Matthew McDonald

Irondale

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Trans-Identifying Male Athlete Draws All Eyes To California Girls Track and Field State Championship

1 week ago | ewtn.co.uk | Matthew McDonald

Considered favorite to win triple jump. , May 30, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterUnder pressure from the Trump administration, the organization that governs high school sports in California has expanded qualification standards for the girls track and field state championships because a transgender-identifying male is competing there. The male, AB Hernandez, a junior, last weekend qualified for the state championships this weekend in the high jump, triple jump, and long jump.
Trans-Identifying Male Athlete Draws All Eyes To California Girls Track and Field State Championship

1 week ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

Considered favorite to win triple jump. Diane Pearce, mayor pro tem of Clovis, where the girls state track and field championships are taking place, said during a press conference Thursday that the integrity of girls sports is undermined by the presence of male competitors.
Fire Guts Historic Ohio Church Built by German Catholics

1 week ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

The fire department says the 1891 building is a total loss. St. John the Baptist Church in Maria Stein, Ohio was engulfed in flames Thursday, May 29, 2025. (photo: Archdiocese of Cincinnatti / The Catholic Telegraph) Nation May 30, 2025 A massive fire Thursday afternoon devastated a stately brick church in rural western Ohio built by German Catholics during the late-19th century.
ACLU Sues City to Block Statues of Saints on Public Safety Building

1 week ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

Former Catholics comprise the largest group of residents challenging the statues of the patron saints of police officers and firefighters in Quincy, Massachusetts. (L-R) Statues of St. Florian and St. Michael are planned for the 120,000-square-foot public safety building of Quincy, Mass., set to open this year.
ACLU Sues City to Block Statues of Saints on Public Safety Building

2 weeks ago | ewtn.co.uk | Matthew McDonald

Former Catholics comprise the largest group of residents challenging the statues of the patron saints of police officers and firefighters in Quincy, Massachusetts. , May 30, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterLocal residents backed by the American Civil Liberties Union are asking a judge to stop a Massachusetts mayor from erecting statues of two Catholic saints on a city’s new public safety building, claiming that doing so would violate the separation of church and state.
Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Case Deadlock May Lead to Retrial, Experts Say

2 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

The Supreme Court’s deadlock in the Oklahoma case keeps a lower-court ruling in place, but advocates on both sides expect a rematch that could reshape school-choice law nationwide.
Do Papal Conclaves Need to Be So Secretive?

2 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

Some rue the loss of information, but others say it’s necessary. Holy Mass for the Election of a Roman Pontiff on May 7, 2025. (photo: Daniel Ibanez / EWTN) Vatican May 21, 2025 Would you like to know how much Pope Leo XIV won by? Or which cardinals supported him? Or who else got votes? Or how many? Or what coalitions formed? Or who played kingmaker? Officially, you can’t, because it’s secret.
33-Day Eucharistic Pilgrimage Set to Kick Off in One of the Least Religious States in America

3 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

Veterans of last year’s national pilgrimage expect more miracles to unfold, even in flinty New Hampshire. Daughters of Mary, Mother of Healing Love pray as the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrives in Philadelphia on June 2, 2024. Now, the sisters ready to accompany Jesus across New Hampshire.
Pope Leo XVI Is First Missionary to Become Pope in a Long, Long Time

3 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop. Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, recites the prayer of consecration before Our Lady of Fátima. (photo: Courtesy photo / Courtesy of Fátima Mission Peru) Vatican May 14, 2025 Is Pope Leo XIV the first missionary to become pope since St. Peter?
Pope Leo XVI Is First Missionary to Become Pope in a Long, Long Time

3 weeks ago | ewtn.co.uk | Matthew McDonald

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop. , May 14, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterIs Pope Leo XIV the first missionary to become pope since St. Peter? Some historians argue the point — more on that below — but all agree that his experience as a foreign missionary is a rarity in a new bishop of Rome. And it seems to be shaping his priorities right from the start.