By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jul 12, 2023 / 15:45 pm With the annual military budget package soon to hit the House and Senate floors, the fight over military spending on abortion and transgender treatments is heating up in Congress. The bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), is …

By Lauretta Brown Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2023 / 16:05 pm The U.S. bishops voted Friday to move forward with a significant revision to their document offering guidance to Catholic health care institutions on the issue of transgender surgeries and hormone treatments, and their incompatibility with the Church’s teaching on sex and …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2023 / 16:28 pm Amid increased boycott calls from prominent Catholics — as well as criticism from MLB pitcher Trevor Williams — for their decision to honor an anti-Catholic drag group, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced they will be hosting a “Christian Faith …

By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., May 15, 2023 / 12:04 pm A controversial art display at a Manhattan Catholic church titled “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey” is undergoing a name and description change, but has not been removed as was previously reported. News of the exhibit at the Church …

By Joe Bukuras CNA Newsroom, May 9, 2023 / 14:50 pm The Archdiocese of New York is investigating a Catholic parish in Manhattan for hosting an art exhibit called “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey.” The exhibit, which “maps the queer spiritual journey” and claims that “there is no devil” …

By Kevin J. Jones CNA Newsroom, Mar 22, 2023 / 08:06 am The University of Notre Dame’s local bishop has strongly criticized the Catholic university for hosting a “reproductive justice” talk featuring abortion doula Ash Williams, who described abortion as “a type of birth.” According to a National Public Radio profile, Williams’ …

By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Mar 13, 2023 / 17:05 pm President Joe Biden criticized Florida’s regulation of transgender medical care for children and ban on gender ideology in the classroom, calling the measures “close to sinful.” Biden said in an interview with Daily Show guest host Kal Penn: “What’s going on in …

By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Mar 4, 2023 / 11:43 am In the wake of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision overturning the pro-abortion rights Roe v. Wade ruling, several bodies at the University of Notre Dame are hosting an event series dedicated to “reproductive justice.” The series has attracted criticism …

By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Feb 10, 2023 / 17:45 pm Lawmakers in Missouri have announced at least two official investigations into a children’s transgender clinic in St. Louis, after a whistleblower revealed Thursday in a sworn statement that she witnessed doctors, among other things, prescribing puberty-blocking drugs to minors without parental …

by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2022 / 16:00 pm President Biden’s controversial transgender mandate has been blocked after the administration failed to meet last week’s deadline to appeal a court ruling that struck down the mandate earlier this year. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down …