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The Georgia State Capitol building is seen in Atlanta Feb. 2, 2019. The Georgia House of Representatives March 29 passed H.B. 481, the "Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act." (CNS photo/Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

Georgia house passes fetal heartbeat bill; legal challenges to follow

Posted by - April 6, 2019
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Georgia has just added itself to the list of states that aim to protect unborn life once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The Georgia House of Representatives…
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Indian children watch a movie on a cellphone on the roadside in Mumbai Jan. 20, 2016. While digital communications and social media can be used as a tool of evangelization and a place of dialogue with others, they also can be lonely environments where young people fall prey to humanity's worst vices, Pope Francis wrote in his new apostolic exhortation to young people, "Christus Vivit" ("Christ Lives").

Papal document addresses challenges of evangelizing in the digital age

Posted by - April 6, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While digital communications and social media can be used as a tool of evangelization and a place of dialogue with others, they also can be lonely…
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Dawn Teresa Parkot and her father, Sean, discuss why they are opposed to the Aid in Dying bill at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton March 25, 2019. Parkot, a quadriplegic motivational speaker with athetoid cerebral palsy, was among dozens of advocates making their voices heard as the bill went to a vote in both chambers of the state Legislature. The bill passed the Assembly 41-33 and the Senate 21-16. (Hal Brown, The Monitor)

Pro-lifer says allowing assisted suicide like ‘state-sanctioned execution’

Posted by - April 6, 2019
TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) — Dawn Teresa Parkot does not mince words when she speaks about the Aid in Dying bill. “I firmly believe that assisted suicide is homicide and those…
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Swiss Guards march in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 25, 2017. To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City State and the Roman Curia. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope issues new child protection law, guidelines for Vatican City State

Posted by - April 6, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines…
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Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, holds Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Christus Vivit" (Christ Lives), during a news conference for its presentation at the Vatican April 2, 2019. The document contains the pope's reflections on the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment. (CNS photo/CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, pope says

Posted by - April 6, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and…
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