202402.03
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Chinese communists ‘desperate to crush’ religion, ‘faith in God,’ Republican representative warns

Brooke Singman. Fox News. January 31, 2024. Original Article. FIRST ON FOX: House China Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher is expected to warn that the Chinese Communist Party is “desperate to crush religion,” and is using it “as a tool to control people’s minds,” while declaring that the “opposite of Communism is faith in God.” Gallagher, R-Wis., will…

202401.12
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Surrogacy: Is there now nothing that the modern world won’t commoditise?

Laura Perrins. Catholic Herald. January 10, 2024. Original Article. This January sales time it appears you can get yourself a half-price baby. Or at least one at a reduced price, excluding delivery charge. This isn’t as flippant as it might sound. The reality we now inhabit is one in which the buying and selling of…

202401.09
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Pope calls for global ban on surrogate motherhood, says practice exploits women, harms children

Mark A. Kellner. The Washington Times. January 8, 2024. Original Article. Market expected to grow worldwide in coming years, researchers say. Pope Francis on Monday called for an international ban on surrogate motherhood, calling it a “deplorable” practice that turns an unborn child “into an object of trafficking.” In a foreign policy address to diplomats accredited to…

202401.06
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A suspected torture victim called to testify against Jimmy Lai

January 5, 2024. Asia News. Original article. A team of international lawyers has filed a complaint with the UN in connection with the trial of the Apple Daily publisher. The prosecution wants Andy Li – a pro-democracy activist arrested trying to reach Taiwan on a boat – to testify against the former media mogul. Convicted…