On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: At the NATO Summit overseas, President Joe Biden indicated he was looking forward to meeting with two Nordic countries, Finland and Sweden, as the alliance grows. Finland has already become a member. Sweden is on deck to become the 32nd NATO member. Meanwhile, Congress has only 11 in-session days to finish a stack of items, chief among them, the $886 billion Defense Authorization Act. And a recent study by researchers at Virginia Tech finds a rising number of young people are experiencing gender dysphoria, claiming that their so-called gender identity does not match their biological sex. Policy director at the American Principles Project, Jon Schweppe, joins to share his thoughts on this study and why he thinks the numbers for gender dysphoria or transgenderism are rising. July marks the month where Pope Francis takes his summer break from receiving guests. Former EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Alan Holdren, joins to discuss a historic trip Pope Francis made on July 8th, 2013 and also what his current plans for August are. Finally this evening, a new book examines 50 of the most influential leaders in the pro-life movement. One of the book's contributors and the founder of the Vulnerable People Project, Jason Jones, joins to share how he became involved and tells us about his profile on Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America.

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