Transgender procedures for kids can start younger, new guidelines say, with hormones at age 14 and surgery at age 15…
A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition treatment, including sex hormones and surgeries. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health said hormones could be started at age 14, two years earlier than the group’s previous advice, and some surgeries done at age 15 or 17…
Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck, North Dakota, begins the process for the canonization of FOCUS missionary Michelle Christine Duppong…
Bishop David Kagan, Diocese of Bismarck, N.D., announced the opening of the diocesan investigation which could lead to the beatification and canonization of North Dakota native Michelle Christine Duppong. At the age of 31, Duppong passed away from cancer on December 25, 2015, while serving as the Director of Adult Faith Formation for the Diocese […]
In a first for Italy, a Bologna Catholic parish just hosted a homosexual blessing ceremony — in the archdiocese of Cardinal Zuppi, head of the Italian bishops’ conference, no less…
The diocese of Archbishop Matteo Maria Zuppi, one of the most prominent Italian cardinals of the moment and newly appointed president of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), has staged the first public blessing of a homosexual union.
Gallup Poll: Belief in God in U.S. Dips to All-Time Low of 81%…
The vast majority of U.S. adults believe in God, but the 81% who do so is down six percentage points from 2017 and is the lowest in Gallup’s trend. Between 1944 and 2011, more than 90% of Americans believed in God. Gallup’s May 2-22 Values and Beliefs poll finds 17% of Americans saying they do […]
Transgenderism Is a Dangerous Illusion
3D concept art of human chromosomes There are deep reasons why sex change is impossible.
June Holy Days and the Top News Headlines (June 18)
Darius Lebok Corpus Christi Procession June brings summer sun and often vacation fun. For the Church it is packed full of important feasts, from Pentecost to Trinity Sunday to Corpus Christi and many in between. Register columnist John Grondelski helps us raise our hearts and minds to that which matters most — union with God […]
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FBI investigating attacks on Catholic churches, pro-life pregnancy centers
Mountain Area Pregnancy Services, a pro-life pregnancy center in Asheville, North Carolina, had its windows smashed and was spray-painted with pro-abortion messaging on June 6 or June 7, 2022. / Courtesy Mountain Area Pregnancy Services Washing… […]
Nigeria church massacre: At funeral, bishop urges Christians to ‘refuse to be crushed by the tragedy’
Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Oyo preaches the homily at the funeral of the Owo Pentecost massacre victims, June 17, 2022. / Screenshot/Diocese of Ondo St. Louis, Mo., Jun 17, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA). At the funeral Mass for the victims of a terror a… […]
The Blessed Sacrament: It’s either All or nothing
Readings: • Gen 14:18-20 • Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 • 1 Cor 11:23-26 • Lk 9:11b-17 Shortly after my wife and I entered the Catholic Church in 1997, I had a conversation with an […]