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Parents plan appeal as judge rules against opt-out right for LGBT curriculum in Maryland

Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework. / Credit: The Religious Freedom Institute Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 25, 2023 / 15:18 pm (CNA). A district court […]

Parents Plan Appeal as Judge Rules Against Opt-Out Right for LGBT Curriculum in Maryland

Parental and religious-freedom-rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6 protest a Maryland school-system policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework. Catholic, Muslim and Ethiopian Orthodox parents sued the Montgomery County Board of Education on May 24, after it changed its parental-notification and opt-out […]

Society of Jesus banned in Nicaragua

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — The Nicaraguan regime has extinguished the Jesuits’ legal status and ordered the expropriation of its assets, effectively making it illegal for the Society of Jesus to operate in the Central American country. The legal cancellation of the Jesuits on Aug. 23 follows the confiscation of the Jesuit-run Central American University […]

3 Transformative Benefits of Fasting That Can Make You a Holier Person

Ever wonder about the spiritual benefits of fasting? In a recent episode of “The Catholic Gentleman,” host John Heinen dives deep into fasting, a spiritual discipline often overlooked in our modern “fast-food” culture. With Father David Abernethy, a Byzantine priest and desert spirituality expert, they reveal three transformative effects of fasting that can grow your […]