This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (2:20 - 2:20) A Time to Mourn: The Nation Looks to Uvalde as Details of School Shooting Emerge

PART II (14:55 - 14:55) ‘I Respect People's Views . . . But I Don't Respect Us Foisting It Onto Others.’: Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaks Her Mind About the Archbishop’s Communion Ban

• Transcript of Speaker Pelosi Interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist by Speaker of the House Newsroom
• Letters to the Editor: Deny Nancy Pelosi Communion? She’s Not the Only Pro-Choice Catholic by LA Times
• ‘Not a Happy Experience’: Pro-Abortion Sen. Dick Durbin on His 17-Year Communion Ban by National Catholic Register (Joan Frawley Desmond)

PART III (23:43 - 23:43) The Politicization of Medicine Added to Constitutional Confusion: Confronting The Lancet’s Argument for Abandoning the U.S. Constitution in Light of 21st Century ‘Science’

• Why Roe v. Wade Must be Defended by The Lancet