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Arundel Castle in Sussex has been the seat of the Duke of Norfolk's ancestors for 850 years. / Miles Sabin from Brighton, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsLondon, England, May 4, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).The Earl Marshal of England is little known and rarely seen, but he oversees the worlds biggest spectacles. Queen Elizabeths funeral last year is reported to have attracted more than 4 billion viewers, making it perhaps the most-watched event in history. This was the finest moment for th...

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Fra John T. Dunlap, was sworn in as grand master of the Order of Malta on May 3, 2023. / Twitter @orderofmalta.Rome Newsroom, May 4, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).The Order of Malta this week elected Fra John Dunlap as prince and 81st grand master of the Order of Malta.He was sworn in on May 3 and will hold the office for 10 years.Dunlap, 66, is Canadian and the first professed knight from the Americas to lead the sovereign state and religious order. He is a lawyer by profession.The position of grand ma...

Critics of the Hate Speech bill worry that it could criminalize the speech of people such as author J.K. Rowling, who has said that "transgender women" are not actually women. / Daniel Ogren |Wikipedia|CC BY 2.0Denver, Colo., May 2, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).Ireland is preparing to enact a broader ban on hate crimes and hate speech as critics warn of effects on freedom of expression.Backers presented the bill, The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Act 20...

Null / Juanje Garrido/ShutterstockWashington D.C., May 2, 2023 / 11:10 am (CNA).Two middle school teachers in California sued their school district April 27 over a policy they argue could force them to deceive parents if the parents child identifies as a gender that does not match his or her biological sex.The policy in question, adopted by the Escondido Union School District (EUSD), refers to a students "transgender or gender-nonconforming status" as "private informatio...

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 ...

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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 ...