CATHOLIC ALL-GIRLS’ COLLEGE TO ACCEPT ‘TRANS’ STUDENTS;VIOLENCE SPARKS RIOTS AGAINST MASS MIGRATION IN DUBLIN;IDAHO BRINGS ADMIN ABORTION RULE TO SUPREME COURT;32,000 MORE BABIES BORN AFTER REPEAL OF ROE

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 NOTE: This is a special Thanksgiving Weekend Edition of the LOOP meant to take you all the way to the Solemnity of Christ the King. Here’s to safe travels, sumptuous feasts, and holy celebrations! CATHOLIC ALL-GIRLS’ COLLEGE TO ACCEPT ‘TRANS’ STUDENTS  Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, will accept male students who say they are women. “Saint Mary’s will consider undergraduate applicants whose sex assigned at birth is female or who consistently live and identify as women,” stated an internal email.  READ ISRAEL AND HAMAS AGREE TO TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE  Israel and Hamas this morning began a four-day ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners. Israel's military agreed to temporarily stop its airstrikes and ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas agreed to release dozens of hostages as Israel releases Palestinian prisoners.  READ VIOLENCE SPARKS RIOTS AGAINST MASS MIGRATION IN DUBLIN  Riots erupted in Dublin on Thursday after a foreign national reportedly stabbed children outside a school. The suspect seriously injured a 5-year-old girl and a woman, leading to an outcry against the government’s controversial mass migration policies.  READ IDAHO BRINGS ADMIN ABORTION RULE TO SUPREME COURT  Idaho’s attorney general filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Supreme Court to protect pro-life doctors. The federal government is attempting to use a law ensuring emergency care for patients to force doctors to perform abortions.  READ BIDEN ISSUES GUIDE TO ARGUE WITH TRUMP-SUPPORTING RELATIVES  The Biden-Harris campaign shared a "handy guide for responding to crazy MAGA nonsense" during holiday family gatherings. One segment advised telling relatives who say Trump secured the border: "No he didn’t… All he did was separate families, put children in cages, and leave behind a broken immigration system for Joe Biden to clean up."  READ RUNAWAY PRIEST MARRIES 18-YEAR-OLD  A disgraced priest has entered into a civil marriage with an 18-year-old. Alexander Crow, 30, formerly a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, recently traveled to Italy with a young woman who had graduated from the high school where he ministered.  READ 32,000 MORE BABIES BORN AFTER REPEAL OF ROE About 32,000 more babies were born per annum since the repeal of Roe v. Wade due to state laws protecting unborn children, according to the Institute of Labor Economics. Births have increased in every state that enacted pro-life laws.  READ VOTERS MUST RETHINK PRO-ABORTION BALLOT INITIATIVES  Voters who supported pro-abortion ballot initiatives like Ohio’s Issue 1 “should acknowledge the full implications of the bargain they have struck,” writes Elizabeth Kirk. Most voters consider themselves “moderate” on abortion, but the pro-abortion measures they vote for create “a legal regime that protects and privileges abortion to a far greater extent than Roe and Casey ever did.”  READ CATHOLICVOTE CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE!  If you’re looking for quality and meaningful gifts for your loved ones this Advent and Christmas season, look no further than CatholicVote’s Christmas Gift Guide! Each gift is crafted or provided by a Catholic-owned business.  CLICK ANTIDOTE TO CHRISTMAS FRENZY  Decorating, buying, wrapping, cooking, baking, cleaning, inviting, attending… it’s a lot. Here is a 15-minute-per-day antidote to the anxiety of the pre-Christmas bustle.  READ THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS  And now all our fridges are crowded with post-feast leftovers. Here are 55 ways you can transform Thanksgiving leftovers into something new, from cranberry scones to turkey enchiladas to mashed potato pancakes and more.  READ ADVENT WITH KIDS  The anticipation of Christmas is made all the sweeter by an intentional time of preparation and purification leading up to Christmas. Rose Church offers a few ideas on how your family can savor the Advent season and prepare your heart and home for the coming of the Christ-child!  READ NEXT FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT Family movie night is a great tradition, but it has become increasingly difficult to find movies that aren’t tainted with a woke agenda or just so noisy and fast-paced that you wonder if a bit of LSD somehow got into your system. Here are some classics that are perfect for your next movie night.  READ MERCH Give your favorite Happy Warrior the best in CatholicVote merch this Christmas... for less! Check out our ALL-NEW pro-life products (just in time for the March for Life!) and more!  SHOP & SAVE CATHOLIC 101  You have probably heard the expression “offer it up.” But what does it truly mean? It means that we can unite our sufferings to those of Christ in His Passion. We can seek the consolation and intercession of Mary, who suffered alongside her Son. And we can find meaning in our suffering along with the grace to endure it.  READ SAINT OF THE DAY  A lay catechist introduced St. Andrew Dung-Lac when the future saint was 12. Andrew was ordained a priest in 1823 during a time of fierce persecution in Vietnam. He was imprisoned and tortured multiple times. While in Confession, he was captured for the final time and beheaded alongside his confessor. Today the Church honors him and all Vietnamese martyrs. READ FRIDAY’S PSALM  “We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.” (1 Chr 29:13)  READ FRIDAY'S READINGS  Friday's Mass readings.  READ SATURDAY’S PSALM  “I will rejoice in your salvation, O Lord.” (Psalm 9:16a)  READ SATURDAY’S READINGS  Saturday's Mass readings.  READ SUNDAY’S PSALM  “The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.” (Psalm 23:1)  READ SUNDAY’S READINGS  Sunday's Mass readings.  READ ANSWER TO THE TRIVIA  On Aug. 15, 1790, John Carroll was appointed as the first bishop of Baltimore. He was the first bishop of the United States. HAVE A TIP?  Send us your news for the Weekend LOOP.  EMAIL ARTWORK  Jesus Christ, the King  SHARE The LOOP is a publication of the CatholicVote Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization. The LOOP is organized, funded, and published by faithful Catholic laity. We do not claim to speak for any individual bishop or the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. CATHOLICVOTE | PO Box 3310 | Carmel, IN 46082 | (317) 669-6127