MONDAY, APRIL 4 MASS SHOOTING IN SACRAMENTO A mass shooting in Sacramento, CA, left six dead and 10 injured, according to local police...CONFUSION SURROUNDS ABORTION VICTIMS

 

MONDAY, APRIL 4   MASS SHOOTING IN SACRAMENTO  A mass shooting in Sacramento, CA, left six dead and 10 injured, according to local police. Police Chief Kathy Lester said the shooting occurred at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. Officials are unclear as to how many suspects were involved in the shooting. President Joe Biden said “we must do more than mourn” as he called on Congress to pass gun restrictions.  READ       TRUMP BLASTS ‘TRANS’ AGENDA  Former President Donald Trump blasted the Democratic Party’s “extremist sex and gender ideology” at a rally in Michigan Saturday. Democrats are “waging war on reality, war on science, war on children, war on women," he said. Trump expressed horror that the Biden administration on Friday endorsed “gender reassignment” surgeries being performed on minors. “Who the hell would have even believed that we’d be talking about this stuff?" Trump asked the crowd. “The Republican Party is now the party of American women and American children," he added.  READ       WIN FOR BAKERY SMEARED BY LEFT  Ohio’s Ninth District Court of Appeals last week upheld a decision that resulted in a massive award for Gibson’s Bakery after Oberlin College supported and encouraged students who falsely accused the bakery of racism. The verdict against Oberlin awards the family of Gibson’s Bakery $25 million in compensatory and punitive damages and more than $6 million in attorney’s fees.  READ       CONFUSION SURROUNDS ABORTION VICTIMS  Police last week found the remains of at least five aborted children at the Washington, D.C. home of activist Lauren Handy, who is affiliated with the group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), a secular pro-life organization. Though it is not immediately clear who has legal responsibility for the remains, PAAU stated that a member of their group "privately arranged" for police to pick up the bodies for "forensic examination."   READ       DHS LAUNCHES SUICIDE PREVENTION APP  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is offering a new suicide prevention app. The news comes shortly after U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz warned that “morale is certainly going to be a challenge for us.” Officials are bracing for an historic migrant surge at the southern border following President Biden’s controversial rescinding of Title 42, a policy used to return illegal migrants.  READ       GAME DAY TRADITION  Notre Dame's new football coach, Marcus Freeman, is bringing back a Notre Dame game day tradition: Going to Mass. “It’s what I remember from my recruiting trip — watching the players walk out of the Basilica on the way to the stadium. I was a little caught by surprise when we didn’t do it last year,” Freeman said. The previous coach, Brian Kelly, had players attend Mass the night before the game.  READ       TEAM ABSENT DURING ANTHEM  The National Anthem was playing before the women's NCAA Final Four basketball game. But the University of South Carolina women's team was not on the court. South Carolina's head coach Dawn Staley said the decision was made to “bring awareness to racial injustice in our country.”  READ       HUMOR  Who can relate?  SHARE           NEW BISHOP OF COLUMBUS  The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis has appointed Father Earl K. Fernandes to be the next bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. The 49-year-old Fernandes will be the first Indian-American to head a U.S. Roman Catholic diocese. His installation is scheduled for May 31.  READ       CATHOLIC COLLEGE SPEAKER: ‘CRUCIFY WHITENESS’  Carlow University, a Catholic school, recently hosted an event titled “Rejecting White Christianity,” featuring Dr. Miguel De La Torre, a professor of “Latinx studies.” De La Torre “began his presentation by lambasting evangelicals who voted for Donald Trump,” the College Fix reported. The speaker also told attendees that white people needed to “crucify their whiteness” and urged others to “ethically lie” to make amends for past wrongs.  READ       CATHOLIC 101  The Gross family shared their adoption journey with EWTN -- and they are just one example of families who have felt called to adoption during the pandemic. Find out how the Catholic Church laid the foundations of the foster and adoption care systems in the United States.  WATCH       SAINT OF THE DAY  St. Isidore, who succeeded his brother St. Leander as Archbishop of Seville, was one of the great bishops of the seventh century. He was proficient in all branches of knowledge and was regarded as one of the most learned men of his time; with Cassiodorus and Boethius he was one of the thinkers whose writings were most studied in the Middle Ages.  READ        DAILY PSALM  "Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.” (Psalm 23:1)  READ       DAILY READINGS  Today's Mass readings.  READ       BEAUTY  Katie, a Looper from Milwaukee, took this photo of the Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzman in Oaxaca, Mexico.  SHARE                 INVITE FRIENDS   You got 0 friends to sign up for the Loop! When you reach 10, you receive a free Loop coffee mug!