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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

DEMOCRATS SUE DHS TO KEEP GIVING WELFARE FUNDS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS New York was joined by 21 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s new restrictions on green cards for foreign nationals who rely on taxpayer-funded welfare programs. READ

WATCHDOG: TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES SUPPORT OBAMACARE PLANS COVERING ABORTION A Government Accountability Office report found that nearly five million Americans are enrolled in Obamacare plans that cover abortion — beyond what the longstanding Hyde Amendment would allow. READ

MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT PROTESTED AGAINST ‘EX-TERRORISTS’ WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY Socialist-adjacent Democratic Senate nominee for Michigan Abdul El-Sayed reportedly protested against a 2007 event featuring three converts from Islam to Christianity who claimed to be former affiliates of Islamic terrorist organizations. READ

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SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TRUMP’S MAIL-IN BALLOT SECURITY RULE TO BE HALTED The high court refused to intervene in a critical election integrity case, instead allowing a lower court to block President Donald Trump’s ballot security measures. The President responded by blasting the Supreme Court’s “horrible, highly political” decision. READ

PLANNED PARENTHOOD CHALLENGES WISCONSIN LAWS IN BID TO ESTABLISH ABORTION AS A RIGHT The abortion giant’s Wisconsin branch filed a lawsuit against a state law making it a felony for anyone other than a physician to perform an abortion and another mandating a 24-hour waiting period between an in-person doctor’s visit and an abortion appointment. READ

POLL: AMERICANS’ SATISFACTION WITH K-12 EDUCATION HITS RECORD LOW According to a September Gallup survey, fewer than one-third of Americans are happy with the quality of K-12 education, the lowest share recorded by the polling and research firm in nearly 30 years of study. READ

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POPE LEO APPOINTS NEWARK AUXILIARY BISHOP TO LEAD NEW JERSEY DIOCESE Bishop Michael Saporito will become the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, which serves more than 670,000 Catholics. “While it is not easy to leave the people and places that have formed and sustained me, I welcome this new mission with trust in the Holy Spirit,” Bishop Saporito said. READ

IRISH SCHOOL CHANGES NAME TO HONOR ST. CARLO ACUTIS Bishop Niall Coll of the Diocese of Raphoe celebrated a Mass at the Donegal school, where the school community venerated the relics of the first millennial saint. “Central to St. Carlo’s Catholic faith was his deep, unwavering devotion to the Holy Eucharist. We want all children to follow this saintly example of adoration,” the school’s principal Patricia Uí hArlaigh told Zeale News. READ

ENTERTAINING IN THE ORDINARY Hosting friends and loved ones doesn't always mean elaborate dinner parties. Sometimes, it means embracing the virtue of hospitality with something as simple as takeout or tea and cookies. READ

CATHOLIC 101 Marking 100 years since Mexico's anti-Catholic law, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez tells the story of a relic of Juan Diego’s tilma in the Los Angeles Cathedral, a 1926 persecution that shaped Southern California's Catholic community, and the global toll of Christian persecution that continues today. READ

SAINT OF THE DAY Today, the Church celebrates Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, a pope and a bishop who served Christ with courage and mercy, helping guide the early Church through persecution, division, and the return of those who had fallen away. READ

DAILY PSALM "Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.” (Psalm 33) READ

DAILY READINGS Today's Mass readings. READ

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