh. http://cvote.it/2so8PWv
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE // The Supreme Court’s decision in the Trinity Lutheran playground case was a major blow against 19th century religious intolerance, writes the Washington Examiner editorial. Anti-Catholic, to be very specific. Never forget the name James Blaine. http://cvote.it/2so2wSQ
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE // Someone drove over and destroyed a 6-foot tall Ten Commandments display in Arkansas, just one day after the state installed the stone monument. A suspect has been arrested. http://cvote.it/2so4XVm
SPORTS // In the Appalachian Mountain Wrestling league, he’s the ultimate villain. His name is “The Progressive Liberal’ and he wears a shirt adorned with photos of Hillary Clinton. He mocks country music, chants “Feel the Bern!” and calls for gun control. His signature move is a neckbreaker he calls “the Liberal Agenda.” http://cvote.it/2snRrRW
SPORTS // Baseball umpire saves a woman who tried to jump off a bridge in Pittsburgh. “I’m not going to let you go.” http://cvote.it/2sTi192
LGBT // As if things weren’t crazy enough in Washington, DC… Drivers in the District of Columbia can now designate “X” as a third choice for their sexual identity. http://cvote.it/2soA8QC
CATHOLIC // “Gay activists have harassed my staff and me with obscene telephone calls, e-mail messages and letters…supposedly in the name of… tolerance,” said Bishop Thomas Paprocki, after he issued a decree stating that people in same-sex marriages were ineligible for Catholic funerals. http://cvote.it/2sol45r
CATHOLIC // We need to rally behind bold and faithful pastors like Bishop Thomas Paprocki. http://cvote.it/2soaQC6
SAINT // Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “The angel of the Lord will rescue those who fear him.” (Ps 34:5) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
DISCOVERY // A 1,600-year-old basilica is found underwater in what was ancient Nicaea. Plans are underway to create an underwater museum to let tourists visit the site. http://cvote.it/2snY7j2