202006.09
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June 9, 2020: Ignore the optics. Trump’s executive order could jump-start the cause of global religious freedom.

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/06/09/trump-executive-order-global-religious-freedom The Trump administration’s executive order aims to end this torpor, giving the cause more teeth by making religious organizations and communities partners to the government in promoting religious freedom, requiring our diplomatic missions in violator countries to develop plans of action for improving the situation on the ground, providing serious funding for programs that…

202005.22
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May 22, 2020: Babies in waiting FAMILY | Infants born to surrogates are stuck in Ukraine

https://world.wng.org/content/babies_in_waiting Some members of the Ukrainian parliament have renewed their calls to outlaw surrogacy services for foreigners. “Ukraine is just turning into an online store for little ones,” Nikolai Kuleba, a human rights official in the presidential administration, told the Times. Lyudmila Denisova, a human rights investigator for parliament, said the practice “can lead primarily…

202005.21
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May 20, 2020: Coming Soon – June 2020 – Clerical Sexual Misconduct

https://www.clunymedia.com/coming-soon/ Clerical Sexual Misconduct Edited by Jane F. Adolphe & Ronald J. Rychlak June 2020 What is truly remarkable about this book is the breadth and depth of the analysis of the entire sex abuse crisis from men and women possessed of deep Catholic identity and firmly committed to authentic Catholic renewal. from the foreword…

202005.16
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May 16, 2020: COVID-19 & Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith (BUT Specific guidelines for reopening churches during the coronavirus pandemic were excluded from a set of documents released by the CDC this week)

Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith   https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/guidance-community-faith-organizations.html https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/3-17-20-faith-and-community-based-covid-19-faq.pdf but see https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cdc-documents-on-reopening-do-not-include-suggestions-for-churches-28461