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Woman with transgender symbol on her hand. / Juanje Garrido/shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 21, 2023 / 14:52 pm (CNA). Saint Mary’s College — a Catholic women’s school in Notre Dame, Indiana — is reversing its controversial transgender admissions policy, the school’s president revealed in an email on Thursday.  President Katie Conboy had last month confirmed a…

Injured parishioners receive Communion on the third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 17, 2023, at Holy Family Parish in Gaza. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook CNA Staff, Dec 21, 2023 / 12:22 pm (CNA). The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has again denied claims that an IDF sniper “murdered” two women at the Catholic Holy Family Parish…

Pope Francis gives his annual Christmas address to the cardinals who work in Vatican offices on Dec. 21, 2023, in the gilded Hall of Benediction at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 21, 2023 / 11:13 am (CNA). Pope Francis warned the Roman Curia on Thursday that “rigid ideological positions” can be…