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 […]

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 […]

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.