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July 29, 2020: The Supreme Court Imperils Parents’ Right to Pass Their Values on to Children

https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/07/29/the-supreme-court-has-imperiled-parents-right-to-pass-their-values-on-to-children/ The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton, which ruled that the Title VII prohibition on sex discrimination in employment extends to discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status, is likely to have more widespread implications than many people realize.

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July 28, 2020: Scenes From a Revolution? After Bostock

https://m.ncregister.com/daily-news/scenes-from-a-revolution-after-bostock The truth is that we are our bodies. Our bodies are pervasively and forever male and female from the moment of our conception. There is no possibility of changing one’s sex. In most scenarios in which the question of “transgender” comes to the fore — access to restrooms, for example, and in competitive sports,…

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July 23, 2020: Surrogacy: The Lithuanian and French parliaments rely on the work of the ECLJ

https://eclj.org/surrogacy/eu/le-parlement-lituanien-demande-linterdiction-internationale-de-la-gestation-par-autrui?lng=en At a time when, despite undeniable international awareness, many governments remain undecided in view of the strong pressures and the extremely lucrative nature of this market, the expression of strong political will can be decisive in abolishing surrogacy. Let us hope that the movement thus initiated will lead other European countries and lead to…

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July 16, 2020: VADEMECUM ON CERTAIN POINTS OF PROCEDURE IN TREATING CASES OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS COMMITTED BY CLERICS

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20200716_vademecum-casi-abuso_en.html In response to numerous questions about the procedures to be followed in those penal cases for which it is competent, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has prepared this Vademecum, intended primarily for Ordinaries and other personnel needing to apply the canonical norms governing cases of the sexual abuse of minors by…

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July 4, 2020: Book Review – Clerical Sexual Misconduct: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

https://catholicphilly.com/2020/07/culture/book-takes-scholarly-yet-accessible-look-at-clerical-sex-abuse-crisis/ “Clerical Sexual Misconduct: An Interdisciplinary Analysis,” edited by Jane F. Adolphe and Ronald J. Rychlak. Cluny Media (Providence, Rhode Island, 2020). 480 pp., $29.95. While comprehensive and packed with scholarly footnotes, “Clerical Sexual Misconduct” offers an engrossing read, accessible to anyone who cares about cleansing the scourge of clerical sexual abuse from the church…