Church leaders welcome first Catholic Indigenous woman in Bangladesh’s Parliament — By: Catholic News Agency

Church leaders in Bangladesh have welcomed Anna Minj, the countryʼs first Catholic Indigenous woman lawmaker, for using her first budget-session speech to press for the development of long-neglected Indigenous communities. On June 14, given the floor in the National Parliament during the budget session, Minj first thanked Almighty God. “Today I am representing the ethnic…

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Church in European Union calls for preserving outer space as the common heritage of humanity — By: Catholic News Agency

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) in cooperation with the Caritas in Veritate Foundation organized a conference titled “Outer Space: A New Frontier of the Common Good.” Representatives from the Catholic Church and European Union, as well as diplomats, academics, and experts, gathered at the event in Brussels on June…

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Ukraine advocate says cathedral bombing reflects broader campaign against Christianity — By: Catholic News Agency

Russia’s “true goal” is “a war on Christianity in Ukraine,” Steven Moore, founder of the Ukraine Freedom Project, told “EWTN News Nightly” after the bombing of the 11th-century Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. “This is certainly deliberate,” Moore said, noting that Russia has destroyed 750 churches in Ukraine and killed as many as 80…

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10 years, 100,000 deaths: How Canada became the euthanasia capital of the world — By: Catholic News Agency

Canadaʼs government-sanctioned assisted suicide program — known as medical assistance in dying, or MAID — turns 10 years old this month, and in the decade since it was launched assisted dying has become a leading cause of death in the country. Yet Alex Schadenberg, the executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, says there is…

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