Mayo Clinic study on damage from puberty blockers included ‘transgender’ two-year-old
Puberty blockers had devastating effects on adolescent boys’ bodies and fertility, and some boys even began ‘gender transitioning’ as young as two years old, according a shocking new study from the Mayo Clinic.Read More
Elon Musk warns Biden admin promise that Ukraine will join NATO could cause ‘nuclear apocalypse’
‘This is literally how the nuclear apocalypse movie starts,’ Elon Musk responded to Antony Blinken’s declaration that ‘Ukraine will become a member of NATO.’Read More
Baltimore archbishop attends bankruptcy hearing, listens to testimony from abuse victims
null / orgarashu / Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Baltimore Archbishop William Lori on Monday attended a hearing at a U.S. bankruptcy court in which several witnesses testified on the abuse they endured at the hands of Church officials. The archdiocese said in a release on Monday that the archbishop “attended [the […]
Baltimore Archbishop Attends Bankruptcy Hearing, Listens to Testimony From Abuse Victims
Werbung The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in September of last year in response to a looming wave of sex-abuse-related lawsuits. After the sealed hearing on Monday at U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Archbishop Lori said he was ‘deeply grateful to the victim-survivors for their courage today [and] moved by their heartrending experience.’
Total solar eclipse prompted some Catholics and others to think of omens
Donning special protective glasses, millions of Americans on Monday gazed into the heavens for an encounter with totality. But the total solar eclipse prompted others, including a few Catholics, to think of more ominous omens.
Dignitas Infinita: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Above: the ugly “progress of human dignity” on display in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro. Yesterday I discussed some of the important aspects which contextualise the new document on the “infinite dignity” of the human person (Dignitas Infinita). Without claiming to be an exhaustive analysis, we intend here to present the some of […]
US Catholic pastoral leaders welcome Vatican document on human dignity
A number of Catholic pastoral leaders in the U.S. are applauding a new Vatican declaration on human dignity for its specific treatment of several key — and contentious — issues. “Dignitas Infinita” (“Infinite Dignity”), released April 8 by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, recounts the biblical and magisterial basis for the […]
Lebanese prelate calls for calm after murder of Christian leader (Fides)
Maronite Catholic Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai has issued a plea for “calm and moderation” after the kidnapping and murder of Pascal Sleiman, the head of the Christian Lebanese Forces. Sleiman was seized by a small group of armed men on April 7, killed, and his body taken to the Syrian border. Lebanese officials said that […]
European bishops: abortion cannot be a fundamental right (Vatican News)
The Catholic bishops’ conference of the European Union have insisted that abortion “can never be a fundamental right.” In a statement released before a vote on the inclusion of abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) said that a claim for a “right” […]
Catholic bishop protests deportation from Mexico (CNA)
A Melkite Catholic bishop has angrily protested after he was stopped at a Mexico City airport, his Vatican passport was taken, and he was deported to Venezuela. Bishop Joseph Khawam heads the Melkite eparchy (diocese) of Venezuela, but also serves as apostolic administrator for the Melkite eparchy in Mexico. Noting that he arrived in Mexico […]