The policy in question mandated students and staff to “respect” the gender identity of students by using the chosen names and pronouns of transgender students.
This recent letter from Pope Francis seems to pivot from a Vatican decree in March 2021, which explicitly stated that priests couldn't bless same-sex unions because God "cannot bless sin."
Knotts Berry Farm, a renowned theme park in California, is currently embroiled in controversy, facing backlash from conservative circles for hosting a show said to have Satanic themes.
American citizen journalist Gonzalo Lira is currently in a Ukrainian prison cell as the United States government debates sending more money to the struggling country.