FROM TODAY'S CLIPS:
"A Missionary Pope Faces a Chain Saw-Wielding Populist in Argentina" by @SFrydlewsky and Ryan Dube

"An estimated 40,000 pour into a park in Uruguay for Pope Leo’s first Mass in South America" by @IsabelDeBre and @nwinfield for @AP

"After Decades of a Religious Right, Democrats Find a Religious Left" by @chriskuo17 and @AnveeBhutani for @WSJ

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"Why Colorado Is at the Epicenter of So Many Supreme Court Clashes" by @amarimow for @nytimes

"The Greatest Flex for a Celebrity? A Photo With the Pope." by Alisha Haridasani Gupta for @nytimes

"Evangelization Is Our Responsibility" by Mark Bradford for @WordOnFire

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All Dominican saints, pray for us!

Pope Leo XIV getting emotional at the chanting of the Salve Regina at the conclusion of tonight’s Prayer Vigil with 70,000 young people from Uruguay in Montevideo’s iconic Estadio Centenario.

FROM TODAY'S CLIPS:
"Pope Leo's Trip to Latin America: What to Know" by @motokorich, @EmmaBubola, and @julieturkewitz for @nytimes

"N.Y. Archdiocese Settled With Abuse Victims. Where Do Other Cases Stand?" by @publicroad for @nytimes

"Colorado Punishes Families for Choosing Catholic Schools" by @AshMcG for @USATODAY

"Government Funding Leads to Government Interference" by Tim Busch for @WSJ

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"Interview: Ashley McGuire on Colorado’s Preschool Program and the Supreme Court" by Ashli-Meghan Eskeldson for @PJMedia_com

"Diocese Bets Big on Marriage Apostolate — and Sees Dramatic Results" by @zeldacaldwell for @NCRegister

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Pope Leo XIV denounces abortion in Uruguay:

“The unborn already belong to the human family, and to the future of their people. Their absolute dependence on their mother does not diminish the dignity to which they are entitled, nor to the protection they deserve. Jesus Himself ndition.

Welcoming a new life requires that fathers assume their responsibilities alongside mothers, that the family offers their support and that social conditions exist that allow both parents to raise and care for their children.

Protection of the unborn and the support of those who welcome them are inseparable. The family remains the primary setting in which each person is welcomed and learns to life with others.

St. John Paul II, who also had the joy to visit this land, expressed this in a phrase that retains all of its original force; “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.””

The portrayal of Purgatory as a kind of temporary hell is very much to be avoided. As St John Paul II put it when speaking about hope for eternal life: “Even if the soul in that passage towards heaven had to undergo purification for the remains of sin in purgatory, it is full of joy, because it is sure that it belongs to God forever.”

Read our latest Substack article to find out what really happens in Purgatory: buff.ly/GaEWKPi

There is a Times report that the FBI is accelerating the investigation the Supreme Court leak of the Dobbs decision. That would be welcomed news in light of the seriousness of the breach. jonathanturley.org/2022/05/03/lea…

This week: @PetriOP on All Souls Month and the Catholic tradition of praying for the faithful departed.

Plus, Louis Brown of Christ Medicus Foundation on faith, healthcare, and the importance of religious freedom and conscience rights.

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It was more than 2 hours and @becketfund’s Nick Reaves was brilliant. My analysis of yesterday’s SCOTUS argument in St. Mary v. Roy for @NCRegister. ncregister.com/commentaries/s…

TCA's Ashley McGuire spoke with Colorado families impacted by the punitive decision to exclude Catholics from preschool benefits. SCOTUS heard arguments this week in the case: St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy.

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FROM TODAY'S CLIPS:
"A Still-Recovering Pope Will Head Home to Latin America and His Beloved Peru For A 12-Day Trip" by @nwinfield for @AP

"Bob Dylan Meets with Pope Leo" by Eric Nagourney for @nytimes

"Midterm Abortion Defeats Leave Pro-Life Movement Weighing Its Next Steps" by Gigi Duncan for @NCRegister

"From DOJ Lawyer to Dominican Friar: 13 Hot Takes on Faith and Dating With Father Legge" by @alyssamurphy

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“Let us never forget: The fortunes of earthly politics wax and wane, but the virtue of hope in Christ the King remains.”

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TCA Senior Fellow Ashley McGuire deftly explains in USA Today the burden on Colorado Catholic parents when they are excluded from the annual $6,000 preschool benefit because of their beliefs:

"Until the case is resolved, countless families sacrificing to send their kids to Catholic schools are losing out on dollars they might otherwise spend on summer camps, braces or the many other costs that inevitably come with raising kids."

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Colorado’s discriminatory policies to exclude Catholic schools from “universal” funding punish the state’s families, says TCA’s Ashley McGuire. Read more about the debate in the USA Today opinion piece.
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This week's podcast: Professor Abigail Jorgensen of St. Louis University talks movingly about infant loss and how to help those who mourn the loss of young children'
"One place in which I think Catholicism offers us a way to look at pregnancy and infant loss that is so important rations over and over of how much Jesus loves little children."

Dr. Jorgensen recently authored A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss.
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