Tuesday, April 30, 2024

VANDALS WRITE EXPLICIT PRO-ABORTION SLOGANS ON CATHOLIC CHURCH;BIDEN ADMIN SILENT ON FORGIVING PROTESTERS’ STUDENT LOANS;RED STATES REJECT BIDEN’S NEW TITLE IX RULES

TUESDAY, APRIL 30

VANDALS WRITE EXPLICIT PRO-ABORTION SLOGANS ON CATHOLIC CHURCH Abortion activists vandalized St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon, this weekend, writing explicit pro-abortion messages on the church’s entrance doors and sidewalk. Parishioners discovered the vandalism on their way to Mass on Sunday. The graffiti messages included explicit messages and the slogan “my body my choice.” St. Patrick’s was also attacked by vandals back in 2021. READ

FUNERAL FOR PRO-ABORTION BAPTIST CONGRESSMAN AT NEWARK CATHEDRAL The funeral for the late Rep. Donald Payne, Jr., D-NJ, a pro-abortion Baptist, is reportedly scheduled to be held at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark Thursday, May 4. In his dozen years serving in Congress, Payne compiled a consistently pro-abortion and pro-LGBTQ voting record. In 2022, he called the Dobbs decision an “absolute tragedy” and the “direct result of the continued radicalism of the Republican Party.” READ

BIDEN ADMIN SILENT ON FORGIVING PROTESTERS’ STUDENT LOANS The Biden administration reportedly did not respond when asked if it would include pro-Palestine protesters in its “student loan forgiveness” programs. On Monday morning, FOX News reported that it had asked the White House the previous day “if the administration plans to bar student protesters from eligibility for student loan forgiveness programs.” FOX noted that it “did not receive a response.” READ

RED STATES REJECT BIDEN’S NEW TITLE IX RULES Several Republican-led states have announced they are legally challenging or disregarding the Biden administration’s Title IX rules which now expand “sex discrimination” to include discrimination based on “gender identity.” “Joe Biden’s extreme gender ideology is a threat to the safety and dignity of women and girls,” said Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill. “We will not comply,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. READ

WaPo ADMITS IVF HAS ‘ERRORS’ An article published in The Washington Post Monday morning appeared to acknowledge “errors” in the process of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) which “are rarely made public.” The analysis piece titled “Most IVF errors go unreported, experts say,” described IVF practices as “opaque.” “When a storage tank at a San Francisco fertility center imploded, 4,000 human eggs and embryos were damaged or destroyed,” wrote the article’s author McKenzie Beard. READ

STEPHANOPOULOS TELLS PRESS TO BE BIASED AGAINST TRUMP On his show Sunday, ABC News host and former Bill Clinton Communications Director George Stephanopoulos implored the rest of the mainstream media to not treat this year’s presidential election like a “normal” race, pointing to the various criminal charges levied against former President Trump. FOX News noted that these remarks came “[o]ne day after President Biden implored the media to not treat the 2024 election like business as usual.” READ

CATHOLIC GROUP URGES GOV. YOUNGKIN TO VETO CONTRACEPTION BILLS The Virginia Catholic Conference is calling for state residents to urge Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to veto two measures related to contraception access. The legislation also requires healthcare providers to prescribe contraceptives to anyone who asks for them. No mention is made of exceptions for faith-based healthcare providers that morally cannot prescribe contraceptives. READ

LOOPCAST Having Kids Is Now ‘Far Right’, Celebrity Conversions, And Tom Discovers C.S. Lewis. Everything that used to be just normal is now “far right” behavior: having children, raising a family, and more! More and more high-profile figures are becoming Christian – who, why, and wherefore, all on LOOPcast. LISTEN

DATA BREACH AT DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, this week announced that a cyber security incident may have compromised confidential information on its data site, making Cleveland the second diocese this month to confirm a data breach. The data breach potentially compromised any or all of the following information belonging to victims: Social Security numbers, credit card information, passport information, date of birth, taxpayer identification numbers, routing numbers, and driver’s license numbers, among other information. READ

‘BABY OLIVIA ACT’ SIGNED IN TENNESSEE Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law requiring public schools to show students video representation of fetal development as a part of its family life curriculum. The Act specifies that schools must include “the presentation of a high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound of at least three (3) minutes in duration ..such as ‘Meet Baby Olivia,’ a high-quality, computer-generated animation developed by Live Action.” READ

YOUR HOMESCHOOL ROUTINE If you’re new to homeschooling (or just homeschool-curious!) and want a peek into the daily life of a more seasoned homeschooling mom, here is an opportunity. Theresa Civantos Barber shares 6 small changes she made that can transform your homeschool routine. READ

CATHOLIC 101 If you’re Catholic, you probably know that Church teaching forbids intercourse with anyone besides your spouse. You may have also heard warnings against going “too far” with your boyfriend or girlfriend. What does that mean, and what does the virtue of chastity look like in dating? READ

SAINT OF THE DAY Today the Church celebrates the feast day of Pope St. Pius V, the pontiff during the miraculous Battle of Lepanto. As the fighting raged on, Pius directed the Catholic faithful to pray the Rosary for the victory of the Catholic coalition, who were at a great numerical and tactical disadvantage to the Muslim Ottomans. Despite all odds, the naval battle ended in a decisive Catholic victory and a crushing blow to the Ottomans. READ