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Twenty-Five Things that Caught My Eye Today: Josh Shapiro, Palm Sunday in Iraq & Ukraine & More

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in conversation ahead of providing an update on the act of arson that took place at the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg, Pa., April 13, 2025. (Commonwealth Media Services/Handout via Reuters)

The attack on Governor Shapiro was an attack on democracy.

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1. Sen. Dave McCormick: The Attack on Governor Shapiro Was an Assault on Democracy

Shapiro is a Democrat. I’m a Republican who supports President Donald Trump. No side has a monopoly on the political violence rising in our country.

2. ‘Nothing is sacred’: Religious leaders condemn Russia’s Palm Sunday attack on Ukraine

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4. Somewhat amazing, ten years after the ISIS genocide of Iraqi Christians and other religious minorities:

Nearly 20,000 celebrate Palm Sunday in Iraq’s ‘City of Hosanna’

 

5. Spencer Cox & Brad Wilcox in WSJ: Utah Hands Parents the Keys to the App Store

The App Store Accountability Act is a common-sense fix to a serious problem. It requires app stores to assign age ratings that accurately reflect an app’s content. It ensures that minors can’t enter into binding contracts with tech companies by downloading or purchasing apps without parental consent—bringing digital practices in line with real-world standards. And it gives parents the ability to take legal action if their children are harmed by apps that misrepresent themselves.

This law is the result of years of advocacy from parents and policy experts, including Melissa McKay, a Utah mother who has long sounded the alarm about app store accountability. Ms. McKay, working with scholars from the Institute for Family Studies and the Ethics and Public Policy Center, helped shape the new law, drawing attention to the wide gap between how apps are marketed and content to which children are actually exposed.

The goal here isn’t to overregulate or eliminate choice. It’s to restore balance. To put pressure where it belongs—on the tech giants profiting from our children’s attention—and to empower parents with the truth they deserve.

Some will call this government overreach. But this isn’t about politics. It’s about protecting kids. It’s about creating a digital environment where families are respected, not exploited. And it’s about holding powerful platforms accountable when they put profits ahead of safety.

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7. Planned Parenthood is not just about abortion:

8. UK School faces backlash after canceling Easter celebration for ‘inclusivity’

9. Easter’s ‘retail blackout’: Lowe’s, Target and other retailers will close to prioritize family time

Target, Costco, Lowe’s and other retailers will close on Easter this year.

10. ‘No better institution for civilizing males than marriage’ — An Interview with Heather Mac Donald

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12. Airstrikes destroy another Catholic church in Myanmar

Airstrikes by the regular army have destroyed another Catholic church in Chin, Myanmar’s only Christian-majority state, marking yet another tragic chapter in country’s ongoing civil war  between the military junta and resistance forces that continues to severely impact Christians and their places of worship.

The Church of Christ the King in the town of Falam, part of the Diocese of Hakha, was hit on April 8.

According to Fides local sources  the church’s roof and interior have been devastated, but the building’s walls are still standing.

The church had only been recently built with great  sacrifice to meet the needs of the local Catholic community of around one thousand faithful.   It had been consecrated and opened for worship in November 2023, replacing a small chapel that had existed for 75 years.

“There is great sadness now in the community, but also the desire and determination to rebuild,”  the  source told Fides.

13. Police ban outdoor Way of the Cross in India’s capital

MUMBAI, India – Citing security concerns, the Delhi police in India’s capital denied permission for the Palm Sunday “Way of the Cross” procession from St. Mary’s Church to Sacred Heart Cathedral. The parish accepts the decision respectfully.

Due to the restriction on holding the procession outside, the event was confined within the premises of the cathedral.

Meanwhile, the parish priest, Father Francis Swaminathan, responded to the media after the Mass, saying that he accepts the police’s decision. He said that for the past 15 years, the Way of the Cross has been held on Ash Wednesday and about 2,000 believers participate. He added that permission was denied in a similar manner years ago.

Usually, the Way of the Cross on Palm Sunday is organized at a distance of about six miles.

14. More Than 3,500 Gather for Colorado March for Life

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18. John J. Miller: Gavin Newsom is following Ronald Reagan’s playbook

What Newsom’s critics haven’t noticed is that the governor is following the playbook of a famous predecessor who launched a multimedia campaign to communicate with voters half a century ago, as his party was sinking in the polls and his own ambitions shifted from Sacramento to Washington, D.C.

It worked out well for Ronald Reagan in the 1970s. If nothing else, Newsom’s approach may reveal that he’s studying the political path of the best statesman that California has ever produced.

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22. Antoni Gaudí, known as “God’s architect,” declared Venerable

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24. Record number of adult baptisms in France shows surge among youth

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