Catholics fear hate crime law will criminalise the Bible
July 31st, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
The Catholic Church says people could be punished for expressing views on same-sex marriage GETTY IMAGES Christians risk being criminalised for quoting passages of the Bible if new proposed hate crime legislation is passed, the Scottish Catholic Church has warned. New legislation which is making its way through Holyrood would make “stirring up hatred” against certain groups a criminal offence. The proposals have provoked a backlash amid fears they could lead to people being charged …Read More
Supreme Court Imperils Parents’ Right to Pass Their Values on to Children
July 31st, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton will make it even more difficult for parents to educate their children in line with their values. (Photo: fizkes/Getty Images) COMMENTARY BY Melissa Moschella Melissa Moschella, an assistant professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America, is a visiting scholar in the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton, which ruled that the …Read More
Religious Freedom is ‘Foremost’ in Unalienable Rights, US Commission Reports
July 27th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alongside Mary Ann Glendon of the Commission on Unalienable Rights during a press conference in July, 2019. (Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).) NATION | JUL. 17, 2020 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explained the need for the commission on Thursday, noting that an increase in the number of recognized human rights presents “risks of collision” between rights claims, as well as “risks of trivializing core American values.” Matt Hadro/CNA. WASHINGTON — A draft …Read More
Fertility rate: ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born
July 27th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which is set to have a “jaw-dropping” impact on societies, say researchers. Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century. And 23 nations – including Spain and Japan – are expected to see their populations halve by 2100. Countries will also age dramatically, with …Read More
1,202 Nigerian Christians killed in first 6 months of 2020: NGO report
July 27th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Christians faithfuls hold signs as they march on the streets of Abuja during a prayer and penance for peace and security in Nigeria in Abuja on March 1, 2020. The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria gathered faithfuls as well as other Christians and other people to pray for security and to denounce the barbaric killings of Christians by the Boko Haram insurgents and the incessant cases of kidnapping for ransom in Nigeria. | AFP via Getty …Read More
EU is ‘complicit’ in persecution of Christians warns MEP
July 27th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
György Hölvényi MEP A Hungarian Christian Democrat member of the European Parliament has warned that growing secularism is to blame for Europe’s silence on human rights violations against religious minorities. As the parliament debated the 2019 human rights annual report, György Hölvényi MEP insisted that “if Europe, guided by extreme secularism, is silent on violations against religious minorities,… Source: irishcatholic.com
UN Opposes Banning Sex-Selection Abortions That Have Killed Millions of Girl Babies
July 27th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
All across the world, girls are being discriminated against in deadly sex-selection abortions. In some countries, tens of millions of girls are estimated to be missing from their populations because of the discriminatory practice. Yet, one world power refuses to take action to stop it: the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), according to the Church Militant. Officially, UNFPA opposes sex-selection abortions. According to its “State of World Population 2020” report, “Decisions to carry to term …Read More
Europe and the challenge of religious freedom
July 27th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
By Andrea Gagliarducci A session of the Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe / Credit: Wikimedia Commons The European Union’s Special Envoy for promoting the Freedom of Religions and Belief outside of Europe will soon be appointed. Maragaritis Schinas, vice-president of the European Commission, announced the Office’s re-establishment in a tweet on July 8. The announcement brought to a close what had been at times a very lively debate. The president of the European Commission …Read More
Deadly COVID Discrimination against the Elderly in Sweden
June 24th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell speaks at a daily news conference on the coronavirus situation in Stockholm, Sweden, June 8, 2020.(Andres Wiklund/via Reuters) We have seen how the most vulnerable to death from COVID have been abused in this country with, for example, New York and other states’ ordering infected COVID patients to be admitted to nursing homes, spreading the disease. But this is even more awful. Reports out of Sweden say that elderly COVID patients …Read More
“Incessant killing more dangerous than Coronavirus”: report on Nigeria to UK Parliament
June 24th, 2020 by Vox Cervi 1
Women in the aftermath of violence in Agatu, Benue, Nigeria in February 2016. “The incessant killing is more dangerous than Coronavirus” …The words of a community leader in central Nigeria – after coronavirus had reached his country – after an April attack in which nine people died, including a pregnant woman and her three year old. His reaction is one of several testimonies – frequently harrowing to read, let alone to have experienced – that …Read More