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The Good News: State of California Ordered to Pay $4.5M After Hiding Students’ Gender Identity From Their Parents

The Good News | April 7, 2026 | by Catholics for Catholics

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SAINT OF THE DAY: St. John Baptist de la Salle

CALIFORNIA ORDERED TO PAY $4.5M AFTER HIDING STUDENTS’ GENDER IDENTITY FROM THEIR PARENTS 
A federal judge in San Diego has directed more than $4.5 million in attorney’s fees to be paid to the Thomas More Society in reimbursement for fighting California’s gender secrecy policies that hide from parents how their children articulate gender identity in a public school…READ MORE >

WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL TO FIGHT AGAINST MEDIA CENSORSHIP 
Patrick Morrisey, the Governor of West Virginia signed into law last week the First Amendment Preservation Act (SB 531), a comprehensive measure that prohibits state agencies from doing business with advertising firms that rely on media “blacklists” or ideological rating systems…READ MORE >

AS TRUMP DEADLINE LOOMS, IRAN REJECTS HIS LATEST CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL 
Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, head of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Cairo, was blunt when told The Associated Press, “We won’t merely accept a ceasefire. We only accept an end of the war with guarantees that we won’t be attacked again…READ MORE >

IN CALIFORNIA, TRUMP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE MAY JUST ACCOMPLISH AN IMPOSSIBLE UPSET 
In fact, President Donald Trump publicly supported California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton on Monday, saying the former Fox News host “has my COMPLETE & TOTAL ENDORSEMENT…READ MORE >

POPE AT REGINA CAELI URGES CHRISTIANS TO GIVE VOICE TO HOPE STIFLED BY VIOLENCE 
Reflecting on the Gospel account of the empty tomb, the Pope noted that two different accounts emerge from the same event: the testimony of the women, who encountered the risen Jesus and announced His Resurrection, and the report of the guards, who claimed that the body had been taken. He said that from this single fact arise two opposing interpretations, one that proclaims life and another that denies it…READ MORE >

CONGRESSMEN RENEW PUSH TO MAKE EASTER MONDAY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY 
Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, introduced legislation that would make the day after Easter Sunday a federal holiday…READ MORE >

DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH REMOVES TOP ARMY CHAPLAIN AMID IRAN WAR, CHAPLAINCY REFORM 
The reason for the removal of Maj. Gen. William Green Jr. is unclear. However, Hegseth has removed more than a dozen military leaders during his tenure and has vowed to reform the chaplaincy…READ MORE >

CARRIE PREJEAN BOLLER: CHRISTIANS REMAIN SILENT AS ‘COMPLETE GENOCIDE’ UNFOLDS IN GAZA 
Saying she had been ‘brainwashed’ with ‘heretical’ Zionist doctrines during her childhood, the former Miss California is now ‘so proud to be Catholic for such a time as this…READ MORE >

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