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Belgium
A consensus among members of the Belgian Federal Parliament has reportedly formed in support of legislation to allow children to choose to undergo euthanasia in certain dire cases

Spain
Spain's conservative government is considering dramatic restrictions on abortion and has already increase the Catholic Church's role in education, revealing a divided society.

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.

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