Immaculate Conception Parish

The month of veneration has been a time of profound and meaningful encounters, centered on the figure of the Saint. The Community of Friars of the Sacred Convent also experienced a breath of fresh air and energy, welcoming brothers from all over Italy and from distant countries such as Brazil, the United States, Tanzania, India, Korea, and the Middle East.

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Regulations prohibiting minors from entering churches are now strictly enforced.

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The bishops will meet between 9 and 15 April to choose a new patriarch. The former head will not participate nor vote so as not to "influence" the decision. This ancient Eastern Church, rooted in Mesopotamia, is currently experiencing a period of difficulty due to the exodus and war. The challenges of the last decade include the Islamic State group and the revocation of the presidential decree.

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The proposal arrives at a moment when liturgical questions—once considered largely settled—are again resurfacing with urgency

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Statement by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

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Indiana music and orchestra teacher John Kluge is challenging the legality of Brownsburg Community School Corporation’s decision to revoke his religious accommodation over students’ pronoun usage. When the school district mandated that teachers call students by their preferred gender pronouns and names, Kluge requested a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to call all his students by their last names only—like a coach—instead of referring to female students with male names and pronouns and vice versa. The school district granted Kluge’s request based on his religious beliefs, and Kluge successfully continued teaching under the religious accommodation for an entire school year. But in response to the grumblings of a few students and faculty, the school district revoked the religious accommodation and forced Kluge to resign, ending his teaching career.

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

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The bishop’s intervention revives a debate that has surfaced repeatedly but never fully matured into reform

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Statement from the Custody of the Holy Land regarding the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

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The South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously upheld the decision in response to a petition from transgender people, who are not entitled to have the sex or name on their birth certificates changed.

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