Catholic News

Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children

04/19/2024 at 12:46 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency, April 18, 2024 Scotland’s only gender clinic for minors is formally pausing the prescription of puberty blockers and hormone medications that are designed to facilitate gender transitions for children after a review commissioned by the... read more

Michigan priest resigns amid dispute over school appearance by ‘openly gay’ author 

04/18/2024 at 1:05 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency/CNA Staff, April 18, 2024 A priest at a Michigan parish has resigned his post following a controversy over an “openly gay” author’s appearance at the parish parochial school’s pre-kindergarten class. Father Thomas Held has resigned from the... read more

Catholics fight New York abortion mandate in state’s highest court

04/18/2024 at 12:47 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Kurt Jenson, Our Sunday Visitor, April 18, 2024 (OSV News) — The fight by religious groups against New York state’s abortion mandate — requiring most private insurance plans to cover abortion — went to the state’s highest court April 16. At issue before the New... read more

Arizona lawmakers vote to retain law protecting life at conception

04/17/2024 at 2:57 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency, April 17, 2024 Arizona House Republicans blocked two attempts on Wednesday to repeal an 1864 law protecting life at conception. In a near party-line 30-30 vote on Wednesday, House Democrats failed to gain a majority of votes to suspend the... read more

Free Speech Wins! Belgian Court Overturns Ban on Conservative Conference

04/17/2024 at 2:30 PM By Kevin Edward White
Cardinal Müller told author Rod Dreher that the attempt to shut down the conference was ‘like Nazi Germany.’ By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, April 17, 2024 BRUSSELS — Belgium’s highest court ruled late last night that a conference upholding conservative values in the... read more

DATA: Majority of Self-Identifying Catholics Reject Core Teachings of Catholic Church.

04/13/2024 at 8:32 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Ed Kozak, National Pulse, April 13, 2024 A majority of Americans who identify as Catholic are not — rejecting many of the core teachings of the Catholic Church. A recent survey by Pew found that 60 percent of self-described Catholics in the U.S. believe abortion... read more

Abortionist shut down by state of Illinois for unsanitary conditions set to open new center

04/12/2024 at 9:32 AM By Kevin Edward White
Dennis Christensen’s previous Rockford abortuary was not only unsanitary – it regularly mocked Christians and pro-lifers with hateful messages posted on its windows. By Emily Mangiaracina, LifeSite, April 12, 2024 ROCKFORD, Illinois (LifeSiteNews) — An abortionist who was forced... read more

Report: Society of St. Pius X priest admits to years of sexual misconduct with minors

04/11/2024 at 5:42 AM By Kevin Edward White
By AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency Newsroom, Apr 11, 2024 At a hearing for a criminal trial in France, a priest of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) who spent six years in the U.S. has admitted to sexual misconduct with French minors over a period of 15 years, local media reported... read more

Arizona’s top court revives 19th century abortion ban

04/09/2024 at 3:20 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond, Reuters, April 9, 2024 April 9 (Reuters) - Arizona's top court revived a law dating to 1864 on Tuesday that bans abortion in virtually all instances, another setback for reproductive rights in a state where the procedure already was barred starting at 15... read more

Maine Amendment to Make Abortions Up to Birth a Constitutional Right Fails to Get Enough Votes

04/09/2024 at 2:29 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com, April 9, 2024 A constitutional amendment in Maine that would have legalized abortions up to birth failed to get enough votes in the state legislature to be able to qualify for the ballot. A proposed amendment to a state health care bill, LD 277, would enshrine... read more

New complaints of abuse by Father Rupnik presented to Vatican

04/09/2024 at 5:50 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú, Catholic News Agency/ ACI Prensa Staff, April 9, 2024 Five new complaints of alleged abuse committed by Father Marko Rupnik have been presented to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, where an investigation into the case is being carried out after... read more

Study from Netherlands: Most children outgrow transgender inclinations

04/08/2024 at 6:04 PM By Kevin Edward White

Cardinal Fernández calls for change to Catholic condemnation of homosexuality as ‘intrinsically disordered’

04/08/2024 at 5:34 PM By Kevin Edward White

Vatican Says Abortion, Surrogacy, War, Poverty Are Attacks on Human Dignity

04/08/2024 at 12:51 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pro-Life Group Calls Donald Trump’s Abortion Statement a “Step in the Right Direction”

04/08/2024 at 12:06 PM By Kevin Edward White

Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday: The ‘fullness of life’ is ‘realized in Jesus’ 

04/08/2024 at 7:18 AM By Kevin Edward White

Woman born of surrogacy shares why she supports Pope Francis’ call for a global ban

04/08/2024 at 7:14 AM By Kevin Edward White

Wisconsin bishop accuses Archbishop Viganó of defamation

04/06/2024 at 7:40 AM By Kevin Edward White

Washington Roundup: Pro-life group pushes Trump on 15-week abortion ban

04/05/2024 at 7:54 AM By Kevin Edward White

French court sentences Cardinal Ouellet, religious community to fines after expelling nun

04/05/2024 at 7:27 AM By Kevin Edward White