N Ireland
President Obama has made an alarming call for an end to Catholic education in Northern Ireland in spite of the fact
that a Vatican archbishop told Scots that Catholic education was 'a critical component of the Church.'
California
A veteran teacher at a Catholic school has lost her job because school officials are
worried her ex-husband, now serving a jail sentence for domestic abuse and stalking,
will pose a danger to students and teachers when he is released.
Russia
Russia's Duma has passed a bill which outlaws the 'propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations' by 436
votes to zero, with one abstention.
United Arab Emirates
Cardinal Fernando Filoni will open a new 1,500-seat Catholic church in this Muslim country with only ten existing churches for
its 700,000 Catholics.
India
As a result of a coercive sterilization program among poor and illiterate populations, 4.6 million Indian women can no longer
have children.
South Korea
Recent statistics indicate that the Catholic population in South Korea has increased over the past year and has increased 2-3 percent
on average over the past decade.
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