Catholic News

• Pope visits Vatican Radio transmission center, affirms 'missionary value of communication' (USCCB)
  Pope Leo XIV visited Vatican Radio’s shortwave radio transmission center, located on Vatican property eleven miles from Rome. According to a Vatican statement, the Pontiff, during his June 19 visit, “emphasized how during his missionary work in Latin America and Africa, it was valuable to be able to receive Vatican Radio’s shortwave transmissions, which reach […]
• British and French Catholics struggle to turn the tide on assisted suicide (National Catholic Reporter)
  Pro-life advocates spoke about the challenges they face in halting the advance of assisted suicide in Europe. “Given today’s intergenerational imbalance, and the growing costs of the welfare state, people are asking why we should bother caring for the sick and elderly—whether it isn’t easier and cheaper just to help them to die, rather than […]
• Supreme Court transgender decision seen as 'partial victory for common sense' (First Things)
  Two fellows at the Ethics and Public Policy Center have analyzed the 6-3 Supreme Court decision that upheld the right of Tennessee to ban surgical and chemical interventions on minors who describe themselves as transgender. Theresa Farnan and Mary Rice Hasson described United States v. Skrmetti as a “partial victory for common sense.” “The appalling […]
• Religious liberty commission examines Washington Confession law (Religion Clause)
  The US Department of Justice’s new Religious Liberty Commission held its first hearing on June 16. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, are among the members of the commission, which is chaired by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of Texas. Among the topics examined by commission members was a […]