UK plans to end gender ideology in schools, set age-based sex education rules
null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 21, 2024 / 15:55 pm (CNA). The United Kingdom’s Department of Education intends to prohibit the promotion of gender ideology within public schools, set age-based guidelines for sex education, and protect parental rights, according to proposed guidance for schools. A proposed update to Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) lesson […]
Harrison Butker: In Hot Water or Too Hot to Handle?
Public domain Harrison Butker on the sideline of the AFC Championship in Baltimore on Jan. 28. So much is being said about a speech that wasn’t even for us.
Catholic University in Erbil Is a Beacon of Perseverance, Sowing Hope in Iraq
Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need, 2021 Students show their support for Catholic University in Erbil. COMMENTARY: Archbishop Bashar Warda established the university 10 years ago, in the wake of the Islamic State’s campaign of genocide.
What can the women of the Old Testament teach us about Mary?
What do Miriam, Hannah, Sarah, Rahab, and several other women from the Old Testament have in common? They help point us to our Blessed Mother. And in a new book about these women, author Gayle […]
The Handbook for Confused Catholics
Editor’s note: adults can sign up for the summer adult Credo Catechism course at the Avila Institute. The high school program starts again next spring semester. -TSF Catholics of a certain age know things about their religion that many — if not most — Catholics today have never been taught. We now have a resource, […]
Pope Francis says no to women deacons in ‘60 Minutes’ interview
The pope’s response surprised some who believed he was open to the possibility of ordaining women as deacons.
The future of the theology field—through the eyes of the first African Jesuit dean of theology at Berkeley
Father Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator is the first dean of the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley born outside of the United States.
Harrison Butker and JPII on the dignity and vocation of women
By Emily Zanotti There is little needed to set fire to the world of online Catholics — and last week’s commencement speech from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker to an audience of Benedictine College graduates seemed to riddle Catholic social media with fractures, as traditionalists and liberals, Catholics and non-Catholics, and even men and […]
Italy, Eastern European countries reject EU’s radical new LGBT declaration
Italy under Giorgia Meloni joined Hungary, Croatia, and other European countries in resisting a new pro-LGBT EU statement pushing for ‘inclusive policies’ that promote homosexuality and transgenderism.Read More
Young Catholic embarks on 500-mile pilgrimage across Michigan for his own version of the Camino
‘It’s a pilgrimage to become closer with my faith, and a version of the Camino de Santiago that’s been walked for centuries across Spain,’ the 31-year-old said. ‘Please pray that God gives me the strength to finish!’Read More