The conversation on pornography has changed, but its grip on our youth must be addressed
On this week’s episode of The Van Maren Show, psychotherapist Paul Lavergne discusses with Jonathon the current state of the conversation about pornography, its ubiquity among teenagers, and how to overcome porn addiction.Read More
Colorado can’t refuse state funds to Christian school over gender policies
Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 25, 2023 / 16:55 pm (CNA). A Christian school will be allowed to participate in Colorado’s universal preschool program after a judge ruled Oct. 20 that the state cannot discriminate against the school based on its religious beliefs about gender ideology. Colorado District […]
Pope Francis appoints long-standing parish priest as New Zealand bishop
Pope Francis on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, appointed Father Richard Laurenson as the new bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton in northern New Zealand. / Credit: New Zealand Bishops’ Conference Denver, Colo., Oct 25, 2023 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Father Richard Laurenson as the new bishop of the Diocese of […]
Rupnik ‘presumed innocent’ until proven guilty, says Slovenian diocese that welcomed him as a priest…
Father Marko Rupnik, the former Jesuit priest and mosaic artist accused of serious abuses against women, has been accepted for priestly ministry in a diocese in Slovenia. In a statement to CNA on Wednesday, the Diocese of Koper confirmed earlier Italian and German media reports that Rupnik was now incardinated there. The statement said that […]
If you watch nothing else this week, watch this: How to live without fear of death, and how to have a holy death…
Are you guys ready for this? This is a very special episode that is near and dear to my heart. I got to sit down with Fr. Michael O’Loughlin, a great friend of mine. He recently drove six hours to be with my mother-in-law in the final hours of her life and subsequently celebrated her […]
Pope Francis on Women Deacons: ‘Holy Orders Is Reserved for Men’…
Pope Francis reaffirmed the impossibility of women becoming priests, or even modern Church deacons, in an interview for a book released Tuesday in Italy. The question of whether some women in the early Church were “deaconesses” or another kind of collaborator with the bishops is “not irrelevant, because holy orders is reserved for men,” the […]
Polish bishop resigns after clerical homosexual orgy scandal rocks diocese
Writing to his diocese the day Pope Francis accepted his resignation, Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak apologized for any offense or neglect and asked ‘everyone’ to forgive his ‘human limitations.’
British MP argues COVID jab is responsible for excess deaths in first Parliament debate on issue
‘We’ve experienced more excess deaths since July 21 [than] in the whole of 2020,’ Andrew Bridgen said. ‘Unlike the pandemic, however, these deaths are not disproportionately of the old. In other words, the excessive deaths are striking down people in the prime of life. But no one seems to care.’
The conversation on pornography has changed, but its grip on our youth must be addressed
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual content that some listeners may find disturbing. Discretion is advised. On this week’s episode of The Van Maren Show, psychotherapist Paul Lavergne discusses with Jonathon the current state of the conversation about pornography, its ubiquity among teenagers, and how to overcome porn addiction.
New pro-life ad in Spanish urges Ohio voters to reject radical abortion amendment
‘Ohio voters cannot allow such an extreme abortion agenda to be imposed in the state. The vast majority of civilized countries do not allow the type of extreme abortion that is sought to be imposed in Issue 1.’