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By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 18, 2024 / 08:00 am A group of 17 House Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Claudia Tenney from New York, is urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to prohibit biological men from participating in women’s sports. Under current NCAA rules, biological male athletes who …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2024 / 18:45 pm The United States Supreme Court awarded Idaho emergency relief that will allow the state to enforce its ban on doctors performing sex-change operations on children and providing them with sex-change drugs. In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the Supreme …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Mar 4, 2024 / 17:15 pm An Indiana Catholic couple is in the grips of a “nightmare” after their son was seized from them when they refused to adhere to his chosen transgender identity, an attorney told EWTN News on Friday. After Mary and Jeremy Cox …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Feb 17, 2024 / 13:56 pm The pastor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City said the church has offered a Mass of Reparation after a controversial irreverent funeral service was held there this week for a well-known transgender advocate. The Manhattan cathedral hosted the …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 24, 2024 / 16:00 pm Ohio lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to prohibit doctors from facilitating sex changes for children on Wednesday, Jan. 24, in a successful override of Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of the legislation. The bill, which will go into effect in 90 days, prohibits all …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 10, 2024 / 17:47 pm The Ohio House of Representatives voted to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto on a bill banning children’s transgender surgeries. The House voted to overturn DeWine’s veto in a strictly party-line, 65-28 vote. Next, the bill will be sent …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Nov 8, 2023 / 14:25 pm The Vatican’s doctrine office has said an adult who identifies as transgender can receive the sacrament of baptism under the same conditions as any adult, as long as there is no risk of causing scandal or confusion to other Catholics. …

By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jul 12, 2023 / 15:45 pm With the annual military budget package soon to hit the House and Senate floors, the fight over military spending on abortion and transgender treatments is heating up in Congress. The bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), is …

Bishops at the USCCB General Assembly in Baltimore, June 2019. Credit: Kate Veik/CNA
By Lauretta Brown Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2023 / 16:05 pm The U.S. bishops voted Friday to move forward with a significant revision to their document offering guidance to Catholic health care institutions on the issue of transgender surgeries and hormone treatments, and their incompatibility with the Church’s teaching on sex and …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2023 / 16:28 pm Amid increased boycott calls from prominent Catholics — as well as criticism from MLB pitcher Trevor Williams — for their decision to honor an anti-Catholic drag group, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced they will be hosting a “Christian Faith …