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Finnish study: Transgender surgeries for minors do not solve mental health issues

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA).

While some have claimed that puberty-blocking drugs and transgender surgical procedures are “life-saving medicine,” the study disputes that claim.

French bishops call for fasting and prayer as France enshrines abortion in constitution 

An attendee prays the rosary during a demonstration called by the association “La Marche pour la vie” against abortion and euthanasia in Versailles, southwest of Paris, on March 4, 2024. / Credit: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Mar 4, 2024 / 15:22 pm (CNA).

The French National Assembly in January voted to introduce a “right to abortion” in the French Constitution.

Archdiocese demands priests apologize for ‘scandalous’ words about Pope Francis

Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 28, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 1, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).

The Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain, has demanded that two priests apologize for comments they made “that harm the communion of the Church.” 

French bishops lament country’s enshrinement of abortion in constitution

Members of the French Parliament are shown when they convened for a previous revision of the country's constitution at Versailles castle, near Paris, in 2008. / Credit: Joel Sagat/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 1, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).

The French Bishops’ Conference said it was “saddened” by the Senate’s overwhelming passage of the constitutional measure.

Polish nunciature: Archbishop’s resignation linked to negligence in addressing abuse claims

The Apostolic Nunciature of Poland has revealed further information regarding the resignation of Polish Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga, indicating that he stepped down due to alleged negligence in overseeing sexual abuse claims. / Credit: Redaktor01|Wikimedia|GFDL

CNA Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).

According to a 2021 report by the Polish Catholic outlet Więź, the Polish nunciature had received four reports from three separate individuals. 

Putin warns West of nuclear war risk over Ukraine troop deployment

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference center in central Moscow on Feb. 29, 2024. / Credit: GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA).

“[The West] must understand that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a Feb. 29 speech. 

What should a Lenten homily be like? God told a saint

Bishop Thomas Paprocki preaches the opening Mass of the Corpus Christi Priory in Springfield. / Photo credit: Diocese of Springfield

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 29, 2024 / 12:40 pm (CNA).

St. Angelo d’Acri (1669–1739) heard a divine voice give him advice on preaching and went on to become known for many spiritual gifts.

Relic of martyr killed by Mafia to be used in prison ministry in Naples

Blessed Rosario Livatino. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Sicily

Rome Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA).

The relics of Blessed Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge brutally killed by the mafia in 1990, will be brought to a prison in Naples on Saturday.

Catholic chapel where two men celebrated ‘marriage’ now subject to deconsecration

Both the pastor of nearby San Bernabé parish in El Escorial, Fr. Florentino de Andrés, along with the Archdiocese of Madrid, are considering the deconsecration of the chapel as a result of the ceremony. / Credit: Zarateman/Wikimedia Commons

Madrid, Spain, Feb 28, 2024 / 18:28 pm (CNA).

The private Catholic chapel where two Spanish men celebrated their civil “marriage” last weekend is subject to “canonical effects” and deconsecration.

God is close, archbishop assures after fire destroys Spanish apartment complex

Flowers and candles are laid out on the sidewalk on Feb. 26, 2024, after a huge fire killed 10 people in a multi-story residential block in Valencia, Spain, on Feb. 22. / Credit: MAO/AFP via Getty Images

Valencia, Spain, Feb 28, 2024 / 14:37 pm (CNA).

Ten people died in what commentators called the biggest blaze the city of Valencia had ever seen.