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- Church in UK and Ireland
- Oct 21, 2019
Calls grow for Northern Ireland politicians to lay aside differences, stop abortion law

A British member of the House of Lords is warning that Northern Ireland is about to have the most liberal abortion regime in the United Kingdom, if members of the province’s Legislative Assembly don’t put aside their differences to stop it.
- Church in the Middle East
- Oct 21, 2019
Coptic Christians in Egypt fear martyrs are being forgotten

The last remaining body of the 21 Coptic Martyrs will soon be transferred to Egypt.
- News Analysis
- Oct 21, 2019
Ironic collision of two Sunday stories raises question of what a "poor Church" means

The ironic juxtaposition of two stories on the same day illustrates a chronic confusion within the Church about what an “option for the poor” actually means.
- Vatican
- Oct 20, 2019
Leaked documents detail $200 million Vatican deal for swanky London property

“Hundreds of millions of Euro destined for the least and the poor are still administered opaquely and with no transparency, as if the Vatican were a merchant bank in an offshore country,” a new report claims.
- Amazon synod
- Oct 21, 2019
Veteran cardinal at Amazon synod says criticism of a pope is nothing new

Although he’s now nearing the mandatory retirement age of 75, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, Austria, was a young pup when he was first named a bishop almost 30 years ago, which means he’s seen a lot of water under the bridge.

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