Trump to Speak with Xi about Imprisoned Pastor, Publisher
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UK High Court upholds law allowing Down syndrome abortions after 24 weeks
A high court in the United Kingdom has ruled against a challenge by a political activist with Down syndrome to overturn the country's laws permitting late-term abortions based on disability.
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Catholic cardinal says Haiti’s ‘catastrophic situation’ led Haitians to U.S. border
The Catholic cardinal, who was injured in Haiti’s recent earthquake, is also a leader in the recovery efforts for the island nation facing the consequences of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, aggravated by widespread poverty and gang violence.
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Prayers for dead among religious’ duties at Vietnamese field hospital | Crux Now
At 7:30 a.m. at field hospital No. 16, Vietnamese religious brothers and sisters began their shift with prayers for patients who had just died of COVID-19.
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As War Drones On
In this edition of A Public Witness we place our aim on the rising use of drones as the preferred weapons of war. The urgency of the conversation ignores all borders, which means the life-or-death stakes warrant the attention of the global Church.
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Court rejects challenge to UK’s Down syndrome abortion law
In its Sept. 23 ruling, the court declared that a law allowing abortion up to birth for disability was not discriminatory.
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Volcano eruption sends Spanish islanders fleeing
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China allows Catholic university in Macau to recruit students from mainland
A Catholic university in Macau has been permitted to recruit students from mainland China on an “experimental basis” and only for four graduate programs.
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Vatican mandates COVID-19 vaccination, negative test for entry into Catholic city-state
People wishing to visit the Vatican, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church and home to Pope Francis, will have to show proof that they received a COVID-19 vaccination, that they have recovered from the virus or tested negative starting in October.
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8 elderly nuns in Manila succumb to COVID-19; outbreak hits seminary
The Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary in Manila announced the death of eight elderly nuns who had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
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Cardinals’ council discusses synod on synodality with Pope Francis
The pope stressed the importance of listening and “a pastoral attitude.”
