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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, attends a roundtable at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 18, 2020. / Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead (public domain)Boston, Mass., May 2, 2023 / 13:25 pm (CNA).Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a law Monday prohibiting gender reassignment surgery and hormone use for minors younger than 18 years old.The new legislation earned praise from the organization representing the states Catholic bishops. "Having worked closely with...

Null / ShutterstockWashington D.C., May 2, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).A Utah bill that is designed to prevent minors from accessing pornography online is set to go into effect on Wednesday, May 3, leading the website Pornhub to block access to its website in the entire state. The legislation, which Gov. Spencer Cox signed in March, requires commercial entities that provide pornography or other material harmful to minors to verify a persons age before the person can access the material. It also h...

Pilgrimage to the Holy Christ of the Quebrada in April 2023. / Credit: Facebook Bishopric of San LuisACI Prensa Staff, May 2, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).More than 134,000 pilgrims came this past weekend to the village of Villa de la Quebrada in the Diocese of San Luis in central Argentina to bring their intentions and fulfill their promises to Christ, whose renowned image is venerated there.According to local tradition, in the mid-1800s a landowner named Tomás Alcaráz went to cut a tree for lumber ...

Pope Francis spoke about the Christian roots of Hungary during his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 3, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, May 3, 2023 / 02:21 am (CNA).Pope Francis said Wednesday that freedom is under threat in Europe, as people choose consumerism and individualism over building families and community.Even today, "freedom is under threat," he said May 3. "Above all with kid gloves, by a consumerism that anesthetizes, where one is content with ...

Metropolitan Anthony, chairman for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, greets Pope Francis after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 3, 2023. / Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, May 3, 2023 / 06:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis greeted the chairman for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church after his weekly public audience on Wednesday.The brief encounter in St. Peters Square with Metropolitan Anthony comes amid heightened scrutiny of dipl...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates a Pontifical Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, London, Sept. 11, 2021. / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.London, England, May 3, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, May 6, will be a historic moment for both the Catholic Church and the British monarchy, as well as the whole of the U.K.For the first time since the Reformation, a Catholic prelate will be formally participating in the coronation ceremo...

Father Dario E. Viganò, president of the MAC Foundation, shares about the foundation in a May 2, 2023, presentation at the Vatican Apostolic Library / Credit: Father Dario E. ViganòRome Newsroom, May 3, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Unveiled this week, an Italian foundation aims to both preserve and give better access to the audiovisual heritage of the Catholic Church.One member of the MAC Foundation, which takes its name from the Italian initials for "Audiovisual Memories of Catholicism," s...

Null / Video_Creative / Shutterstock.Boston, Mass., May 3, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont signed a bill Tuesday allowing non-residents to avail themselves of the states assisted suicide law.Vermont legalized assisted suicide in 2013, but with this new law became the first state in the nation to change its legislation to allow the life-ending procedure to those living out of state, according to the Associated Press.Oregon stopped enforcing its residency requireme...

Bishop Richard Henning (left) and Bishop Thomas Tobin. / Credit: Diocese of Rockville Centre / Diocese of ProvidenceBoston, Mass., May 1, 2023 / 10:50 am (CNA).Pope Francis announced Monday that he has accepted the resignation letter of Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, submitted on his 75th birthday on April 1, as required by canon law.Tobin is succeeded by Bishop Richard Henning, whom Pope Francis in November appointed as coadjutor bishop of Providence, home to more th...

Null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, May 1, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).A court has decreed that preliminary proceedings be initiated to investigate a group of artists for "the possible existence of a criminal offense" against religious sentiments.The decision of the Trial Court No. 6 of Fuenlabrada, Spain, was made as a result of a complaint filed by the Christian Lawyers Foundation.The complaint alleges the so-called Collective of Southern Artists (CAS) committed ...