U.S. Catholic bishops urge immigration reform with ‘fair and humane treatment’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 14, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement that urges the American government to reform the immigration system with “fair and humane…

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Senators cry foul after faith-based groups allegedly frozen out of prison program — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: txking/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 14, 2024 / 15:40 pm (CNA). A pair of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators recently questioned the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Colette Peters, about why several faith-based recidivism reduction programs have been turned down in recent years from working in federal prisons.  Sens. James Lankford,…

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Ohio Legislature passes bill requiring school bathroom use based on biological sex — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Kanok Sulaiman/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 14, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA). The Ohio Legislature approved a bill on Wednesday that would require students in public K–12 schools to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex rather than their subjective “gender identity.”  The 74-page S.B. 104 would “enact the Protect All Students Act…

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2 leaders resign from La Leche League over shift to include men in breastfeeding groups — By: Catholic News Agency

Marian Tompson, 94, a founder of La Leche League, resigned over the group’s decision to allow men who believe they are women to participate in the organization’s breastfeeding support groups. / Credit: Author I’m nonpartisan|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 CNA Staff, Nov 14, 2024 / 15:10 pm (CNA). Two leaders of a major global mother’s breastfeeding support…

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Cardinals test out virtual reality headsets at new AI-inspired jubilee art exhibit — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: AI-generated image created by OpenAI’s DALL-E, generated with assistance from ChatGPT Vatican City, Nov 14, 2024 / 13:50 pm (CNA). Catholic cardinals this week donned virtual reality headsets at the premiere of an innovative art exhibit that opened this week for the 2025 Jubilee Year showcasing contemporary art inspired by artificial intelligence….

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Italy’s Mafia-fighting ‘street priest’ Archbishop Domenico Battaglia to become a cardinal — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy. / Credit: Vincenzo Amoruso via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Vatican City, Nov 14, 2024 / 11:55 am (CNA). Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, a late addition to the pope’s roster of new cardinals to be created next month, has commanded headlines for years for his strong stand against organized…

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Franciscan University to launch Institute for the Study of Man and Woman — By: Catholic News Agency

Stephen Hildebrand, vice president for academic affairs at Franciscan University (left); Deborah Savage, professor of theology at Franciscan University (center); and Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, president of Franciscan University (right), at a panel discussion at the Oct. 24-26, 2024, “Man and Woman in the Order of Creation Conference,” in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Franciscan University…

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