Canada must open the long overdue debate on gender dysphoria in children
Canada has become perhaps the most ‘affirming’ and ‘progressive’ nation on earth when it comes to gender ideology, especially in education and in healthcare. But this has occurred largely without meaningful public debate. That debate is long past due.
Freedom Convoy trial is about vilifying opponents of COVID mandates, lawyer says
‘It is the government and the police authorities that should be answering questions about why they chose to stand against citizens rather than with citizens,’ said Alberta lawyer Eva Chipiuk.
Missouri transgender clinic halts treatment for minors as new law goes into effect
null / Shutterstock St. Louis, Mo., Sep 12, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA). A controversial clinic at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) said it will cease the prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition following the Aug. 28 implementation of a new state law barring the practice […]
Missouri Transgender Clinic Halts Treatment for Minors as New Law Goes Into Effect
Paul Sableman St. Louis Children’s Hospital The law expires on Aug. 28, 2027, and also prohibits transgender adults from access to transgender health care under Medicaid, and bars ‘gender-affirming’ surgery for prisoners and inmates.
Floods in Libya reportedly kill up to 10,000; pope ‘deeply saddened,’ offers prayers
People look at the damage caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on Sept. 11, 2023. / Credit: AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 12, 2023 / 09:35 am (CNA). Catastrophic flooding in Libya resulted in what officials esti… […]
Swiss bishops’ study finds more than 1,000 cases of clergy sexual abuse
Switzerland. / Credit: Nikolai Lehmann (@lehmannnikolai)/Unsplash CNA Newsroom, Sep 12, 2023 / 10:35 am (CNA). A comprehensive, yearlong investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Switzerland released on Tuesday has documente… […]
New pro-life group prepares to administer Kansas’ $2 million abortion-alternative program
null / Credit: Unsplash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 12, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA). A recently formed pro-life network is preparing to administer the inaugural $2 million budget of Kansas’ newly created state-backed “Alternatives to Abortion” pro… […]
U.S. Open tennis champ Coco Gauff and the witness of prayer
When we see a spectacular athlete praying in public, we can see her as a sort of athletic Christian soldier, a “counternarrative” to a godless culture or shallow world—and miss the simple, moving experience of the athlete, who is Christian, who is praying.
Andre Dubus III on faith, fiction and his absent, famous father
To be the writerly son of a writerly father is not always the easiest vocation. When that parent is as famous as Andre Dubus, it must be doubly difficult. But who knows: Maybe it can make for great art? One might ask Andre Dubus III.
Parishioner Money to Pay Off Victims
NEW ORLEANS (ChurchMilitant.com) – New Orleans Catholics are expressing worries about sex abuse payouts in their archdiocese. Abp. Gregory Aymond Rank-and-file Catholics are concerned their tithes and donations will be used to help pay victims of clerical sex abuse after Abp. Gregory Aymond hinted in a recent letter that schools and parishes may have to help shoulder […]