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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 …

By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., May 15, 2023 / 12:04 pm A controversial art display at a Manhattan Catholic church titled “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey” is undergoing a name and description change, but has not been removed as was previously reported. News of the exhibit at the Church …

By Joe Bukuras CNA Newsroom, May 9, 2023 / 14:50 pm The Archdiocese of New York is investigating a Catholic parish in Manhattan for hosting an art exhibit called “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey.” The exhibit, which “maps the queer spiritual journey” and claims that “there is no devil” …