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'Transgender mandate' struck down by federal court
On: 10/16/2019, CNA Staff , In: Nation
Dallas, Texas, Oct 15, 2019 CNA.- A federal judge struck down the so-called “transgender mandate” on Tuesday, vacating an Obama-era requirement that doctors perform gender-transition surgeries upon request. Judge Reed O’Connor ...

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'Transgender mandate' struck down by federal court
On: 10/16/2019, CNA Staff , In: Nation
Dallas, Texas, Oct 15, 2019 CNA.- A federal judge struck down the so-called “transgender mandate” on Tuesday, vacating an Obama-era requirement that doctors perform gender-transition surgeries upon request. Judge Reed O’Connor ...

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Study finds fertility below replacement rate is 'new normal'
On: 10/16/2019, CNA Staff , In: Nation
Washington D.C., Oct 15, 2019 CNA.- Fertility rates around the world are stalling at below the replacement level, a new study has shown, as countries with higher fertility rates have shown sharp decreases. A study from the Institute for Family Studies, ...

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L.A. Archdiocese expands fund for Southern California wildfire victims
On: 10/15/2019, The Boston Pilot , In: Nation
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is expanding a fund established last year for victims of wildfires in California to victims of the current wildfires burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The fund was created in the wake of ...

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Pastoral care of Hispanics, outreach to youth top Encuentro priorities
On: 10/15/2019, Norma Montenegro Flynn , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The pastoral care of Hispanic families and immigrants, accompaniment of youth and young adults, and leadership development were the top priorities that Hispanic ministry leaders of seven dioceses, including the Archdiocese of Washington, ...

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At 50, FDLC remains focused on liturgical formation for 'people of God'
On: 10/15/2019, Joyce Duriga , In: Nation
CHICAGO (CNS) -- When the Second Vatican Council decreed that the liturgy be celebrated in people's native languages in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops knew it would need some help training clergy and laypeople ...

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Michael Pakaluk
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On Cardinal Newman becoming a saint
Dwight G. Duncan
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Returning thanks
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'Transgender mandate' struck down by federal court

Dallas, Texas, Oct 15, 2019 CNA.- A federal judge struck down the so-called “transgender mandate” on Tuesday, vacating an Obama-era requirement that doctors perform gender-transition surgeries upon request.

Washington D.C., Oct 15, 2019 CNA.- Fertility rates around the world are stalling at below the replacement level, a new study has shown, as countries with higher fertility rates have shown sharp decreases.

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is expanding a fund established last year for victims of wildfires in California to victims of the current wildfires burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The pastoral care of Hispanic families and immigrants, accompaniment of youth and young adults, and leadership development were the top priorities that Hispanic ministry leaders of seven dioceses, including the Archdiocese of Washington, addressed Oct. 5 at The Catholic University of America.

CHICAGO (CNS) -- When the Second Vatican Council decreed that the liturgy be celebrated in people's native languages in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops knew it would need some help training clergy and laypeople in the new texts that would be developed.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is not a "referendum" on priestly celibacy; it is looking for ways to provide for the sacramental life and formation of the people there, U.S. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston said.