Religious Freedom
- Remarks by US Vice President Pence to ADF International
– White House - Vice President Pence vows ‘America will stand up for people of faith’
– CBN - Christians in the Philippines decry growing hostilities after killing of pastor
– Morning Star News - Pentecostal church’s permit revoked in Indonesia after Muslim radicals protest
– Christian Post - Iraq’s Christians ‘close to extinction’
– Catholic Herald - Captive Christians released in Myanmar
– Premier
Marriage & Family
- UK government to allow marriage downgrades
– Coalition for Marriage - Calls for surrogacy to be regulated in Ireland
– Breaking News IE
Sanctity of Life
- New Zealand Parliament to debate extreme abortion Bill that will allow for abortion up to birth for any reason
– Right to Life - Monaco to decriminalize abortion in cases of exceptional distress
– La Croix International - US: Florida appeals court rules in favor of a 24-hour abortion waiting period
– Federalist - US: Judge again blocks Arkansas from enforcing new abortion limit
– Reuters - At watershed moment, assisted suicide could expand in Australia
– Catholic News Agency