(photo: Migi Fabara/CNA / EWTN)
(photo: Migi Fabara/CNA / EWTN) (photo: Migi Fabara/CNA / EWTN)

High Court Takes Up Sex-Change Surgery Ban/ Meatless Fridays Makes Fine Advent Fare

The Supreme Court heard oral argument Dec. 4 for U.S. v. Skrmetti. A decision on the case is likely to impact transgender laws across the country. Legal analyst Andrea Picciotti-Bayer provides analysis of the case involving minors and sex-altering medical interventions. Then we turn to more spiritual matters this Advent as Register staff writer Matthew McDonald shares with how meatless Fridays may help deepen our appetite for the feast of God’s love poured out in Christ’s birth.

Scuola del Cuoio focuses on the craft of leathergoods.

Catholic Business Profile: Scuola del Cuoio

Located inside the Franciscan monastery of Santa Croce, it was founded in 1950 by Marcello Gori and his brother-in-law Silvano Casini to teach the art of leatherworking to World War II orphans.