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Health Alert: Ibuprofen vs. acetaminophen: Which pain reliever should you use?

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Ibuprofen vs. acetaminophen: Which pain reliever should you use?

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SATURDAY, JUNE 6

FBI REPORTEDLY FIRES ANALYSTS BEHIND RICHMOND MEMO The FBI has reportedly fired five employees connected with a controversial 2023 intelligence memo that tied white supremacist extremist ideology to traditionalist Catholic communities. The firings appear to be the first publicly confirmed terminations of employees directly involved in drafting and approving the memo. READ

AMERICANS' APPROVAL OF TRUMP HITS RECORD LOW President Donald Trump’s net approval reached a record low of -25 at the end of May, largely driven by dissatisfaction with the unfolding situation in Iran and rapidly rising prices. READ

4 GOP SENATORS JOIN DEMS TO KILL SAVE AMERICA ACT The Senate on June 4 rejected another Republican attempt to attach the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a bill aimed at tightening voter registration and election security requirements, to an immigration funding package. READ

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BISHOPS MAKE FRIENDLY WAGERS ON NBA FINALS, STANLEY CUP Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York and Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio, Texas, have placed a friendly wager on the NBA finals, putting up New York bagels against Texas gift boxes as the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs battle for the championship. Meanwhile, the archbishop of Las Vegas and the bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, have made similar wagers as the Golden Knights and Hurricanes compete for the Stanley Cup. READ

ISRAELI FORCES ARREST CHRISTIAN STUDENT IN WEST BANK Amid radical Jewish settler violence against Christians in the Holy Land, Israeli forces arrested Christian student Natalie Abu Dayyeh at gunpoint this week. Catholic and Lutheran advocates decried the incident, especially as Abu Dayyeh's family revealed they were unsure where she was being detained. Vatican News interviewed Palestinian human rights activist Ihab Hassan about the arrest. "This is not an isolated incident,” he warned. "This is a pattern.” READ

LARGEST-EVER LEGO SET HONORS CATHOLIC BASILICA In honor of the completion of the main building of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, the toy company LEGO has released its largest-ever set — a 12,060 piece model of the iconic basilica. The set was unveiled just days before Pope Leo’s planned inauguration of the Tower of Jesus Christ, the basilica’s tallest and most recently completed tower. READ

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HOW ONE SILICON VALLEY ENGINEER FOUND THE CATHOLIC FAITH After a difficult breakup, Silicon Valley engineer Marcus Chen walked into a Catholic campus ministry looking for community and found the faith instead. Received into the Church this Easter, the 23-year-old says he's learned that his worth isn't found in achievement alone: "God actually has a plan for me." READ

ADOLESCENCE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS HARD Modern parenting trends may have contributed to Gen Z's mental health crisis. Here's how. READ

CATHOLIC 101 In his homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, urged Christians in the Holy Land to allow the Holy Eucharist to transform their lives and give them strength in a region marked by ongoing violence and tensions. READ

SAINT OF THE DAY St. Norbert of Xanten was a German nobleman who underwent a dramatic conversion, founded the Norbertine Order, and became a reforming archbishop and influential peacemaker in the 12th-century Church. READ

SATURDAY'S PSALM "I will sing of your salvation." (Psalm 71) READ

SATURDAY'S READINGS Today's Mass readings. READ

SUNDAY'S PSALM "Praise the Lord, Jerusalem." (Psalm 147) READ

SUNDAY'S READINGS Sunday's Mass readings. READ

ANSWER TO TRIVIA Pope Urban IV instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi, or the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, in 1264. But before becoming pontiff, Pope Urban served as archdeacon of Liège, where the confessor of St. Juliana of Liège told the future pope about her idea of establishing the feast. So in a sense, the foundress of the feast is the mystic and canonized saint, Juliana of Liège.

NEW EPISODE Have college grades become meaningless? Join Erika Ahern on The Deep for a look at grade inflation, falling standards, and what it all means for the future of American education. WATCH

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