With France poised to become the first country to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right, the Vatican’s Academy for Life has stressed the need to protect the most vulnerable while bettering social conditions.
On Monday the Archdiocese of Lima is expected to announce that one member of the Vatican’s top investigating duo, Spanish Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, is back in Peru to continue making inquiries into a scandal-plagued group.
Some critics of the church’s response believe that Venezuela’s bishops should be more outspoken in challenging the Maduro regime, and that they may be hobbled by fear of a Nicaragua-style crackdown.
Malawi is the world’s fourth poorest country, with 70 per cent of its population living on less than $2.15 a day according to 2019 data.
A Catholic archbishop says a state government in Manipur, India, is “trying its best” to stop ethnic violence in the region.