Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter s Square on May 31, 2023. / Adi Zace/EWTNRome Newsroom, Jun 8, 2023 / 05:25 am (CNA).One day after Pope Francis abdominal surgery for an incisional hernia, medical staff report that the pope is "in good general condition, alert and breathing naturally," according to the Vatican.Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told journalists on June 8 that the pope s routine follow-up examinations were good and that he will continue to rest in Rome s Gemelli Hospital."The medical staff following the pontiff s post-operative course informs us that Pope Francis had a peaceful night, managing to rest extensively," Bruni said."The pope is informed of the messages of closeness and affection that have come in the last few hours and expresses his gratitude while asking for continued prayers," he added.In a surgery lasting three hours on June 7, a team of surgeons operated on a hernia in the pope s abdominal wall at the site of a p
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, California. / Credit: Randy Miramontez/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 8, 2023 / 07:50 am (CNA).Officials in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis administration confirmed Tuesday that they were responsible for sending 16 migrants from the southern border to the Diocese of Sacramento s Catholic Charities headquarters in California.The South American migrants were flown to California from the Texas border and dropped off at the Catholic Charities headquarters last Friday, June 2. The Florida officials also claimed responsibility for a second plane carrying 20 migrants that arrived in Sacramento a few days later. The Florida Division of Emergency Management said in a statement to Fox News that the migrants travels to California were "voluntary."According to the statement, the migrants were sent to the California Catholic Charities to receive care because it is a federally funded charity in a sanctuary city."From
Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework. / Credit: The Religious Freedom InstituteWashington D.C., Jun 8, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA).A group of Muslim parents joined parental and religious freedom rights advocates Tuesday to protest a Maryland school system s new policy that removes the parents authority to opt their children out of coursework that promotes homosexuality and transgenderism.The June 6 protest at the Montgomery County public school district s headquarters was led by a group called Family Rights for Religious Freedom. About 50 parents and activists carried signs that read "family rights" and "restore the opt-out" while chanting slogans such as "protect our children" and "religious freedom now."Maryland law requires that school d
null / Credit: ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, Jun 6, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).Last Saturday, hundreds of parents in Honduras officially launched the "For Our Children" movement, a citizen platform that seeks to stop the attempt to impose gender ideology in the public school curriculum.With the slogan "Don t mess with my children," a group of approximately 500 people met June 3 at the Cortés Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the city of San Pedro de Sula to present a manifesto highlighting the "inalienable right" of parents to educate their children according to their "values, principles, and beliefs."Martha Lorena de Casco, a member of the Pro-Life Honduras Committee, explained to ACI Prensa, CNA s Spanish-language news partner, that this movement was formed to respond to the attempt by the administration of President Xiomara Castro to "mandate the implementation [of] a sex education guide with gender ideology starting in kindergarten."&
President Joe Biden welcomes the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2023. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (back row, center) wore a tie with a pro-life message on it. / Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBoston, Mass., Jun 6, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).During the Kansas City Chiefs visit to the White House on Monday in celebration of their Super Bowl victory in February, the team s kicker, Harrison Butker, made a statement in support of the unborn by wearing a custom-made necktie with a pro-life message.Butker, a faithful Catholic, wore a tie that says "Vulnerari Praesidio," a Latin phrase he says means "protect the most vulnerable.""I want to give the most vulnerable, the unborn, a voice at a place where every effort has been made to allow and normalize the tragic termination of their lives," Butker said in a June 6 statement.Butker is referring to the Biden administration s aggressive pro-abortion stance, a position that has put