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Lansing, Mich., Mar 25, 2019 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has barred state funds from adoption agencies that won't place children with same-sex couples, after reaching a settlement with the ACLU and same-sex couples who approached a Catholic agency and another Christian agency. The settlement is despite a state law protecting the religious freedom and funding of […]

San Francisco, Calif., Mar 25, 2019 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- A group of five Catholic hospitals in California is being sued by a woman who identifies as a transgender man after one of its locations, St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka, refused to perform a hysterectomy.   Oliver Knight is suing St. Joseph Health of Northern California, alleging that she was refused the surgery because of her […]

London, England, Mar 25, 2019 / 01:33 pm (CNA).- The British Home Office has agreed to reconsider the asylum claim of an Iranian Christian, after it was shown on Twitter that the department had denied the application on the grounds that Christianity is not a peaceful religion. “The Home Office have agreed to withdraw their refusal and to reconsider our client’s asylum application, […]

San Francisco, Calif., Mar 25, 2019 / 11:42 am (CNA).- California’s attorney general on Friday asked a federal judge to block a new Trump administration rule designed to strip abortion clinics of federal funds distributed through the Title X program. In a March 22 announcement, California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra called the Protect Life Rule “reckless and […]

Santa Fe, N.M., Mar 25, 2019 / 10:38 am (CNA).- The Archbishop of Santa Fe said recently that people praying to “Saint Death” won’t find the answers they’re looking for. Archbishop John Wester told the Associated Press recently that Catholics praying to the skeletal figure, popular in Central America, may be fooled into thinking that “Santa Muerte” is an […]

Reflects on Holy Father's Comments at March 24, 2019, Angelus The post Nicaragua: Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes Urges Dialogue to Address Crisis appeared first on ZENIT - English. […]

May 31 to June 2, 2019 The post Vatican Releases Program for Holy Father’s Apostolic Journey to Romania appeared first on ZENIT - English. […]

Mary a Point of Reference for Christians and Muslims The post Lebanon: The Annunciation of Mary is a National Holiday appeared first on ZENIT - English. […]

Fr. Cosme Almedilla will be the new bishop of Butuan and Claretian Fr. Leo Dalmao will be prelate of Isabela in Basilan. The post Philippines: Pope Names Two New Bishops appeared first on ZENIT - English. […]

'A Person Who Appeals Benefits from the Presumption of Innocence' The post France: Some Elements to Understand ‘the Barbarin Affair,’ by Francois Moriniere appeared first on ZENIT - English. […]