CV NEWS FEED // The Democratic-controlled Senate Wednesday dismissed the House’s two articles of impeachment against Biden administration Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.  Senate Democrats also claimed that the articles were “unconstitutional.” CBS News reported that the Senate’s “short-lived trial” which culminated in the dismissal of all charges against Mayorkas “brought an end to a months-long effort to punish the secretary for his handling of the southern border.” “The entire proceeding lasted just three hours,” CBS noted. CNN noted that the narrow Democratic Senate ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston confirmed last week that his city will allocate over $45 million from city agencies to programs for migrants. To meet this lofty spending goal, the city will cut over $8 million from its police department. FOX News reported that the $45.9 million is “in addition to $44 million in spending already secured for the [migrant] program through previous budget moves.”  Therefore, Denver is currently allocating a total of $89.9 million to its burgeoning migrant population. “The mayor’s office says it will avoid layoffs or furloughs of employe ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // The mayor of Brussels, Belgium this week attempted with police to shut down an international Conservative summit taking place in the city, prompting the conference’s organizers to file an emergency legal challenge against the mayor.  Non-profit legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom International published a news release on April 16 backing the emergency legal challenge, which argues that the Brussels authorities “[ordered] police to shut down peaceful conference because it platformed views that were ‘ethically conservative.’” At about noon on April 16, the venue f ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // Catholic converts and “reconverts” from Arizona are sharing their testimonies about what drew them to Catholicism in a recent article for the diocesan of Phoenix newspaper.  Reconverts, also sometimes known as reverts, are individuals who were raised Catholic (or Catholic for a time), stopped practicing the Faith for some time, and then “reconverted” back to practicing the Faith regularly.  The Catholic Sun, the newspaper for the Phoenix diocese, highlighted some of their stories in an April 16 article written by Joyce Coronel titled, “Conversions, reversions to Cath ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // A petition calling on St. Joseph’s University to cancel its upcoming “drag” show amassed over 13,000 supporters in just one day. On Monday, CatholicVote reported that the Jesuit-affiliated university in Philadelphia is set to hold its annual “drag” show Friday. The next day, TFP Student Action published a petition condemning the show and urging St. Joseph’s President Dr. Cheryl A. McConnell to reconsider moving forward with the event. “I am appalled that your university plans to host an immoral ‘drag show’ on April 19,” the petition states. “The event tramples Catholic moral t ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // Nearly 30 years after the typical retirement age, Fr. Thomas Keller was still serving as a priest. The Arkansas priest was 91 when he died on April 13 in Little Rock, according to his obituary, which the Diocese of Little Rock published. He was the oldest and longest-serving priest in the Diocese, the obituary said, noting that he transitioned in June 2014 to being a senior priest, while serving as the chaplain for the Diocese’s pro-life movement. “Throughout his ministry, Fr. Keller championed the unborn and the Church’s teachings of the dignity of every person from the first ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // After National Public Radio attempted to punish a senior editor who wrote about how the radio platform lost America’s trust, he announced that he has resigned from his position and stands by what he wrote. Uri Berliner had worked for NPR for 25 years as a committed editor and journalist. On April 9, Berliner wrote an op-ed in The Free Press expressing his concerns about the company replacing reporting the truth with pushing a biased narrative.  In his article, Berliner gave three examples of times when NPR purposely neglected or ignored key facts about politically-charged ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // The Illinois Catholic Conference is pushing back against a proposed bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state. Chicago Catholic reported that the Conference has called for Catholics to educate themselves about assisted suicide and Church teaching on the issue. The Conference has also urged Catholics to contact their legislators to oppose the bill. Robert Gilligan, executive director of the Conference, told Chicago Catholic that Church teaching forbids assisted suicide, since “our lives don’t belong to ourselves.” He added that legalizing assisted suicide ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // The World Apostolate of Fatima is joining the route of the Northern Eucharistic Pilgrimage, beginning in Connecticut and ending in Indianapolis, by leading processions with the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima through participating parishes. “The foundation of our Faith is our belief in the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. The foundation of the Fatima message is Eucharistic Reparation,” explained World Apostolate of Fatima Executive Director David Carollo in an April 15 statement.  “This is where the Angel of Peace at Fatima directed us more tha ..read more

CV NEWS FEED // Religious filmmaking and Catholic media are beginning to come into their springtimes, according to an op-ed from Angelus News. Angelus News highlighted a Catholic production company, 4PM Media/10th Hour Productions founded by Catholic converts Jack and Jaimie McAleer. Their son-in-law, Dan Johnson, also does direction and production work for the company. While some faith-based media or film companies have produced “religious films with dubious theology or clunky filmmaking,” according to Angelus News, others have created art that easily reaches a large audience. 4PM Media/10th ..read more