Portland Archdiocese: New office will integrate schools into evangelization mission — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Unsplash Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 20, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). After shutting down its Department of Catholic Schools in June amid ongoing tension about policies related to gender ideology, the Archdiocese of Portland has launched a new office focused on bringing diocesan schools more fully into the Church’s mission of evangelization. “Our…

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Cameroonian archdiocese launching perpetual adoration at ‘every parish,’ archbishop says — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, speaks at an Oct. 12, 2023, briefing for the Synod on Synodality. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Bamenda, Cameroon, Oct 20, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). “Every parish” of an archdiocese in Cameroon is building a perpetual adoration chapel to celebrate a local year of the Eucharist observance, the…

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At Vatican Observatory, astronomers reveal thousands of newly discovered galaxies — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Denis Belitsky/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 20, 2023 / 11:35 am (CNA). Astronomers gathered at the Vatican Observatory this month to hear the results of major research into thousands of previously hidden galaxies that the Milky Way has long obscured.  A press release from the Vatican’s astronomical research station said astronomers gathered there…

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Biden NIH nominee grilled on funding for gender transition research, fetal tissue — By: Catholic News Agency

Monica Bertagnolli testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing to be the next Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 18, 2023, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images CNA Staff, Oct 20, 2023 / 10:40 am (CNA). Republican senators…

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Biological Integrity Initiative arms parents against transgender ‘ideology’ — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Shutterstock Detroit, Mich., Oct 20, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA). A pro-life physicians’ association is fighting transgender ideology with a new initiative, warning that public schools and authorities pose risks to teens confused about their biological sex. The Biological Integrity Initiative is sponsored by the American College of Pediatricians, an association of more…

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