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Woman holding transgender sign. Via Shutterstock / nullACI Prensa Staff, Apr 27, 2023 / 07:55 am (CNA).A bill that would ban so-called "conversion therapy" for people with same-sex attraction could trigger a "witch hunt" against parents and health professionals in Mexico, a pro-family leader has warned.The Justice, Diversity, and Health committees of the federal Chamber of Deputies (lower house of Congress) approved for debate a bill against "conversion therapy" already passed in the Senate. The bill is being pushed by Sen. Citlalli Hernández, a member of Mexico'...

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter's Square on April 26, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 26, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA).It is no accident that the patron saint of foreign missionaries is a cloistered nun, Pope Francis said Wednesday.Speaking in St. Peter's Square on April 26, the pope pointed to the example of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries, and other cloistered religious who sustain the life of the Church through intercessory prayer."Truly, the monastics are the beating heart of the proclamation [of the Gospel]. Their prayer is oxygen for a...

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Institute John Paul II, speaks at a press conference. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2023 / 15:02 pm (CNA).Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has spoken in support of legalized medically assisted suicide, calling it "feasible" despite the clear teachings of the Catholic Church against it."Personally, I would not practice suicide assistance, but I understand that legal mediation may be the greatest common good concretely possible under the cond...

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Institute John Paul II, speaks at a press conference. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2023 / 15:02 pm (CNA).Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has spoken in support of legalized medically assisted suicide, calling it "feasible" despite the clear teachings of the Catholic Church against it."Personally, I would not practice suicide assistance, but I understand that legal mediation may be the greatest common good concretely possible under the cond...

Pope Francis prayed the Regina Caeli in St. Peter's Square on April 23, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Apr 23, 2023 / 05:10 am (CNA).Pope Francis recommended making an examination of conscience at the end of each day as a way to invite Jesus into the joys and struggles of daily life. "Indeed, for us to it is important to reread our history together with Jesus: the story of our life, of a certain period, of our days, with its disappointments and hopes," the pope said April 23."There is a good way of doing this, and today I would like to propose it to you: it consists of ...