Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated; Trump posts message for countries who can’t get fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz blockade; Trump continues crusade against Obamacare in Truth Social post on Sunday; Social media mocks ‘No Kings’ protests; Canada wants to make quoting the Bible illegal; Jerusalem Patriarchate: ‘Concerns about Holy Week, Easter celebrations at Holy Sepulchre have been resolved’; JD Vance’s take on UFOs; ‘Project Hail Mary’ wins rave reviews as anti-woke Hollywood blockbuster; CatholicVote sponsors Cdl. Burke’s series ‘The Virtue of Patriotism’; Palm Sunday Massacre: 30 killed as ‘gunmen’ open fire in Nigeria; and more —
Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated
Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign, according to U.S., Gulf and Israeli officials.
After private grumbling at the start of the war that they were not given adequate advance notice of the U.S.-Israeli attack and complaining the U.S. had ignored their warnings that the war would have devastating consequences for the entire region, some of the regional allies are making the case to the White House that the moment offers a historic opportunity to cripple Tehran’s clerical rule once and for all.
Officials from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have conveyed in private conversations that they do not want the military operation to end until there are significant changes in the Iranian leadership or there’s a dramatic shift in Iranian behavior, according to the officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Read more at Associated Press
Trump’s March 31 message to countries who can’t get jet fuel because of Strait of Hormuz blockade
See @WhiteHouse
Starmer with ex-Al Qaeda President of Syria on Downing St.
See @benedict_kiely
The Latest ‘No Kings’ Protest Is The Sound Of A Tired Old Thing Trying To Not Die – Essay by Chris Bray
Read @FDRLST
Social media mocks the NO Kings protests
See @Hunter_Eagleman; see @libsoftiktok; see @JesseBWatters
Trump slams ‘unaffordable’ Obamacare and reveals new health plan
See @EricLDaugh
JD Vance on UFOs
Watch @realDailyWire
‘Project Hail Mary’ wins rave reviews as anti-woke Hollywood blockbuster
A new science fiction film is drawing praise from audiences who say it delivers something increasingly rare from Hollywood: a crowd-pleasing blockbuster that avoids overt political messaging.
“Project Hail Mary,” adapted from the novel by Andy Weir, stars Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, a biologist-turned-middle-school science teacher who is chosen for a space mission to save the planet from an impending disaster.
The film has drawn strong audience and critical reaction, earning a 95% critics score and 96% audience score. It also led the box office in its opening weekend, earning $80.5 million domestically and $140.9 million worldwide. …
“Saw this last night. Fantastic movie. Zero foul language, nothing woke or inappropriate, just great humor and tons of suspense,” MRCTV managing editor Brittany Hughes wrote on X, adding, “Hollywood, take note.”
Read more at Fox News
Cdl. Raymond Burke’s video series on ‘The Virtue of Patriotism’
See @CatholicVote; new episodes released every two weeks are free for registered users
Press Secretary: “This Holy Week, President Trump and the First Lady are joining in prayer with Christians celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Watch @RapidResponse47
Flashback: Biden declares Easter Sunday Transgender Day of Visibility
See @DefiantLs
Canada wants to make quoting the Bible illegal
See @spectator; read more at The Spectator (behind partial paywall)
Jerusalem Patriarchate: ‘Concerns about Holy Week, Easter celebrations at Holy Sepulchre have been resolved’
See @dianemontagna
Hungary’s govt-sponsored program, dedicated to helping persecuted Christians worldwide, remembers 2019 Sri Lanka Easter attacks
See @HungaryHelps
Annual Easter Market opens in Krakow
Watch @WojPawelczyk
Catholic Churches overflowing in Poland on Palm Sunday
Watch @HektikHektor
Flashback: Palm Sunday, Warsaw, 1945
Palm Sunday Massacre: 30 Killed as ‘Gunmen’ Open Fire in Nigeria
Unknown gunmen opened fire “indiscriminately” in a residential area of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria on Sunday night, killing an estimated 30 people during a time in which jihadists in the country tend to orchestrate massacres against Christians. …
Reports at press time on the number of people killed by this latest attack are mixed. Nigerian newspapers, often hesitant to identify Islamist terrorists as the attackers in these cases, referred only to “gunmen” on motorcycles as the suspects. Eyewitnesses reportedly differed on whether they believed the killers to belong to Boko Haram, a Sunni jihadist terror organization most active in the nation’s northeast, or the Fulani terrorists. Plateau state is in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where the majority-Muslim north of the country meets the majority-Christian south, and the site of decades of jihadist atrocities against indigenous Christians in the area.
The incident took place in the Agwan Rukuba community of Jos.
“Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the attackers, who rode on motorcycles, invaded the community around 7:30 pm, while people were going about their normal businesses, firing bullets indiscriminately and causing panic among residents,” the Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust reported.
Read more at Breitbart
Palm Sunday Massacre in Nigeria
Watch @FarazPervaiz3
Understanding Holy Week – part 1
See @UcheMaryOkoli
Understanding Holy Week – part 2
Learn @father_rmv
Throughout the liturgical year, Tuesdays are dedicated to St. Anthony
See @FriarMario
