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Pope skips penance service with Rome clergy due to mild cold
On: 2/27/2020, Junno Arocho Esteves , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis did not attend a traditional penitential service with priests of the Diocese of Rome due to a mild cold, the Vatican said. In a statement Feb. 27, Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said that due to ...

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Pope skips penance service with Rome clergy due to mild cold
On: 2/27/2020, Junno Arocho Esteves , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis did not attend a traditional penitential service with priests of the Diocese of Rome due to a mild cold, the Vatican said. In a statement Feb. 27, Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said that due to ...

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Pro-life pregnancy center to open next to Planned Parenthood in Baltimore
On: 2/26/2020, George P. Matysek Jr. , In: Nation
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- One of America's biggest cultural and moral divides is about to be embodied in a shared wall of two Baltimore buildings with very different missions. On one side, a long-established Planned Parenthood center will continue offering ...

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'My life just isn't as valuable as others': Woman sues British government
On: 2/26/2020, Simon Caldwell , In: World
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- A woman with Down syndrome will take the British government to court in an attempt to change a law that permits abortions up to birth of children considered to be "seriously handicapped." Heidi Crowter, 24, says it is wrong ...

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Marylanders march for more abortion restrictions, against assisted suicide
On: 2/26/2020, Tim Swift , In: Nation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CNS) -- Hundreds of people rallied through the streets of Annapolis Feb. 24 for the annual Maryland March for Life, urging more state-level restrictions on abortion and opposing a bill that would make doctor-assisted suicide legal in ...

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Archbishop Naumann calls Senate rejection of pro-life bills 'appalling'
On: 2/26/2020, The Boston Pilot , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- By blocking two pro-life bills from going to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote, senators "failed to advance two critical human rights reforms that most Americans strongly support," the chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life ...

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Pope skips penance service with Rome clergy due to mild cold

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis did not attend a traditional penitential service with priests of the Diocese of Rome due to a mild cold, the Vatican said. In a statement Feb. 27, Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, said that due to "a slight indisposition," the pope preferred to remain close to the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives.

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- One of America's biggest cultural and moral divides is about to be embodied in a shared wall of two Baltimore buildings with very different missions. On one side, a long-established Planned Parenthood center will continue offering abortion services.

MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- A woman with Down syndrome will take the British government to court in an attempt to change a law that permits abortions up to birth of children considered to be "seriously handicapped."

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CNS) -- Hundreds of people rallied through the streets of Annapolis Feb. 24 for the annual Maryland March for Life, urging more state-level restrictions on abortion and opposing a bill that would make doctor-assisted suicide legal in the state.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- By blocking two pro-life bills from going to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote, senators "failed to advance two critical human rights reforms that most Americans strongly support," the chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee said late Feb. 25.

Ottawa, Canada, Feb 25, 2020 CNA.- A bill has been introduced by the Canadian government that would further liberalize the country’s “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) laws and allow those without terminal illnesses to end their lives. Doctors have raised concerns that the psychological needs of MAiD patients are being ignored.

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