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June 10, 2020: Bishops in Middle East and Nigeria Applaud Trump’s Religious-Liberty Executive Order

https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishops-in-middle-east-and-nigeria-applaud-trumps-religious-liberty-executi The … Church leaders in the Middle East and Nigeria contacted by the Register have enthusiastically welcomed the document. The presidential directive, which President Trump signed at the White House … prioritizes international religious freedom in foreign policy and overseas government aid projects, budgets $50 million a year for programs that advance religious liberty…

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June 10, 2020: EU and African Bishops call for a people-centred, just and responsible partnership between our continents

http://www.comece.eu/action/mlr/pv?&idx=240679&cid=2721&uid=2324&sid=2&cks=9a669146 Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the European and the African Union are currently preparing for the 6th Summit of their political leaders. In this view, COMECE and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) have elaborated a joint contribution on the future EU-Africa partnership.

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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…

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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…