Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring insurance companies to cover trans ‘detransitions’
Oftentimes such people have been on cross-sex hormones for years, resulting in significant or irreversible changes to their bodies; in other cases, they have undergone irreversible surgeries. Extensive medical work…
Pope Francis tells Communion and Liberation leader: ‘Do not look at your navel’
Prosperi said Pope Francis said several times during the audience: “Do not look at your navel, go outside, go outside! The whole Church needs this.” “A movement, the Holy Father…
Holy See convenes UN panel urging global abolition of surrogacy
Pope Francis earlier this year called surrogacy “deplorable” and called for a global ban on the exploitative practice of “so-called surrogate motherhood” in a speech to all of the world’s…
Pope Francis tells faithful: Learn some of the Psalms by heart
“The Psalms help us open ourselves to a prayer that is less focused on ourselves: a prayer of praise, of blessing, of thanksgiving; and they also help us give voice…
U.S. bishops approve plan for youth, young adult ministry
The framework highlights mutual listening, mentorship, evangelization, and vocation, noting that formation should take place in the home and through parents, grandparents, and families but can take place in a…
Juneteenth and the life of the first Black American Catholic priest
Tolton began to attend St. Peter’s Catholic School, an all-white parish school in Quincy, Illinois, thanks to the help of Father Peter McGirr. The priest went on to baptize Tolton,…
From alcoholic to future saint: The inspiring conversion of Ireland’s Matt Talbot
The Matt Talbot Shrine in Dublin. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Talbot was “a poor man who lived an extraordinary kind of focused life,” according to Father Hugh O’Donnell, who has served…
‘American Spartacus’: Honoring a Black Catholic Civil War hero on Juneteenth
But the Confederacy would end in ruins by 1865, and the United States would triumph, because Black Americans — making up 10% of the Union Army and suffering 10% of…
Bishops speak out against worsening violence in southwest Colombia
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 18, 2024 / 17:50 pm The bishops of the dioceses located in the Valle del Cauca district of Colombia have demanded that armed…
U.S. bishop applauds Biden’s move to allow undocumented spouses pathway to citizenship
This executive action would also relieve the visa process for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), who would be able to stay in the country upon receiving…
Texas doctor indicted after exposing transgender child surgeries at children’s hospital
Haim was set to make his first court appearance on Monday afternoon, the attorney’s office said. The doctor allegedly “obtained personal information including patient names, treatment codes, and the attending…
Judge throws out Missouri lawsuit that challenged abortion ban on religious grounds
The religious leaders had argued that Missouri’s abortion laws, which acknowledge “Almighty God the author of life” and also state that life begins at conception, violate the state constitution and…