SATURDAY, JULY 18

DHS TO STATES: VERIFY CITIZENSHIP OR GO WITHOUT ELECTION FUNDS After revelations that China obtained data on roughly 220 million American voters, DHS is cracking down by holding federal election funds from states that still refuse to cooperate with citizenship checks and voter-roll cleanup. In 23 states that have cooperated, officials found 23,000 noncitizens and hundreds of thousands of voters still registered despite being deceased. READ

NEW WAYS MINISTRY SIDES WITH HOCHUL AGAINST CATHOLIC NUNS New Ways Ministry, a pro-LGBT activist group that identifies as Catholic despite having no Church authorization, amplified New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul's allies attacking the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne’s religious freedom lawsuit. The sisters say New York’s LGBT long-term-care mandate would force the religious community to violate Catholic teaching. READ

RUBIO: FAR-LEFT TERRORISM IS ‘A HATRED FOR CIVILIZATION ITSELF’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened officials from more than 60 countries to build an international coalition to surveil, undermine, and dismantle far-left political terrorism. Calling violent leftism “poisonous resentment cloaked in the language of equality,” he vowed to take transnational far-left networks apart “brick by brick.” READ

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CATHOLIC REP HELPS HOLD NIGERIA ACCOUNTABLE FOR CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION The House passed a foreign-affairs funding bill containing provisions championed by Catholic Republican Rep. Riley Moore that condition all U.S. assistance to Nigeria on tangible progress toward protecting Christians there. Moore said the measure confronts Islamist violence and supports displaced believers’ return to their ancestral lands. READ

TRUMP BROADENS ‘PUBLIC CHARGE’ TEST FOR GREEN CARDS Starting Sept. 18, immigration officers may weigh applicants’ use of welfare programs when deciding green-card and admission cases. READ

GAY COUPLE SUES SURROGATE MOTHER FOR REFUSING TO KILL SON An Ontario same-sex couple is suing the surrogate mother they used. Why? Because she refused their request to abort the baby after a cleft-lip diagnosis, an aesthetic and non-life-threatening condition. Pro-life commentator Lila Rose praised the mother’s “heroic love” and called for surrogacy to be banned. READ

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AMID SCHISM, NC SSPX COMMUNITY BUYS 26 ACRES A growing SSPX community near Charlotte closed on land for a larger church, school, cemetery, and residences less than a week after the Vatican declared the society in schism. Parishioners called the long-planned purchase a sign of hope, but numerous U.S. bishops have warned that continuing to attend SSPX liturgies poses grave spiritual risks. READ

MOMS SOUND ALARM OVER DEMONIC IMAGERY IN NEW ‘MINIONS’ MOVIE "Minions & Monsters" features a spellbook, a séance-like ritual to summon a Lovecraftian creature, and even a pentagram — material Christian parents say does not belong in a PG kids' movie. One Million Moms has launched a boycott petition, warning the lighthearted treatment of the dark subject matter risks desensitizing children to witchcraft and the occult. READ

‘YOUNG WASHINGTON’: WORTH WATCHING? Angel Studios’ new biopic portrays an arrogant, underprepared young George Washington learning humility, endurance, courage, and responsibility through military defeat. The result is an imperfect but worthwhile family conversation starter about how failure can become the beginning of true leadership. READ

SAINT OF THE DAY Today the Church honors St. Camillus de Lellis, a former soldier and compulsive gambler whose conversion led him to found the Camillians and spend his life serving the sick. He is a patron of hospitals, nurses, and the sick. READ

SATURDAY'S PSALM "Do not forget the poor, O Lord!” (Psalm 10) READ

SATURDAY'S READINGS Today's Mass readings. READ

SUNDAY'S PSALM "Lord, you are good and forgiving.” (Psalm 86) READ

SUNDAY'S READINGS Sunday's Mass readings. READ

ANSWER TO TRIVIA Comedian Red Skelton, known for his wholesome, "clean," and often patriotic comedy stylings, was born July 18, 1913, in Vincennes, Indiana. He passed away in September 1997.

NEW EPISODE Elmo didn't always act like... well, Elmo. So what happened? From Sesame Street to Cocomelon, the fight for children's attention transformed kids' TV into a high-speed sensory experience. On the latest episode of The Deep, Erika breaks down the surprising research that may change how you think about screen time. Check it out now on Zeale. WATCH

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