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What is the art of “pastoral evaluation”? Leo XIV explains it, as well as the kind of priest (and seminarian) Rome needs
The Parable of the Workers Hired in the Vineyard, Explained by the Pope
Questions about liturgy: Reusing Graves of Ancestors
Catholic Priest Murdered in Mexico: The 13th Such Killing During the MORENA Administration
How many martyrs will the Catholic Church have by 2026? The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints provides an answer
Vatican Children’s Hospital: No. 1 in Europe, No. 4 in the world, according to a new ranking
What Does It Mean to Be a Bishop? A Catechesis by Leo XIV to the Latin American Episcopate (a source of spiritual and pastoral enrichment for any priest)
«Leo XIV Effect» in Barcelona? Number of Seminarians Increases for the New Academic Year
15,000 police officers, 2,500 journalists… the surprising numbers (challenges and opportunities) surrounding the Pope’s visit to France
Stephen Colbert and Scott Brick will narrate the first English-language audiobook by Pope Leo XIV
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The use of US long-range weapons by the Ukrainians has led Putin to approve a "new nuclear doctrine” Photo: Euronews

Analysis Opinion•Gender Ideology•Young People

How ‘Rare’ Are Sex-Trait Modification Surgeries on Children?

According to a new study by the medical advocacy group Do No Harm, 5,747 sex-change surgeries were performed on children in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Given that there are about 12.5 million children between the ages of 15 and 17—the ages of minors who receive these surgeries—the annual rate of surgeries to remove and modify sex traits and organs on children works out to be 9.2 per 100,000.

Analysis Opinion•Holy Land

One year of Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank under the pretext of Gaza and Lebanon

In the shadow of the conflict in Gaza (and with the Lebanese Hezbollah in the north) the Israelis are perpetrating a ‘policy’ of violence against farmers and land. A state ‘policy’ that combines pro-occupation movements and institutions. With Ben Gvir a real task force against foreign activists who support the Palestinians, by means of arrests and expulsions.

Analysis Opinion

UN Expert Says Countries Must Legalize Drugs, Prostitution and Abortion

Mofokeng argues that abortion, prostitution, and non-disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners may pose “no actual or potential harm” and that laws criminalizing such conduct are part of the legacy of “harmful norms and policies” spread by colonialism. The claims were made by Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Health, in her latest report on a “human rights based approach to harm reduction.”