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St Thomas More Photo: EWTN España

Analysis Opinion

How clergy and religious grapple with chastity in the tech age

In stark reality, many priestly and religious individuals are failing to properly integrate their sexuality. They neglect to give it the necessary time, energy, and attention. This void is increasingly filled by a secular-tinged virtual world that infiltrates convents, monasteries, and seminaries, causing significant disorientation and deviation from their consecrated, chaste lives.

Local Church•Pope Francis

The world’s largest mural dedicated to a pope: Argentina unveils mural dedicated to Pope Francis

The mural’s creator, Martín Ron, is no stranger to large-scale urban art. Renowned for his hyperrealistic technique, Ron has transformed urban walls around the world into vivid portals of storytelling. But this piece, which stretches vertically up a building façade not far from the archdiocesan cathedral, carries particular emotional weight — both for the artist and for a nation that once called Jorge Mario Bergoglio its own.

Gender Ideology•Justice and Peace

US Olympic Committee bans biological men who identify as women from competing against women in women’s sports

USOPC leaders Sarah Hirshland and Gene Sykes acknowledged the update in a message to Team USA athletes and partners, underscoring that the committee, as a federally chartered body, is bound to respect federal directives. “Our statutory framework requires us to uphold the expectations laid out by our government,” the letter states, pointing to the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act as a foundational legal benchmark.

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Ukraine’s ultimatum to Russian Orthodox Christians

Kiev has ordered the pro-Russian UOC to sever all ties with the Moscow Patriarchate by 18 August. It currently has around 10,000 parishes, a number now equivalent to that of the autocephalous Orthodox Church. Defending Metropolitan Onufryj – who has always maintained a balance between rejecting war and maintaining ties with the Russian Church – is Larisa Brodetskaja, a veteran of the Ukrainian armed forces in the resistance against Moscow’s troops.