> > **Refusing to Define 'Woman'** > > US education secretary Miguel Cardona reveals that he serves the father of lies. [FULL STORY](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/miguel-cardona-repeatedly-refuses-define-woman-tense-hearing-exchange-gops-clyde) > > **Bishops Demand Government Disarm Their Citizenry** > > Statement from Tennessee's Catholic prelates. [FULL STORY](https://www.tncatholic.org/) > > **Tim Kaine: It’s OK For The FBI To Put Informants In Churches** > > Kaine said Monday that the FBI has been running similar surveillance of "American" Muslims. [FULL STORY](https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/18/tim-kaine-its-ok-for-the-fbi-to-put-informants-in-churches/) > > **'Language of the Dictator'** > > Exiled Nicaraguan bishop blasts Daniel Ortega. [FULL STORY](https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254126/exiled-nicaraguan-bishop-calls-new-verbal-attacks-by-ortega-a-sign-of-desperation) > > **Abuse Expert Tells Victims' Plight** > > Jesuit speaks to press after quitting pope's abuse commission. [FULL STORY](https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/jesuit-who-resigned-popes-abuse-commission-says-victims-disheartened-group) > > **Senator Joe Manchin Admits US is Already at War in Ukraine, Says War is America’s ‘Purpose’** > > Manchin was accompanied by Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, who has the wearing of Nazi armbands in common with Ukrainian fighters. [FULL STORY](https://nationalfile.com/senator-joe-manchin-admits-us-is-already-at-war-in-ukraine-says-war-is-americas-purpose/) > > **Monitoring Marian Apparitions** > > Papal academy launched to study alleged visits by Our Lady. [FULL STORY](https://www.catholicsun.org/2023/04/18/papal-academy-launches-study-center-to-evaluate-marian-apparitions/) > > **China’s Stateside ‘Rent-A-Womb’ Industry Poses Yet Another National Security Nightmare** > > Increasingly, Chinese nationals are using American surrogates to bear their children. Thanks to in vitro fertilization, they don’t even need to leave China. [FULL STORY](https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/17/chinas-stateside-rent-a-womb-industry-poses-yet-another-national-security-nightmare/) > Please consider [Church Militant Evening News](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/archive/evening-news) for daily hard-hitting news and analysis through an authentic Catholic lens, covering the latest developments in the Church, across the nation and around the world. > *[Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitantaction.org/) (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary.* If you also seek the truth, then please consider joining Church Militant today by supporting our work. Sign up for a [Church Militant Premium account](https://www.churchmilitant.com/gopremium) or simply [make a donation](https://www.churchmilitant.com/donate). Feel free to [contact Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitant.com/contact) with your questions, comments, or concerns, at anytime. Primary Video source and transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/news-2023-04-19