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NYTimes: Judgments Sharply Divided on Pope’s Handling of Abuse Cases
For some survivors, he was a hero. Others who reported abuse said he failed them.
Pope Leo Taps French Archbishop to Lead Child Protection Commission
Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry, France, who has served on the commission since 2022, also heads the Church's child protection conference of…
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Gary Gately
"There are no satisfying answers now, and healing to our wounds is far away."
In a homily and interview, San Antonio's archbishop speaks words of wisdom after Texas floods that have killed more than 100 people.
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Gary Gately
Catholic Mass In Anglicanism Cathedral Taps UK Vogue for Saints' Relics
Nearly 500 years after the English Reformation, a Catholic Mass will be celebrated at Canterbury Cathedral, Religion News Service reports.
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What I Heard On a Suicide Hotline for Trans Kids
Jason Cherkis writes in The New York Times.
Supreme Court Dives Back Into Culture Wars, Taking Up Idaho, West Virginia Transgender Sports Bans
More than half of U.S. states have enacted laws barring trans athletes from participating in girls' and women’s sports.
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Gary Gately

June 2025

Justice Department Sues Washington State Over Law Requiring Priests to Break Seal of Confession By Reporting Child Abuse
Catholic bishops and a group of Orthodox churches have also filed suits challenging the law's constitutionality.
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Gary Gately
Justice Department Sues Washington State Over Law Requiring Priests to Break Seal of Confession By Reporting Child Abuse
Catholic bishops and a group of Orthodox churches have also filed suits challenging the law's constitutionality.
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Gary Gately
New Texas Law Requires Display of Ten Commandments In All Public School Classrooms
The governor signed the measure a day after a federal appeals court ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in…
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Gary Gately
Pope Leo Pledges Zero Tolerance for Abuse In Catholic Church
The pontiff praised the role of journalists for their role in exposing abuse.
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Gary Gately
"Let Diplomacy Silence the Weapons," Pope Leo Says After U.S. Bombs Iranian Nuclear Sites
The international community has a "moral responsibility to stop the tragedy of war," the pontiff said.
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Gary Gately
Santa Clara University’s Crazy Idea of Human Sexuality
"To become a therapist, I’m expected to watch bondage videos and submit a 'sexual autobiography,'" graduate student Naomi Epps Best writes in The Wall…
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