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Eden Invitation founder: Chastity helps us view people as 'worthy of reverence and dignity'

The co-founders of Eden Invitation, Shannon Ochoa (left) and Anna Carter (right). / Credit: Eden InvitationWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 14, 2025 / 19:00 pm (CNA).A Catholic ministry called Eden Invitation is working to "create space to receive the whole person" for people with LGBTQ+ experiences. Founders Anna Carter and Shannon Ochoa said they started the organization to form a community of Christians who want to stay close to God and their faith but experience discord in their desires and attractions.Carter, the ministry's president, explained in a Valentine's Day "EWTN News Nightly" interview that these experiences don't need to be "a cause for shame" but rather can be "an invitation to surrender more deeply to Jesus in your life.""I recognized in high school that I experienced attraction to other women. But I also was really into youth group and had these beautiful experiences of prayer and community, and I knew that the Church was home." Carter said she realized, "O...

Tom Homan on U.S. immigration policy: 'We absolutely are' protecting human dignity

U.S. Border czar Tom Homan defends the morality of the Trump administration's enforcement policies on "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" on Feb. 13, 2025. / Credit: "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo"/ScreenshotCNA Staff, Feb 14, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA).Addressing concerns raised by Pope Francis about the U.S. government's initiation of a mass deportation program, U.S. border czar Tom Homan defended the morality of the Trump administration's enforcement policies, saying the administration's approach is saving lives and preventing human trafficking."What the pope needs to understand is that President Trump and I have been very clear that our prioritization right now are public safety threats and national security threats," Homan said in a Feb. 13 interview on EWTN's "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo." When asked about whether the administration is respecting the dignity of deportees, Homan, a lifelong Catholic, responded: "We absolutely are." Strong border enforceme...

Pope Francis' health: Here's a timeline of his medical issues in recent years

Pope Francis greets visitors at his general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Feb 14, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday to receive medical care for bronchitis after struggling with the illness for over a week.The Vatican said the pontiff's schedule was cleared through at least the morning of Feb. 17 while he undergoes "diagnostic tests" and treatment.The respiratory infection is the latest health challenge for the 88-year-old pope, who has been struggling with breathlessness, which has prevented him on several recent occasions from reading the entirety of his speech or homily.The pope was also treated for a contusion on his right forearm after falling at his residence last month and suffered a facial injury and cold during the Christmas season.Francis spent much of the past decade as pope in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over th...

Pope Francis hospitalized at Gemelli for bronchitis

A photograph shows an outside view of the Gemelli hospital in Rome on June 8, 2023. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI / GettyVatican City, Feb 14, 2025 / 06:05 am (CNA).Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Friday to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis, the Vatican said.The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized in the late morning on Feb. 14, following meetings with a number of people, including the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico."This morning, at the end of his audiences, Pope Francis will be admitted to the Agostino Gemelli Hospital for some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue treatment for bronchitis, that is still ongoing, in a hospital setting," the Holy See Press Office said in a message sent shortly before 11:00 a.m.Pope Francis has been sick with bronchitis for over a week. On Feb. 6, the Vatican announced the pope would hold most of his meetings that day and the following days in rooms at his Vatican residence in order to rest more.Despit...

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump ban on transgender surgeries for minors

null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 13, 2025 / 17:35 pm (CNA).A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender medical surgeries and interventions for individuals under the age of 19. The move comes after a group of seven families with transgender-identifying children filed a lawsuit challenging the executive order earlier this month. U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Judge Brendan Hurson granted the plaintiffs a temporary restraining order on Thursday following a hearing for the case in a federal court in Baltimore.According to the Washington Post, Hurson reportedly described young people who identify as transgender as "a population with an extremely higher rate for suicide, poverty, unemployment, [and] drug addiction" during the hearing and called the executive order's imperative to immediately end transgender medical interventions for them "horribly dangero...

