Religious Freedom
- India: Over 1,000 incidents of Christian persecution reported since 2014; 219 in 2019
– Christian Post - 8 Christians arrested in Hindu mob’s brutal crackdown on house churches
– Christian Post - UK: Actress who lost role after quoting Bible sues for discrimination
– Mail - Cuba: More dangerous to be a pastor than a criminal says church leader
– Premier - More than a game: Religious persecution endangers Egypt’s future
– Providence - Iran has world’s ‘fastest-growing church,’ despite no buildings
– Fox News
Marriage & Family
- Federal judge rules in favor of Catholic adoption agency in religious liberty case against Michigan
– Fox News - Polish police protect LGBT marchers as tensions rise before election
– Reuters - UK: Some families have two dads, preschool children are taught
– Times (£) - Indonesia raises minimum age for marriages in a bid to end child brides
– ABC News
Sanctity of Life
- UK Government using ‘strategies of concealment’ to hide its imposition of abortion on developing countries
– Christian Medical Fellowship - UK’s largest abortion provider in bid to halt life-saving law that would allow coroners to hold inquests for stillbirths
– Mail - Abortion rights activists try to burn Mexico City cathedral
– Catholic Herald - Activists in Germany demand legalization of abortion
– Deutsche Welle - Scotland: Shorten abortion time after medical advances, politician says
– Times (£) - Italian PM expresses ‘doubts’ over assisted suicide
– The Local