Supreme Court will not hear appeal over trans hysterectomy
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving a Catholic hospital in California that is being sued for refusing to perform a hysterectomy on a trans-identified patient.
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Aid group asks for continued prayer for 17 kidnapped missionaries
The Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries urged continued prayers for their 17 missionaries being held captive by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti as families of 26 Americans being held hostage around the world recently pressed the Biden administration to push more aggressively to free their loved ones.
Orthodox patriarch blesses shrine near 9/11 memorial | Crux
Crux,The spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians gave his formal blessing Tuesday to an ornate shrine that will replace a small parish church destroyed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.
Hammerin' Braves Rout Astros To Win 1st WS Crown Since 1995
The Atlanta Braves have won their first World Series championship since 1995, hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6.
Republican Glenn Youngkin projected to have won Virginia governor race
Republican Glenn Youngkin has been elected governor of Virginia, Decision Desk HQ first projected about 90 minutes after polls closed in the commonwealth.
How Christian nonprofits are leading international orphan care | Baptist Press
Of all those tragically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1.5 million children who lost parents or grandparents worldwide may be the most heartbreaking. In the wake of such loss, international child welfare advocates have bolstered efforts to care for these newly orphaned children.
Georgetown College fires president after sexual assault allegations | Baptist Press
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (BP) – The Board of Trustees of Georgetown College terminated the employment of William A. Jones as president of the college amid allegations of inappropriate conduct, the school announced on Tuesday.
No Supreme Court hearing for Catholic hospital sued for declining transgender surgery
The Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a lawsuit against a Catholic hospital that declined to perform a hysterectomy on a woman who identifies as a transgender man on the grounds that doing so would violate Catholic ethics and the U.S. bishops’ directives.
What’s in (and isn’t in) the bishops’ draft document on the Eucharist?
A draft text of the U.S. bishops’ forthcoming document on Eucharistic coherence does not make explicit mention of denying the sacrament from certain high-profile Catholics and instead focuses on the importance of teaching the Real Presence of the Eucharist and the Eucharist as a tool for evangelization.
Ky. school district apologizes after students give teachers lap dances at homecoming assembly
A Kentucky school district has apologized in response to criticism over a skit that featured students giving teachers lap dances while dressed in bikinis and other revealing attire and female students dressed as Hooters’ girls.
