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Psychologist Dr. Paul McHugh spoke with “EWTN News In Depth” about his decades-long career, detailing how sexual reassignment surgeries are not the answer for transgender individuals.
McHugh is a 94-year-old American psychiatrist and educator. He is a distinguished service professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was previously the Henry Phipps professor and psychiatrist-in-chief from 1975 to 2001.
McHugh has conducted years of research on sexual reassignment surgeries, which are medical procedures that alter a person’s physical sex characteristics such as the chest, genitals, or facial features. McHugh found they do not resolve underlying psychological issues.
A new biblical series will depict the Book of Genesis through the eyes of the book’s most well-known women. “The Faithful: Women of the Bible” follows the stories of Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel and how each of these women, and their descendants, shaped the story of salvation.
The three-week event will begin airing on March 22 on Fox and end on Easter Sunday, April 5.
René Echevarria, executive producer and showrunner of the series, told EWTN News that the creators “set out to try to tell these stories in an emotionally grounded way and really try to understand what their…
According to Catholic author Mary Harper, the way we dress can be a way to express faith, human dignity, and personal identity.
Harper, author of “The Liturgical Style Guide,” in which she explores how faith should influence how we dress, noted that the Bible shows the symbolic importance of clothing: “It’s actually pretty amazing how, throughout both the Old Testament and the New … clothing is mentioned over 100 times... The majority of times, it’s meant to be a sign of God’s mercy and providence.”
This symbolism appears from the very beginning of the Bible, she said in a
Luis Nava, a high school freshman at the International Academy in Michigan, takes to heart that he wants to be ready to answer any questions from his peers but also to better understand his Catholic faith. He began an online newspaper called The Catholic Michigander, where he tackles some of those questions and more.
Nava is a parishioner at St. Joseph Parish in Lake Orion, Michigan, and spent his first few years attending school there. He recently spoke to students at the Catholic school about a project he started to help spread the Catholic faith among teens and to help…
A conservative government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, claiming his office failed to respond to a public-records request seeking documents on school security funding and whether nonpublic schools were considered for state safety programs.
Judicial Watch submitted the request to the governor’s office on Aug. 28, 2025, — one day after a gunman killed two children and wounded 17 others during an all-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. The March 4 complaint seeks communications from January 2022 through August 2025 concerning proposals to extend the state’s Safe Schools funding…
In a virtual panel hosted by the conservative Federalist Society on Friday, three lawyers questioned the constitutionality of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and discussed the alleged selective enforcement against pro-life activists.
The FACE Act, which became law in 1994, imposes federal criminal penalties on people who use physical force or intimidation to interfere with access to abortion clinics, pro-life pregnancy centers, and houses of worship.
Under former President Joe Biden’s administration, enforcement focused mostly on pro-life advocates, who were later pardoned by President Donald Trump. Under Trump, it has been used more sparingly, but…
More than 14,000 Americans have died by assisted suicide since Oregon became the first state to legalize the practice in 1997, a recent report by Aging with Dignity found.
A group inspired by Mother Teresa, Aging with Dignity recently compiled all reported U.S. assisted suicide data from every state since 1997 in what it said was likely a first-of-its-kind report.
The report found that a recorded 14,446 Americans have died by assisted suicide since 1997 but that “the real number is likely much higher.” The group also reported troubling trends such as drug-related complications and assisted suicide for non-terminal illnesses.
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Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Father Godfrey Mullen, the administrator of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, to serve as its new bishop, according to an announcement from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Bishop-designate Mullen, a Benedictine monk, will be consecrated as bishop on May 1. He will fill a vacancy open since May 2025 when Bishop Michael McGovern left the role to serve as the archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, following an appointment by Pope Francis.
“My sincere thanks to our brother from Illinois, Pope Leo XIV, for his confidence in calling me to shepherd this beautiful flock,”…
Denver, Colo. /(CNA) - This month, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church.
Here’s what you need to know about the feast day:
The timing and origins of Pentecost
Pentecost always occurs 50 days after the death and resurrection of Jesus, and ten days after his ascension into heaven. Because Easter is a moveable feast without a fixed date, and Pentecost depends on the timing of Easter, Pentecost can fall anywhere between May 10 and June 13.
WHEATON, Ill., April 2020/PRNewswire/ -- The Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI) at Wheaton College and the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) want churches to know they're not alone. Together, they presented the COVID-19 Church Online Summit, a two-day digital summit to help churches respond creatively, practically, and faithfully to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Summit is free at https://www.covid19churchsummit.com.