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Labor Day weekend starts with an economic boom: 162,000+ new jobs in August; American archbishop pays tribute to Labor Day: ‘Work is more than a way to make a living; it is a form of participation in God’s creation’; Flashback: Dolly Parton’s song ‘9 to 5’ inspired by real life labor movement; Fox News abruptly announces departure of Maria Bartiromo, her lawyer hints at ‘court fight’; Lindsay Clancy murder trial officially ends in mistrial after lawyer’s Hail Mary appeal denied; Canadian bishop speaks against new government instructions barring military chaplains from referencing God; Reminder: Today is First Saturday of September; Catholics remember the 20th-century saint who left convent life to serve ‘the poorest of the poor’ in India; and more —

VP Vance holds first formal press briefing since Karoline Leavitt left as press secretary, addresses conflict with Iran, gas and energy prices, Venezuela oil deal - and sauerkraut; Trump administration launches Foundry School to build American workforce - 'We believe in making things again'; Canadian prime minister says trade talks can resume when 'Americans stop doing memes' - guess what happens?; Catholic writer posthumously extols brilliant Jesuit scholar canceled for 'airing dirty laundry' and 'upholding two-thousand-year magisterium of the Catholic Church'; Priest gives short powerful lesson on how to – and how NOT to - help the poor; Reminder: Today is First Friday; Catholics honor 13th century Franciscan tertiary who preached in the streets and public squares of her city with a Crucifix - curing many people; and more —

White House releases top 10 list of ways Democrats are endangering the American people; JD's mother has words for Abdul El-Sayed - 'I'd probably punch him'; Fraud, fraud, and more fraud in California; Massive protests against illegal migrant surge across Spain take place on 'Ceuto Day'; Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says things will be better next year; Iraqi prime minister calls return of Christians a national priority; Cdl. Cupich reinstates Chicago priest with history of contradicting Catholic doctrine after tenth sexual abuse accusation; Catholics celebrate great 6th-century Doctor of the Church who upon becoming pope kicked out Vatican bureaucrats and replaced them with trusted, disciplined monks; and more —

Judge rules alleged Charlie Kirk killer can stand trial for capital murder; Jury in Lindsay Clancy trial unable to reach unanimous verdict; 8 House Democrats vote for GOP resolution condemning socialism; Writer lauds Florida’s curriculum for middle- and high-school students on dangers of Communism, encourages all states to follow suit; Poland's bishops reject surrogacy, call it 'evil', 'incompatible with Christian faith'; Bishop in Spain fights Vatican plan to dislodge image of Our Lady from its original site: 'I cannot consent to a solution that deprives this town of its own Mother'; Cardinal Burke to offer Mass, pray Rosary in the capital of the Netherlands on First Saturday (September 5) as act of Marian reparation; Catholics honor St. Solomon Leclercq martyred for refusing to sign oath of allegiance to the new government of the French Revolution; and more —