Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

New Idaho law aims to protect against forced use of incorrect pronouns, names

null / Photo credit: Kryvosheia Yurii/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Republican Gov. Brad Little of Idaho on Monday signed a law designed to protect government employees and students at public schools from being forced to use names and pronouns that violate their sincerely held beliefs.  HB538, which the Idaho Legislature passed last […]

Japanese company’s pivot to adult diapers underscores crashing fertility rates worldwide

null / Credit: ucchie79/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). “Growth is anticipated.” That’s how the Tokyo-based company Oji Holdings described the Japanese adult diaper economy last week. The company announced in a press release that it would be terminating its “domestic disposal diaper business for babies” later this year. The baby […]

10 Fascinating Facts About 19th-C. Italian Mystic Saint Gemma Galgani

How much do you know about Saint Gemma Galgani? Here are 10 things you should know about Saint Gemma Galgani, followed by a prayer written by this amazing saint! Caroline Perkins, ChurchPOP 1) Born March 12, 1878. 2) Lost both parents to illness in her late teens. 3) Her faith was often misunderstood and ridiculed […]

‘Dignitas Infinita’ and the Roots of Human Dignity…

Dignitas Infinita, the new declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), affirms that “every human person possesses an infinite dignity” and enumerates assaults on that dignity, with particular attention to new developments in “gender theory.” While the sections dealing with abortion, surrogacy and gender ideology contain nothing new…