Japanese company’s pivot to adult diapers underscores crashing fertility rates worldwide — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: ucchie79/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). “Growth is anticipated.” That’s how the Tokyo-based company Oji Holdings described the Japanese adult diaper economy last week. The company announced in a press release that it would be terminating its “domestic disposal diaper business for babies” later this year. The baby…

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After protest from Catholics, blasphemous potato chip ad ordered pulled in Italy — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Pixabay CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 10:50 am (CNA). An Italian Catholic watchdog group says a blasphemous ad featuring a priest consecrating potato chips in place of Eucharistic hosts has been ordered pulled from the airwaves. The Italian Association of Radio and Television Listeners (Associazione Italiana Ascoltatori Radio e Televisione, AIART)…

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After protest from Catholics, blasphemous potato chip radio ad ordered pulled in Italy — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Pixabay CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 10:50 am (CNA). An Italian Catholic watchdog group says a blasphemous ad featuring a priest consecrating potato chips in place of Eucharistic hosts has been ordered pulled from the airwaves. The Italian Association of Radio and Television Listeners (Associazione Italiana Ascoltatori Radio e Televisione, AIART)…

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PHOTOS: Foundation releases never-before-seen images of Padre Pio — By: Catholic News Agency

To mark its 10th anniversary, the St. Pio Foundation in the United States has released 10 never-before-seen photographs of Padre Pio. The candid images include scenes of the Italian priest celebrating Mass and deep in prayer. The foundation’s director, Luciano Lamonarca, discovered the photos when visiting photographer Elia Saleto’s studio. / Credit: Courtesy of the…

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College sports association bans biological men from women’s sports — By: Catholic News Agency

Penn University transgender swimmer Lia Thomas celebrates taking first place in the 500-yard freestyle race with a time of 4.37.32 during the championship final race in heat three during the Women’s Ivy League Swimming & Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Feb. 17, 2022. / Credit: JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images CNA…

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