AZ HOUSE VOTES TO REPEAL PRO-LIFE LAW, EFFORT GOES TO SENATE;REPORT: NEW NPR CEO HAS TIES TO MIDDLE EAST REVOLUTIONARIES;JESUIT UNIVERSITY’S HEALTH PLAN APPEARS TO COVER ABORTION;

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 26 AZ HOUSE VOTES TO REPEAL PRO-LIFE LAW, EFFORT GOES TO SENATE   The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal the state’s pro-life law which protects almost all unborn children. The repeal effort now heads to the state Senate – also controlled by Republicans – which can vote on it no earlier than Wednesday, May 1. The three Republicans who voted with the Democrats to repeal the law were state Reps. Tim Dunn, R-Yuma, Matt Gress, R-Phoenix, and Justin Wilmeth, also R-Phoenix. READ TRUMP IMMUNITY CASE AT SUPREME COURT   The Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a former president can be criminally prosecuted for actions while in office. John Sauer, attorney for former President Donald Trump argued before the Supreme Court that an adverse decision in the presidential immunity case would have “implications” that “extend far beyond the facts of this case.”  READ REPORT: NEW NPR CEO HAS TIES TO MIDDLE EAST REVOLUTIONARIES  Conservative scholar Christopher Rufo reported he has uncovered alleged evidence which purports that new National Public Radio (NPR) CEO Katherine Maher had connections to radical revolutionaries in the Middle East. “Katherine Maher helped advance Color Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, arguing that regime-change operatives could ‘govern a country’ by capturing radio stations,” Rufo wrote in an X post announcing his report Wednesday.  READ JESUIT UNIVERSITY’S HEALTH PLAN APPEARS TO COVER ABORTION  Jesuit-affiliated Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH, appears to list abortion on its student health insurance plan. The university maintains that it does not cover abortion. “[Xavier’s] plan not only appears to cover abortion – it looks like the school specifically added it into the coverage,” Hope College student William Hurley wrote in The College Fix Tuesday. “A ‘policy endorsement’ on the plan appeared to delete an ‘exclusion’ of abortion,” Hurley indicated.  READ 42% OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORT DEPORTING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS  According to a new Axios/Harris poll, a majority of Americans – including a stunning 42% of Democrats – support the mass deportation of migrants illegally in the country. Another surprising finding of the poll is that 45% of Latino respondents and 40% of black respondents indicated that they supported mass-deporting illegal migrants. Generation Z seemed to be the only age cohort strongly opposed to the measure, with only 35% of its respondents in favor.  READ NEBRASKA GOV. PILLEN SIGNS SCHOOL CHOICE BILL  Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Wednesday that would expand school choice to more of the state’s families. The Nebraska Examiner reported that the bill, LB 1402, “will devote $10 million to the state treasurer to distribute private K-12 scholarships to prospective students.” Both Pillen and the bill’s sponsor, State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, R-Elkhorn, are Catholics. READ RETIRED GYMNAST STARTS CLOTHING BRAND IN QUEST TO SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS  Former star gymnast Jennifer Sey is starting her own clothing brand in support of women’s sports: XX-XY Athletics. She is teaming up with Riley Gaines and others in the effort to prevent “transgender” men from participating in women’s athletics. “As a person who benefited from Title IX when I competed in the 70s and 80s, I think it is incredibly important to protect it,” Sey told CatholicVote.  READ ELECTION 2024  Are you registered to vote? The 2024 presidential election is a critical one – and Catholic votes will make all the difference. Register today to increase Catholic voter turnout!  REGISTER OKLAHOMA ARCHBISHOP SLAMS STATE’S BORDER SECURITY BILL  Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City released a statement on April 23 criticizing an anti-illegal immigration bill that he says unnecessarily criminalizes honest people. “[T]he new law inadvertently will target men and women who are living productive lives with their families, and subject them to jail time, large fines and deportation within 72 hours, separating them from their children,” the archbishop claimed.  READ LGBTQ ACTIVISTS REBUKED AS MEXICO CONGRESSMAN ALLOWED TO SEEK RE-ELECTION  Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary has shot down transgender activists’ attempt to prevent incumbent legislator Gabriel Quadri from running for office in the country’s upcoming June election. “For simply sharing my convictions, and speaking out for the hard-earned rights of women, I have been prosecuted and censored,” the congressman stated. “I am committed to defending the right of every Mexican to speak freely and without fear.”  READ GRANDMA BOOTCAMP  Author and grandmother of eight Amanda Lauer humorously reflects on enlisting “in the ranks of The Many, The Proud, The Grandmas.” She describes “a typical day on the base under the command of my 34-month-old drill instructor and her 3-month-old underling, i.e. baby brother.” “Reveille comes early: not a bugle, but a cry for milk or demand for breakfast,” Lauer writes. READ CATHOLIC 101  Have you ever wondered what type of body Jesus had when he rose from the dead? Like our own bodies, Jesus’ resurrected body still took up space in the natural world. He ate and drank with his friends. However, we also know that His body had additional qualities that we do not (yet!) share.  READ SAINT OF THE DAY  The devotion to Our Lady of Good Counsel began in 1467 when the city of Scutari, Albania, was sacked by invading Turks. The city’s church was completely destroyed, and its sacred painting of Our Lady of Good Counsel disappeared. Later, across the sea in Genazzano, Italy, a church was covered by a miraculous cloud, which lifted to reveal the very same painting floating in mid-air.  READ DAILY PSALM  “You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.” (Psalm 2:7)  READ DAILY READINGS  Today's Mass readings  READ VOCATION  Sister Marie Dominic’s Protestant mom told her not to become a nun, but the Lord clearly had something else in mind! 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