10 news items you might have missed over Thanksgiving break
Here are ten stories that many LOOP readers may have missed while they traveled, prepared meals, and washed dishes over Thanksgiving.
NATIONAL GUARDSWOMAN DIES FOLLOWING ATTACK IN DC National Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom has died after being shot in Washington, DC, the day before Thanksgiving by an Afghan national. She was only 20 years old. READ
ABOUT THE ATTACKER: A CIA-LINKED AFGHAN NATIONAL Suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was arrested for shooting two West Virginia National Guard troops Wednesday in Washington, DC. The CIA has confirmed Rahmanullah was once a member of a counterterrorism unit the agency ran in Afghanistan. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against him. READ
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUES THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION President Donald Trump yesterday delivered a Thanksgiving Proclamation in which he said the nation offers its “endless gratitude to Almighty God.” Trump also quoted President George Washington, who declared upon establishing the national holiday “the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” READ
STATE DEPT. ORDERS EMBASSIES TO PROBE EFFECTS OF MASS MIGRATION Just days before the shooting in Washington, DC, the U.S. State Department ordered American embassies worldwide to begin documenting the human rights and public safety effects of mass migration, calling large-scale population inflows an “existential threat” to Western civilization. READ
POPE LEO BEGINS HISTORIC JOURNEY THROUGH TURKEY, LEBANON Pope Leo yesterday set off on his first apostolic journey, starting his visit to Turkey by urging Turkish officials and authorities to pursue peace and to embrace the country’s unique identity as a geographical and cultural “bridge.” READ
ADVOCACY ORG RELEASES REPORT ON ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN TURKEY Just ahead of Pope Leo’s visit to Turkey, the European Centre for Law and Justice released a report highlighting a pattern of violence, discrimination, and administrative pressure that it says continues to endanger the Middle Eastern country’s remaining Christian communities. READ
MICHIGAN OFFICIALS DEFY PARENTS, PUSH GENDER IDEOLOGY IN SCHOOLS The Michigan State Board of Education approved new health standards last week that embed “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” instruction into schools’ sex-education curriculum. The measure was heavily resisted by parents in the state, who argued it would trample parental rights and oversight. READ
IF THERE WERE ONLY 100 AMERICANS, HOW MANY WOULD BE CATHOLIC? Pew Research Center recently illustrated American adults’ religious affiliations by displaying the data as if the U.S. only had 100 residents. Sixty-two were Christians – 19 were Catholic. READ
A THIRD OF NEW BRITISH PRIESTS ARE FORMER ANGLICAN CLERICS One in three priestly ordinations that occurred in Great Britain between 1992 and 2024 were of former Anglican clergy who converted to Catholicism! Here’s the stunning research. READ
CATHOLIC MOM AND SCHOLAR TO HEAD KEY CATHOLIC INSTITUTE Catherine Pakaluk, a Catholic economist and mother, has been named executive director of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America, succeeding Russell Hittinger. “May it please God, many fruitful initiatives will blossom under its canopy,” Pakaluk said. READ
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