Franciscan University rejects Biden administration’s transgender policies in Title IX — By: Catholic News Agency

Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue. / Credit: Joseph Antoniello, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA). Franciscan University of Steubenville will continue to separate its housing, restrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams on the basis of biological sex — rather than self-asserted “gender identity” — despite recent federal…

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Biden Title IX changes affect state laws on women’s sports, locker rooms, lawyers warn — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Orhan Cam/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 26, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The addition of “gender identity” in the Biden administration’s interpretation of anti-discrimination rules could jeopardize state laws that restrict women’s sports and women’s locker rooms to only women, according to legal scholars. Late last week, President Joe Biden’s Department of Education…

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Florida diocese opens ‘Precious Ones’ mausoleum to support couples who lose children — By: Catholic News Agency

Families, donors, and others gather with Bishop Erik Pohlmeier for the dedication of the “Precious Ones Baby Mausoleum” at the San Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, on April 23, 2024. / Credit: Fran Ruchalski/courtesy of the Archdiocese of St. Augustine CNA Staff, Apr 26, 2024 / 09:51 am (CNA). Families gathered with St. Augustine…

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks Catholic faith, abortion, Title IX in exclusive EWTN interview — By: Catholic News Agency

Kennedy opened up to veteran EWTN News anchorman Raymond Arroyo about his family’s strong faith growing up, how his faith helped him overcome drug addiction and how it impacts him in his day-to-day life in the travails of U.S. presidential politics. / Credit: EWTN News “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” / Screenshot Washington, D.C….

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