Pope Francis fields questions from students about gender identity and LGBTQ discrimination — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jun 20, 2024 / 16:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis participated in a live Q-and-A video call with university students on Thursday in which a bisexual student from the Philippines asked…

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Former U.S. nuncio Viganò to undergo Church trial for schism, rejecting Pope Francis  — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Carlo Vigano. / Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register CNA Newsroom, Jun 20, 2024 / 14:19 pm (CNA). Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò on Thursday claimed that the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has initiated proceedings against him over the alleged crime of schism. Citing a document he published on his website and…

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The ethics of IVF: Where Catholics and Baptists can agree — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Tati9/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA). Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention, which represents the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., voted to approve a resolution laying out the ethical implications of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and calling on Baptists to “only utilize infertility treatments and reproductive technologies in ways consistent…

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Family sues over hospital’s religious exemption for euthanasia — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. / Credit: Margarita Young/Shutterstock Vancouver, Canada, Jun 20, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The parents of a terminally ill woman who was transferred to another facility to be euthanized after St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, refused to allow the procedure on its premises are…

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