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InterMountain Education Service District in Oregon ordered a licensed clinical social worker to remove three children’s books that he had displayed behind his office desk because they convey messages with which the district disagrees.

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WJC President Ronald S. Lauder praised the Pope’s message, calling it “an extraordinarily positive and deeply meaningful gesture.”

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Archbishop Broglio cited the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a government program that aids needy families, as an example of an impacted program

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The announcement came just days after Katie, a female inmate, was sexually assaulted by Krista Richards, her transgender cellmate, in a South Australian prison; Krista was pretending to be a woman, as reported by Thewing. The Northern Territory Minister commented: "If you're born male, you go to a men's prison. At the end of the day, it's really about the safety of women. This is about women's dignity."

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Address by Pope Leo XIV at the Colosseum in Rome during the International Peace Meeting

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On October 25, Cardinal Baltazar Porras, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas and one of the most prominent voices in the Venezuelan Church, reported that government interference and military obstruction prevented him from reaching Isnotú, the birthplace of Saint José Gregorio Hernández

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The Sydney gathering, scheduled for 2028, will unfold in a world marked by fragmentation, anxiety, and a hunger for meaning. Its chosen theme — the body given — speaks directly into that context. It reminds the faithful that love, in its most authentic form, is not sentiment but surrender

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The final vote reflects broad unity, though not without tension. While most proposals passed with over 90 percent approval, some — particularly those concerning women’s participation and shared governance — received around 75 to 80 percent support, signaling ongoing debate

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For the first time since 2019, the so-called “old Mass” — the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite — resounded beneath Michelangelo’s dome. Roughly three thousand pilgrims, many of them young families with children and lace-veiled women, filled the basilica

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In his words, synodality is not about meetings and documents, but about learning to walk together again — clergy and laity, men and women, rich and poor. “Sometimes,” he reflected, “resistance comes from fear or from ignorance. Not everyone runs at the same speed, and we must be patient with one another. If a few rush ahead and leave many behind, communion is broken

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