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July 19, 2023

Bishop welcomes release from jail of mother who aborted baby at eight months

July 19, 2023

A Catholic bishop has welcomed the release from jail of a woman who killed her unborn baby in a late term abortion as an act of “mercy and compassion”. Three judges of the Court of Appeal ordered the release of Carla Foster who was sentenced to 14 months’ in jail after lying to obtain abortion

Tumult over Chaldean Patriarch’s status a blow to Iraq’s Christian minority

July 19, 2023

ROME – Iraqi President Adul Latif Rashid’s recent decision to withdraw an official decree recognising Cardinal Luis Raphael Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church has added an additional uncertainty to the country’s already fragile Christian community. On July 3, Rashid, a Kurdish politician who has held office since last year, issued a new

World Youth Day and the cementing of the Vatican-Lisbon axis

July 19, 2023

With six cardinals and Pope Francis visiting next month, William Cash heads to Lisbon to investigate the new special relationship between Portugal and the Vatican. After climbing up the 110 steep steps to the bell tower of the Basilica do Sagrado Coração de Jesus in Lisbon, consecrated in 1789 after a promise from Queen Maria