> > **Reports: DeSantis Will Run** > > Sources say Florida's Catholic gov will announce presidential bid next week. [FULL STORY](https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/desantis-expected-to-formally-launch-2024-run-next-week/) > > **More Gender Chaos** > > Catholics blast US Department of Education. [FULL STORY](https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/about/general-counsel/rulemaking/upload/Title%20IX%20Athletics%20NPRM%20comments%20-%20FINAL.pdf) > > **Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law** > > States have faced difficulties obtaining drugs required for longstanding lethal injection programs. Pharmaceutical companies increasingly have barred executioners from using their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives, not take them. [FULL STORY](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/idaho-governor-signs-firing-squad-execution-bill-into-law-1.6328960) > > **The Government's Children** > > Karine Jean-Pierre says America's kids belong to everyone, not their own parents. [FULL STORY](https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/05/17/kjp-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-at-glaad-awards-show-n2623368) > > **Dodgers Back Away From Blasphemy** > > Rescind award ceremony for LGBTQ group that mocks Catholic nuns. [FULL STORY](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dodgers-nix-award-to-anti-catholic-transgender-nuns) > > **Gunmaker Heckler & Koch Follows Miller Lite’s Lead, Describes ‘Objectifying Women’ in Gun Ads as ‘Trash Marketing’** > > I hear Taiwan and Ukraine are in dire need of weapons. [FULL STORY](https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/05/16/gunmaker-heckler-koch-follows-miller-lites-lead-describes-objectifying-women-gun-ads-trash-marketing/) > > **Church About to Implode in Germany** > > Will likely lose a third of properties by 2060. [FULL STORY](https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/05/17/shrinking-german-catholic-church-to-lose-third-its-property/) > > **Doom co-creator John Carmack is headlining a 'toxic and proud' sci-fi convention that rails against 'woke propaganda'** > > Carmack heads the list of "guests" at the upcoming event that bill itself as a sci-fi convention for people "tired of woke propaganda." [FULL STORY](https://www.pcgamer.com/doom-co-creator-john-carmack-is-headlining-a-toxic-and-proud-sci-fi-convention-that-rails-against-woke-propaganda/) > > **Catholic bishops, parishes across Europe hosting pro-Sodomy prayer vigils for greater ‘inclusion’** > > Participants of the month-long series of Sodomite events will meet Pope Francis on May 17. [FULL STORY](https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-bishops-parishes-across-europe-hosting-pro-lgbt-prayer-vigils-for-greater-inclusion/) > Please consider [Church Militant Evening News](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/archive/evening-news) for daily hard-hitting news and analysis through an authentic Catholic lens, covering the latest developments in the Church, across the nation and around the world. > *[Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitantaction.org/) (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary.* If you also seek the truth, then please consider joining Church Militant today by supporting our work. Sign up for a [Church Militant Premium account](https://www.churchmilitant.com/gopremium) or simply [make a donation](https://www.churchmilitant.com/donate). Feel free to [contact Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitant.com/contact) with your questions, comments, or concerns, at anytime. Primary Video source and transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/news-2023-05-18