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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has canceled the second World Children’s Day, which had been scheduled to take place in Rome Sept. 25–27, about six weeks after Pope Leo XIV dissolved the commission responsible for its organization. The Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life announced the decision March 27, saying it had “considered…

Colorado violated the First Amendment by telling therapists that they could not help young people struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a March 31 ruling. The high court said in an 8-1 decision that Colorado’s law banning “conversion therapy” for minors runs afoul of free speech protections and does not…

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) have reaffirmed their prophetic mission, pledging not to remain silent in the face of the worsening security and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a statement issued following their March 23–25 extraordinary Plenary Assembly in the…