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January 03, 2020

Are targeted drone strikes allowed under ‘just war theory’?

January 03, 2020

A U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian official on Friday has ignited discussion of the Catholic Church’s teaching on just war theory. One theologian talked to CNA about the morality of targeting military leaders. Early on Friday morning at a Baghdad airport, Iran’s head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani,

Nigerian government are ‘Islamic fundamentalists without bombs’, says bishop

January 03, 2020

The beheading of 10 Christians by Islamist militants in Nigeria has sparked a condemnation by a bishop who accuses the government of using different methods to achieve the same goal of Islamic dominance. In the wake of the Christmas Day attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and an attack by Boko Haram on

Pope to health workers: Uphold ‘the truest human right, the right to life’

January 03, 2020

Health care professionals always must “promote the dignity and life of each person and reject any compromise in the direction of euthanasia, assisted suicide or suppression of life, even in the case of terminal illness,” Pope Francis has said. “Life is sacred and belongs to God, hence it is inviolable, and no one can claim

207 Senators and Congressmen say Roe v Wade is ‘unworkable’

January 03, 2020

Ahead of a Supreme Court hearing, more than 200 members of Congress have signed on to support Louisiana’s abortion regulations, and have asked the Court to address Roe’s “unworkable” finding of a “right to abortion.” 39 senators and 168 members of the House representing 38 states signed on to an amicus brief filed on Thursday

A major opportunity for the pro-life movement

January 03, 2020

A group of more than 200 members of Congress, including 39 Republican Senators, and 166 House Republicans, have signed an Amicus Brief arguing that Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood “should be reconsidered and, if appropriate, overruled.” The brief comes in support of a Louisiana law that would require abortion doctors to have

Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/01/20

January 03, 2020

Burmese Cardinal Charles Bo has signed an open letter condemning police brutality in Hong Kong (full text). Twenty-nine missionaries were killed in 2019, according to Fides. Togo’s ruling party “specialises in fraud”, a retired archbishop has said. The synod of the Syro-Malabar Church may discuss which way priests should face when celebrating Mass. Samuel Gregg