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Parents sue school district, allege deception in ‘gender transition’ of daughter

null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Two parents are suing a Michigan school district alleging that their 11-year-old daughter’s middle school treated her like a boy for months and actively deceived them about their child’s “gender transition.” The parents, Dan and Jennifer Mead, sued the Rockford Public School […]

Fernández: ‘It’s proper for each bishop’ to discern application of Fiducia Supplicans

Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA). The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, commenting on the reluctance expressed by individual bishops and bishops’ conferences regarding the declaration Fiducia Supplicans, stated that “it’s proper for each […]

Conviction against pro-life former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry overturned

Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska. / Credit: Public domain Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 15:26 pm (CNA). An appellate court has overturned the conviction of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who was accused of making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about allegations that he received about $30,000 in illegal campaign donations.  […]

Fiducia Supplicans ‘not a topic’ for Christmas season, Uruguayan cardinal says

Cardinal Daniel Sturla is Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay. / Credit: EWTN Noticias ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Daniel Sturla, archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, said in a recent interview that the Fiducia Supplicans declaration from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, which allows the blessing of homosexual […]

Conviction Against Pro-Life Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Overturned

Credit: Public domain Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Fortenberry’s March 2022 jury conviction on Dec. 26, finding that the Central District of California, where he was convicted, was the improper venue for a trial.

Vatican to publish private homilies of Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican will publish the previously uncirculated “private” homilies of the late Pope Benedict XVI in the coming year, the Holy See has announced. The … […]