Who is Henry Hyde? Illinois officials move to purge pro-life lawmaker's name

Illinois Rep. Henry J. Hyde (left) in 1998. / Credit: LUKE FRAZZA/AFP via Getty ImagesCNA Staff, Feb 13, 2025 / 15:40 pm (CNA).Local Democratic officials in Illinois are leading an effort to remove from government buildings the name of Henry J. Hyde, the late Republican congressman who lent his name to a significant pro-life federal policy that prohibits the use of taxpayer funds for most elective abortions.The Democratic-controlled board of DuPage County, a wealthy suburban jurisdiction just west of Chicago, voted 10-5 earlier this week to remove Hyde's name from the county courthouse and related offices in Wheaton because of Hyde's opposition to abortion.The courthouse will now be known as the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility, the Chicago Tribune reported."This resolution reinforces the notion that the buildings on this campus support the rights of all people to receive the services they need. I believe our actions should reflect our values," board chair Deb Conroy, a D...

The Catholic University of America achieves prestigious R1 research title

null / Credit: Mehdi Kasumov/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 13, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA).The Catholic University of America announced that it has earned the R1 designation for institutes with the "highest levels of research activity," according to Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education, which grants the status. "Being named an R1 institution affirms what we have long known: That intellectual discovery and a commitment to Catholic identity are mutually supportive," Catholic University President Peter Kilpatrick said.Fewer than 5% of universities nationwide have been recognized as R1 institutions. To receive the designation, a university must spend at least $50 million on research and grants and award at least 70 research doctorates yearly.Catholic University surpassed the goal by granting 94 research doctorates in one year. The college is carrying out initiatives in multiple fields including suicide prevention, vaccine delivery, technolog...

BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump ban on transgender surgeries for minors

null / Credit: Brian A Jackson/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 13, 2025 / 17:35 pm (CNA).A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender medical surgeries and interventions for individuals under the age of 19. The move comes after a group of seven families with transgender-identifying children filed a lawsuit challenging the executive order earlier this month. U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Judge Brendan Hurson granted the plaintiffs a temporary restraining order on Thursday following a hearing for the case in a federal court in Baltimore.According to the Washington Post, Hurson reportedly described young people who identify as transgender as "a population with an extremely higher rate for suicide, poverty, unemployment, [and] drug addiction" during the hearing and called the executive order's imperative to immediately end transgender medical interventions for them "horribly dangero...

Pope Francis, Vance clash over 'ordo amoris'

In a Feb. 10, 2025, letter to the U.S. bishops in which he expressed concern over President Donald Trump's "program of mass deportations," Pope Francis also appeared to criticize Vice President JD Vance's use of the Catholic term "ordo amoris" in the context of the present debate over immigration. / Credit: Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images; Daniel Ibañez/CNACNA Staff, Feb 13, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).In a recent letter to the U.S. bishops in which he expressed concern over President Donald Trump's "program of mass deportations," Pope Francis also appeared to criticize Vice President JD Vance's use of the Catholic term "ordo amoris" in the context of the present debate over immigration.Vance, a Catholic, had in a late January interview invoked an "old school … Christian concept" he later identified as the "ordo amoris," which he said teaches that one's "compassion belongs first" to one's family and fellow citizens, "and then after that" to the rest of the world."[Y]ou love your f...

Mass attendance rises in the UK, though still far below pre-pandemic levels

An altar display of items associated with 17th-century English martyr St. Edmund Arrowsmith at the Church of St. Edmund and St. Oswald in Ashton-in-Makerfield, a former mining town midway between Liverpool and Manchester / Photo credit: Joseph Kellaway BurnellCNA Staff, Feb 12, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA).Though not yet near pre-pandemic levels, Mass attendance numbers are on the rise in England and Wales, according to figures from the national bishops' conference. In 2023, an estimated nearly 555,000 people attended Sunday Mass in England and Wales, a roughly 50,000-person increase over 2022, a spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales told CNA via email. The spokesman described the figure as "not a full return to pre-COVID levels, but it is an improvement on recent years." He also noted that the figure may be a "slight underestimation as some parishes may not have given their figures when their diocese requested them."Stephen Bullivant, director ...

Thought of the Day

Mark 7:37

They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

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