Biden administration redefines sex discrimination in Title IX to include ‘gender identity’
The new Title IX rules, however, do not have any direct rules related to transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. About two dozen states have restricted participation in high…
Catechist kidnapped and murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 19, 2024 / 15:00 pm The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) on April 19 condemned the kidnapping and…
FBI investigating threats against ‘multiple faith communities’ in Pennsylvania
Diocese increases security at schools amid threats Wendell Hissrich, the director of safety and security at the Diocese of Pittsburgh in the western part of the state, told CNA that…
Secular university’s head of Holocaust studies finds ‘warmer welcome’ at Catholic university
On March 13, Rein, a self-proclaimed Zionist, helped host a pro-Israel lecture at nearby Worcester State University, along with one of Worcester State’s history professors and the advocacy organization Jewish…
Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits
The motu proprio, which will go into effect the day after its publication, amends the Church’s Law on the Judicial System of Vatican City State. The changes stipulate that the…
Cause for canonization opened for young Polish lay missionary killed in Bolivia
Who was Helena Kmiec? Servant of God Helena Agnieszka Kmiec was born on Feb. 9, 1991, in Krakow. She was the second daughter of Jan Kmiec and Agnieszka Bejska. Her…
Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children
“While this pause is in place, we will continue to give anyone who is referred into the Young People Gender Service the psychological support that they require while we review…
Ex-Jesuit, alleged abuser Rupnik listed as consultant in 2024 Pontifical Yearbook
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 18, 2024 / 16:30 pm Father Marko Rupnik, a priest dismissed from the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 2023 — accused since…
Planned Parenthood reports record number of abortions in latest annual report
The Planned Parenthood report reflects abortion numbers in the months before and after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The document says that locations in states…
Cardinal Gregory recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries
Tolton “came to Rome because Rome … was willing to take him on as a seminarian when no other seminary in the United States would accept that.” Venerable Augustus Tolton,…
Tennessee names first English-language Bible translation in U.S. as official state book
The 18th-century resolution states that the lawmakers “highly approve the pious and laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as subservient to the interest of religion, as well as the interest of…
‘I forgive whoever has done this’: Australian bishop who survived stabbing speaks out
Father Isaac Royel and other church members were also injured during the attack in their attempts to protect the bishop. In a video announcement from Christ the Good Shepherd Church,…