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null / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 16, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). After the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAFL) last month issued a booklet summarizing the Church’s teaching on a number of bioethical issues, the section on “artificial nutrition and hydration” (ANH) has some observers concerned about what they see as a departure from…
null / Credit: ADragan/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 16, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). The top organization that provides medical guidance to U.S. plastic surgeons released a statement calling for more evidence-based studies on the efficacy of “gender-affirming” surgery for adolescents, according to Manhattan Institute fellow and pediatric gender medicine expert Leor Sapir. The American Society…
Montana state capitol. / Credit: Natalia Bratslavsky/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA). The Montana Supreme Court invalidated a state law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for abortion on the grounds that the law violated the “fundamental right” to privacy guaranteed in the state constitution. In a unanimous ruling issued…
Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appear on stage together during a campaign event on Aug. 7, 2024, in Detroit. / Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2024 / 18:53 pm (CNA). A virtual campaign event focused on organizing Catholic support for Vice…
United Nations Building and the flags in Geneva Switzerland. / Credit: Nexus 7/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 16:43 pm (CNA). The United Nations panel of election experts that was in Venezuela during the July 28 presidential elections published an interim report on the process, noting that it “fell short of the basic…
The University of Notre Dame. / Credit: Grindstone Media Group/Shutterstock National Catholic Register, Aug 15, 2024 / 17:13 pm (CNA). The University of Notre Dame has suspended its men’s swimming program for at least one academic year after an investigation uncovered an internal betting ring and a toxic team culture. The external review “confirmed and…
Archbishop Denys Chahda highlighted the faith of Syrian Christians despite suffering and difficulties. / Credit: EWTN Noticias/Screenshot ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 16:13 pm (CNA). Christians in Syria, devastated by a civil war that has been going on for more than 13 years, are doing their best “to live in peace,” according to…
Longtime pro-life advocate Lynn Dyer places a sign that reads “Life Never a Mistake” on public property in front of Camelback Family Planning, an abortion clinic in Phoenix, on April 18, 2024. / Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 15, 2024 / 15:19 pm (CNA). Here’s a roundup of pro-life-related…
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Angelus address on the solemnity of the Assumption on Aug. 15, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Aug 15, 2024 / 09:31 am (CNA). During his Angelus address on the solemnity of the Assumption, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that…
The Sistine Chapel. / Credit: marcobrivio.photography/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). On Aug. 15, 1483, Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel to Our Lady of the Assumption. Today, as we celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, let’s take a closer look at this historic chapel. One of the…
