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Solène Tadié is the Europe Correspondent for the National Catholic Register. She is French-Swiss and grew up in Paris. After graduating from Roma III University with a degree in journalism, she began reporting on Rome and the Vatican for Aleteia. She joined L’Osservatore Romano in 2015, where she successively worked for the French section and the Cultural pages of the Italian daily newspaper. She has also collaborated with several French-speaking Catholic media organizations. Solène has a b...

Cardinal Willem Eijk / Bohumil Petrik/CNADenver, Colo., Nov 16, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).Extreme forms of gender theory have become so influential that a papal encyclical should address the topic, Dutch Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht has said, noting Pope Francis previous teachings on the topic."I asked whether it wouldnt be good if the pope issued an encyclical on gender theory," he said during a press conference last week, the Dutch daily Nederlands Dagblad reported."Gender theory...

Same-sex wedding cake. / Sara Valenti/ShutterstockDenver Newsroom, Sep 30, 2022 / 02:00 am (CNA).The Archbishop of Utrecht has urged that the Flemish bishops be asked to withdraw their statement introducing blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples, saying the practice undermines Church teaching."If gay couples in monogamous, lasting sexual relationships can receive a blessing, should not the same be possible in the monogamous, lasting sexual relationships of a man and a woman living togethe...

Null / Vatican Media.Rome Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 09:47 am (CNA).A controversy over a book and statements made on Twitter has recently drawn increased attention to the Vaticans Pontifical Academy for Life.In late June, the academys official Twitter account began promoting a Vatican-published book synthesizing a 2021 seminar on ethics, in which a participant discussed "the possible legitimacy of contraception in certain cases."The pontifical academy said in an Aug. 8 pre...

Child cancer patient. Photo credit: sumroeng chinnapan Shutterstock CNA Help us expand our reach! Please share this article CNA Staff, Oct 14, 2020 CNA.- The government of the Netherlands has announced it will allow the euthanization of terminally ill children between the ages of one and 12. “There is a need for active termination of life among doctors and parents of incurably ill children, who are suffering hopelessly and unbearably and will die within the foreseeable future,” Health Mini...