Irish Loreto sister receives honorary doctorate for work with girls in South Sudan crisis — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Patrick’s Pontifical University confers a theology doctorate on Sister Orla Treacy. / Credit: St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth ACI Africa, Oct 8, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). St. Patrick’s Pontifical University in Maynooth, Ireland, has conferred an honorary doctorate to Sister Orla Treacy, whose work spanning 19 years in South Sudan has transformed the…

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High Court weighs free speech in Colorado’s law banning counseling on gender identity — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments on Oct. 7 scrutinized Colorado’s law banning counseling on gender identity with some justices voicing concern about possible viewpoint discrimination and free speech restrictions embedded in the statute. Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson…

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