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April 24, 2023

DeSantis is right about the death penalty – in some cases it can be morally justified

April 24, 2023

Catholic organisations have called a new Florida law that ends the unanimous jury requirement in death penalty sentencing “stunning” and a “thinly veiled attack on human life”, while the state’s Catholic governor and potential 2024 presidential contender Ron DeSantis argues the law allows proper justice to be served. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill

Pontifical Academy for Life president says assisted suicide ‘feasible’

April 24, 2023

The Italian archbishop in charge of the Pontifical Academy of Life has said that assisted suicide is “feasible” under certain conditions. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the president of the academy founded by Pope St John Paul II to promote and defend human life, suggested that the practice could not be ruled out if certain safeguards are

What life is really like for Ukraine’s children and youth

April 24, 2023

(In the cellar of a Kyiv kindergarten, children take shelter during an air raid | Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty) In my twenty-five years as a teacher and executive at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), various events have been worthy of international attention, but none like the surreal present. The country today often seems