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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 master of the Order of Malta has been vacant since the death in 2020 of Fra' Giacomo dalla Torre del...

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 2022, as an update of a 1989 law. They cited new technological developments and newly prominent minori...

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 student's "transgender or gender-nonconforming status" as "private information" that can only be disclosed "with the student's prior written consent, except when the...

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 state's Catholic bishops. "Having worked closely with House and Senate authors, we commend Gov. Stitt for swiftly signing S.B. 613 into law and adding O...

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 person's age before the person can access the material. It also holds publishers and distributors liable if they fail to comply with the rules. When the bill g...