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Supreme Court Reviews Transgender Athlete Bans

The Christendom College Women’s Basketball team, with Mary Pennefather, third from left, voices opinions on women’s sports at the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 2026.

Idaho and West Virginia both have laws that ban transgender athletes from competing on sports teams at public schools and universities that do not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. There are 25 other states that have such laws.

On His Dying Day, Renowned Cartoonist Scott Adams’ Faith in Christ Made Public

Cartoonist Scott Adams announced his intention to convert to Christianity in January 2026, just before his death.

‘I accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior, and I look forward to spending an eternity with him,’ Adams declared in the message, adding that he hoped he was ‘still qualified for entry’ into heaven upon his death.

Czech Bishop Declares Year of Reconciliation 80 Years After World War II Expulsions

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Bishop Stanislav Přibyl of Litoměřice celebrates Mass with Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt of Görlitz, Germany, and other clergy at the Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians in Filipov, Czech Republic, on Jan. 13, 2025, during the annual pilgrimage commemorating the 1866 healing of Magdalena Kade.

The bishop acknowledged that the question of whether the expulsions were justified remains a matter for historical debate.

Just-War Case for Removing Venezuela’s Maduro Falls Short, Catholic Scholars Say

Juan Barreto
Members of the National Guard stand guard in front of a mural of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on January 10, 2026.

Time will tell if Trump’s action proves to be a political and strategic success. Meanwhile, experts in the Catholic principles of just war maintain that the moral and ethical justification for using military force is weak.