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News – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

July 25, 2025

‘Defending Migrants Cuz the Pope Said So’, by Adelina Romero

By Adelina Romero, New York Upstate - More Immigration Fear Porn From Open Border Bishops... Seven months into President Donald Trump’s second term, sweeping changes to federal immigration policy have escalated deportations, cut millions of dollars in federal funding to nonprofits providing legal aid for immigrants, and revoked protections for sensitive spaces, including churches... Here in El Paso, faith leaders and organizations that have long provided resources for migrants are raising alarms over policies they say are instilling fear and undermining humanitarian effort. ...

July 25, 2025

Trump Holds Fed Chief’s Feet to Fire on HQ Construction Cost Overruns, by Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal - President Donald Trump put Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on the spot about the cost of renovations to the Fed’s Washington headquarters building going over budget... “We’re taking a look, and it looks like it’s about $3.1 billion. Went up a little bit—or a lot,” Trump said. “So, the 2.7 is now 3.1. It just came out.” Powell pushed back, saying he hadn’t “heard that from anybody.”

July 25, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Whoever Hears the Word and Understands It

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Matthew 13:18-23 - 18 "Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. ....

July 25, 2025

Thune Considers Cancelling August Recess to Confirm Trump Nominees, by Elise Winland

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote - Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said July 21 he may cancel the Senate’s August recess to address a mounting backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees, noting that Democrats have so far refused to confirm any through the Senate’s usual procedures... “We’re thinking about it,” Thune told reporters at the Capitol, according to The Hill... He said it would be “nice” if Democrats adhered to historical precedent ....

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