New York theater shuts down as archdiocese says performances must be in line with Church — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Fer Gregory/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 23, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA). An off-Broadway theater in Manhattan has closed down after its landlord — the Archdiocese of New York — began exercising greater scrutiny over the plays performed there to ensure they were in line with Catholic teaching.  The New York-based art group SheNYC said in…

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Kamala Harris rejects religious exemptions for abortion laws: ‘That cannot be negotiable’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a church service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on Oct. 20, 2024, in Stonecrest, Georgia. / Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed that she would oppose religious exemptions in abortion laws if…

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Supreme Court will hear case on Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Supreme Court. / Credit: PT Hamilton/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA). The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case to determine the legality of a Tennessee law that prohibits doctors from performing so-called transgender surgeries on minors and prevents doctors from prescribing them puberty blockers and hormones. The…

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