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Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Vatican Announces Imminent Release of Annual Report on Protection Policies and Procedures in the Catholic Church

The goal of the Annual Report, which was requested by the Holy Father in 2022, is to provide an assessment of the nature and effectiveness of safeguarding policies and procedures in the Church and offer recommendations for continuous improvement.

Oct 22, 2024 14:19

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Gender Ideology•Religious Freedom

USA: Colorado Supreme Court dismisses LGBT+ lawsuit harassing pastry chef Jack Phillips

The same attorney who filed an unsuccessful complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission in 2017 commenced a lawsuit in state court over the same custom cake request the attorney made at that time. The request was for a custom-designed cake, pink on the inside and blue on the outside, to reflect and celebrate a gender transition. Masterpiece Cakeshop declined that request because the customer specifically requested that the cake express messages and celebrate an event in conflict with owner Jack Phillips’ religious beliefs. The decision was not because of the person who requested it, as Phillips would not create a cake expressing the requested message no matter who asked for it.

Oct 22, 2024 14:12

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Pro Life

California pro-life pregnancy centers sue AG for censoring their speech

After the California attorney general used his power to censor pro-life pregnancy centers that inform women about abortion pill reversal, a nonprofit pro-life pregnancy center and nonprofit network of affiliated centers filed a lawsuit against the attorney general for violating their First Amendment right to free speech.

Oct 22, 2024 14:09

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Gender Ideology

USA: Women’s groups, athletes rally at 5th Circuit for privacy, safety in schools

The Biden administration’s unlawful rewrite of Title IX will force schools—including the 42 located in Rapides Parish, Louisiana—to impose widespread harms on young people and deny free speech on campus.

Oct 22, 2024 11:43

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Gender Ideology

VA school board to pay $575K, change policies to end ADF lawsuit on behalf of wrongly fired teacher

High school French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired from his job in West Point, Virginia for declining to refer to a female student with male pronouns even though he consistently accommodated the student’s requests and used the student’s preferred name instead of the student’s given name.

Oct 22, 2024 11:39

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Documents

“The Christian Image of Man,” Unpublished Text That Benedict XVI Authorized Be Published After His Death

One of the most salient points of the writing is the Pope Emeritus’ criticism of today’s ideological currents, such as gender ideology and the manipulation of life in laboratories. According to Benedict XVI, these tendencies are the fruit of a Marxism disguised as extreme liberalism, which has deformed the concept of freedom and threatens to undermine the essence of what it means to be human.

Oct 22, 2024 06:43

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Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace

In Uganda, LGBT Activists Prioritize S*x over Starvation

Pro-homosexual activists protested outside the World Bank and the Uganda mission to the UN in opposition to the World Bank’s recent decision to restart much-needed loans to the African nation. “There can be no business as usual between the World Bank and the Government of Uganda while this law remains in force,” said a spokeswoman for Convening for Equality.

Oct 21, 2024 18:11

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Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Who Gets to Intercede in a Eucharistic Prayer

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Oct 21, 2024 18:07

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Cardinals and Bishops•Woman

Cardinal Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Repeats That Female Diaconate Is Not Mature and Explains Absence of Synodal Group

Communication from Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández at the XIII General Congregation of the Synod

Oct 21, 2024 06:51

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Causes of Saints•Pope Francis

How does Jesus reveal the thoughts, desires and projections of our heart? Pope Francis answers

Homily of Pope Francis at the Mass for the canonization of Manuel Ruiz Lopez and seven companions and Francis, Mooti and Raphael Massabki; of Giuseppe Allamano; of Marie-Léonie Paradis; and of Elena Guerra.

Oct 20, 2024 19:05

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Analysis Opinion

What’s the Synod?

“Synod” comes from two Greek words which mean together and road, so the combination conveys the idea of “walking together”. There’s a rich history of synodality in the Eastern Churches, and some Protestant denominations use the word as a synonym for «council».

Oct 20, 2024 12:37

ZENIT Staff

Holy Land