Articles by Tyler Arnold
Biden administration redefines sex discrimination in Title IX to include ‘gender identity’
Apr 19, 2024 / 15:30 pmThe new rules redefine the prohibition on sex discrimination for schools and education programs that receive federal funding.
Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children
Apr 18, 2024 / 17:55 pmThe announcement effectively ends the practice of providing sex-change drugs and hormone medications to children in Scotland.
Tennessee names first English-language Bible translation in U.S. as official state book
Apr 18, 2024 / 14:15 pmGov. Bill Lee, a Republican, signed a bill on Tuesday that names the Aitken Bible and nine other texts as official state books in the Tennessee Blue Book manual.
House Republicans call for NCAA ban on biological men in women’s sports
Apr 18, 2024 / 08:00 amThe lawmakers penned a letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker that asks him to limit participation in women-only sports to biological women.
Catholic and Anglican nuns defend religious freedom in New York’s highest court
Apr 17, 2024 / 14:15 pmThe lawsuit is over a New York Department of Financial Services regulation that could require faith-based organizations to cover “medically necessary” abortions.
Italy’s prime minister backs stricter ban on surrogacy: How Europe differs from U.S. on issue
Apr 16, 2024 / 17:05 pmSpeaking at a conference in Rome, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called surrogacy “inhuman” and referred to it as “uterus renting.”
U.S. Supreme Court: Idaho can enforce ban on sex changes for children
Apr 15, 2024 / 18:45 pmThe Supreme Court awarded Idaho emergency relief that will allow the state to enforce its ban on doctors performing sex-change operations on children.
Kansas governor vetoes bills to ban sex changes for minors, coerced abortions
Apr 15, 2024 / 17:15 pmSome Republican lawmakers have already indicated they will try to override the vetoes of the transgender and pro-life abortion legislation.
Wisconsin man sentenced to over 7 years in prison for firebombing pro-life organization
Apr 15, 2024 / 16:15 pmHridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, had pleaded guilty to one charge of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive.
Catholic priest pepper-sprayed during confessions at Texas cathedral
Apr 15, 2024 / 15:45 pmThe parish said in a statement that “someone dealing with mental health issues” sprayed rector Father Tony Neusch with the irritant while he was hearing confessions.
Pro-life leader: State-by-state approach to abortion will lead movement to ‘ash heap of history’
Apr 13, 2024 / 07:00 amMarjorie Dannenfelser, CEO of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, rejects leaving the abortion “battleground” only to the states.
Polish bishops launch ‘day of prayer’ for unborn after lawmakers advance pro-abortion bills
Apr 12, 2024 / 15:00 pmLawmakers on Friday advanced four pro-abortion bills to be considered by a special committee in the Sejm, which is Poland’s lower legislative body.
El Paso bishop criticizes Texas border efforts, laments ‘anti-immigrant’ rhetoric
Apr 12, 2024 / 07:00 amDuring an immigration policy conference, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz criticized a Texas law that increases the state’s role in deterring illegal immigration.
Idaho teen arrested for plot to attack churches, kill Christians for ISIS
Apr 9, 2024 / 13:30 pmThe teenager landed on the FBI’s radar when he tried to provide financial support to foreign terrorist organizations, including ISIS, when he was 17 years old.
Biden campaign: Trump ‘scrambling’ on abortion amid policy announcement
Apr 8, 2024 / 16:50 pm“There is nothing more un-American than having our personal freedoms taken away. And that is what Donald Trump has done,” a Biden statement said.
Vatican document on human dignity condemns gender transition, surrogacy, abortion
Apr 8, 2024 / 09:15 amIn the declaration, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith cautions against threats to human dignity that begin at the moment of conception.
Study from Netherlands: Most children outgrow transgender inclinations
Apr 8, 2024 / 06:00 amThe 15-year study, which was conducted by researchers at the Netherlands’ University of Groningen, tracked the gender unhappiness rates of 2,772 study participants.
Communion wafers found discarded in parking lot of West Virginia church after Easter Mass
Apr 5, 2024 / 14:45 pmFather Timothy Grassi of St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church said he suspects the action was “a way for [someone] to make a statement in some way.”
Catholic Nebraska lawmaker leaves Democratic Party over its pro-abortion views
Apr 4, 2024 / 16:40 pmNebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell said in a news conference that his party change was caused by the Democratic Party’s refusal to respect his pro-life views.
Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew hopes for ‘unified date’ for Easter in East and West
Apr 4, 2024 / 10:15 am“It is a scandal to celebrate separately the unique event of the one Resurrection of the One Lord,” Patriarch Bartholomew I said in a recent homily.