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In legal first, a detransitioner successfully sued her medical care team Paul Tuns: On Feb. 2, a White Plains, N.Y., jury awarded Fox Varian $2 million in damages after her psychologist and plastic surgeon failed to properly treat her history of mental illness before approving of a surgical “gender-affirming” mastectomy and provide professional standards ... read more

The Archdiocese of Detroit will require hundreds of employees and clergy to undergo fingerprinting under rules implemented by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ensure “the protection of children and vulnerable adults.” The archbishop said in a March 11 letter to the archdiocese that upon taking the helm in Detroit in 2025 he accepted the responsibility of ... read more

Downtown Detroit. | Credit: Andrey Bayda/Shutterstock The Archdiocese of Detroit will require hundreds of employees and clergy to undergo fingerprinting under rules implemented by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ensure “the protection of children and vulnerable adults.” The archbishop said in a March 11 ... read more

Catholic Church leaders in the Holy Land reaffirmed the Christian community’s commitment to peace amid the harshness of war. Council of Catholic Presidents in the Holy Land. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Amid the war engulfing the Middle East, the ... read more

Amid the war engulfing the Middle East, the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land issued a spiritual and humanitarian message expressing the Churches’ deep concern over the situation in the region and reaffirming Christians’ commitment to peace despite the harshness of the circumstances.In an official statement, the assembly announced that its members had ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has named Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, reassigning Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to serve as archbishop of his home diocese in his native Poland. ... read more

The "externalization" of migration in the Latin American region — particularly under the Trump administration's hardline policies — is accelerating human rights violations while eroding human dignity, according to a new report. ... read more

<p>The monks of La Trappe Abbey in Normandy may leave their monastery in 2028, the abbey announced — a move that could bring to an end 900 years of Cistercian monastic presence in Soligny-la-Trappe, formerly known as "La Grande Trappe."</p><p>While the news of the iconic monastery allegedly closing traveled the internet world at a viral ... read more

Months after catastrophic floods and landslides devastated large parts of Sumatra in Indonesia, thousands of families remain without permanent shelter. Now the Catholic Church in Indonesia, a minority in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is stepping in to help rebuild homes for communities still struggling to recover.The reconstruction effort is being led by Caritas Indonesia, ... read more

Caritas Indonesia has launched a multimillion-dollar program to build permanent homes for families still displaced months after catastrophic floods struck Sumatra. A couple stands in front of a newly completed permanent home built under Caritas Indonesia’s “Compassion Home Movement” in Andam Dewi district, Central Tapanuli, on Feb. 26, 2026. | ... read more

Paul Tuns: Rebel News reported that according to provincial data they obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, “The thing that gender activists claim isn’t happening, not only happened, but it happened 99 times” as records indicated. Rebel News reported that, “What the documents show is a pattern of abuse, a staggering waste of ... read more

American flag. The Catholic political advocacy organization hopes Americans will make a 'renewed commitment to America’s future' through the initiative. ... read more

Rosalie Markezich, a Louisiana woman coerced into taking abortion drugs that her then-boyfriend obtained via mail from a doctor in California. After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stopped requiring in-person visits for chemical abortions, abortion drugs became more dangerous for women, per an Ethics and Public Policy Center report. ... read more

Father Peter Schirripa, center, talks with other participants of a Catholic young adults group in South Boston, at The Playwright, a bar near Gate of Heaven Church, where the Wednesday night sessions begin. A fellowship ‘so rich in joy and love and community, seeking heaven.’ ... read more

Catholic Rep. María Elvira Salazar, R-Florida, is calling for updating “archaic” immigration laws and enacting legislation to provide protections for people lacking legal immigration status in the U.S.In an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” Anchor Veronica Dudo that aired on March 11, Salazar said: “We need to start a national conversation as to what [we ... read more