Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. / Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of MatagalpaDenver, Colo., Apr 21, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).Ongoing religious persecution of Nicaraguan Catholics, including major incidents during Holy Week, show the need for the U.S. government and the international community to act, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Thursday."As we continue to celebrate the joy of Christ s resurrection during this Easter season, I reaffirm our unwavering solidarity with the bishops, priests, faithful, and all men and women of goodwill in Nicaragua, who are suffering an intensification of the Nicaraguan government s religious persecution," Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on International Justice and Peace, said April 20."In addition to a ban on traditional Holy Week outdoor celebrations and processions, the faithful have endured consistent po
(left to right) Rev. Pat Mahoney, Peggy Nienaber of Faith and Liberty, and Mark Lee Dickson of Right to Life East Texas pray in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Organized by The Stanton Public Policy Center/Purple Sash Revolution, the small group of demonstrators called on the Supreme Court to affirm Federal District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk s ruling that suspends the Food and Drug Administration s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. / Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 21, 2023 / 17:55 pm (CNA).An abortion-inducing drug that is used to kill preborn children up to 10 weeks gestation will stay on the market as a legal battle over the pill continues, following a decision Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court s 7-2 ruling blocks a lower court order that would have taken the drug mifepristone off the market as the court considers a lawsuit over whether the drug was validly approved. Four conse.
null / Photo by Patrick Thomas / ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, Apr 22, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).Members and supporters of the Actívate (Get Active) platform presented nearly 6,000 signatures on April 18 to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house of the federal congress) expressing their profound concern and opposition to the legalization of euthanasia in the country, as it is contrary to the fundamental value of the right to life.In an April 19 statement, the Actívate platform said that "euthanasia is a form of assisted death that has no place in a society that values life and human dignity.""The team had the opportunity to speak personally with Deputy [Rep.] Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba about the aforementioned concerns. The deputy expressed his concern for the citizenry and promised to attend to the request," the platform reported.Cecilia Urrea, Actívate s campaign coordinator, said that "we have come to deliver more than 5,800 signatures to the Cham
The pro-life parade in Arequipa, Peru, April 15, 2023. / Credit: Archbishopric of ArequipaACI Prensa Staff, Apr 22, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).More than 100,000 people participated April 15 in the Parade for Life and Family, according to the event s organizers. The event is put on by the Regional Coordinator for Life (CORVIDA) in the city of Arequipa, Peru. "For the most valuable thing we have: life and family; we give our all!" was the theme of this new edition of the parade that has been held since 2006 on the date closest to the Day of the Unborn Child, which In Peru is celebrated March 25, the feast of the Annunciation.Guadalupe Valdez, president of CORVIDA, stressed in a statement that the parade "is not against anyone" but is "a celebration that seeks to affirm, promote, and protect the value of every person and every human life.""The crises that we have gone through in recent years have shown us that the institution in which we find the greates
Miriam Cates, member of Parliament of the United Kingdom. / Credit: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsLondon, England, Apr 22, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).Every Wednesday at noon in the House of Commons, the U.K. prime minister stands and faces a line of questioning from the leader of the opposition, followed by politicians of all political colors. This weekly interrogation makes for great entertainment for political junkies and is known as prime minister s questions (PMQs). It is reputed for its boisterous, brutal, and unforgiving atmosphere.On March 8, when it was time for PMQs, a quietly confident female rose to her feet, surrounded by a sea of older male faces. The women s name is Miriam Cates, member of Parliament (MP) for Penistone and Stocksbridge, and she delivered an impassioned speech to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak regarding sex education in U.K. schools. "Across the country, children are being subjected to lessons that are age-inappropriate, extreme, sexu.