Children’s hospitals suspend youth transgender programs after Trump order — By: Catholic News Agency

Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., “paused prescriptions of puberty blockers and hormone therapy” for transgender-identifying youth there in response to a Trump directive. / Credit: Daquella manera|Wikipedia|CC BY 2.0 CNA Staff, Feb 3, 2025 / 12:50 pm (CNA). Several hospitals have suspended child transgender programs after the Trump administration moved to restrict what the…

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Filipino cardinal urges Catholics to report clerical abuse to Church and civil authorities — By: Catholic News Agency

Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David was created a cardinal by Pope Francis during the consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Feb 3, 2025 / 11:50 am (CNA). After a U.S abuse watchdog slammed the Philippines’ bishops for not taking action against clergy accused of sexual…

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Cause for beatification of quadriplegic who brought many sick people to Christ advances — By: Catholic News Agency

Servant of God Antonio “Nino” Baglieri. / Credit: Courtesy of Salesians of Don Bosco ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 2, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Salesians received the news that the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has validated the diocesan investigation for the beatification cause of the Servant of God Antonino Baglieri, a quadriplegic…

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Pope Francis calls consecrated religious to be ‘bearers of light’ amid modern challenges — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis presides over First Vespers for the World Day for Consecrated Life in St. Peter’s Basilica, surrounded by bishops, priests, and religious men and women on Feb. 1, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Anhelina Martsisheuskaya/CNA CNA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis urged consecrated men and women to become…

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Pope Francis tells Ukrainian youth to be patriots, pursue peace through dialogue — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2025 / 16:09 pm (CNA). Pope Francis urged Ukrainian youth on Saturday to persist in dialogue and patriotism while acknowledging the profound challenges of forgiveness amid…

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Philadelphia archbishop: ‘My heart sank’ after learning of Friday plane crash — By: Catholic News Agency

Emergency service members respond to a plane crash in a neighborhood near Cottman Avenue on Jan. 31, 2025, in Philadelphia. The plane, a medical transport jet carrying a child patient, crashed after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. / Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images CNA Staff, Feb 1, 2025 / 10:55 am (CNA). Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson…

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