![]() President Martín Vizcarra has dissolved Congress and issued a decree ordering new parliamentary elections. ![]() Peru’s bishops have called for a day of prayer for peace, as the confrontation escalates between the country’s president and its parliament. ![]() Limaīishops call for prayer as political conflict escalates It is the first abortion case the court has taken up since Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch joined the bench, and also without the swing vote of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired in 2018.Īshley McGuire of the Catholic Association said the Louisiana regulations were “common sense and clearly necessary”. The justices have agreed to weigh in on a Louisiana law that requires doctors at abortion clinics to obtain “admitting privileges” from a nearby hospital. The Supreme Court has announced that it will add an abortion case to its docket, the Catholic News Service reports. Supreme Court to consider abortion regulations I want the best for you.” (Tim Stanley, page 21) Baton Rouge, Louisiana ![]() Brandt gave Guyger a hug, saying, “I don’t even want you to go to jail. She was given 10 years for murder.īotham’s 18-year-old brother Brandt (pictured) told Guyger in court: “If you truly are sorry, I know I can speak for myself, I forgive you.” She urged him to “go to God” and ask him for forgiveness. Guyger thought the apartment was her own and, when she saw Jean there, she thought he was an intruder and shot him dead. The police officer, Amber Guyger, shot Botham Jean dead after entering his apartment by mistake. In an act described by Bishop Edward Burns of Dallas as “an incredible example of Christian love”, a man whose brother was killed by an off-duty police officer has offered the killer his forgiveness. The diocese said in a statement that “Bishop Malone has committed to cooperate fully and stated that this Visitation is for the good of the Church in Buffalo.” Dallasīrother of murdered man offers forgiveness The Vatican statement did not announced what the scope of the inquiry would be. But the apostolic visitation is a non-judicial process. There had been speculation that the diocese would be investigated under Pope Francis’s recently passed law Vos estis. (He denies the claims.)īishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn will carry out the apostolic visitation, the Vatican announced in a brief statement. The Vatican has launched an investigation into the Diocese of Buffalo, whose bishop has been accused of mishandling sexual abuse allegations. Fr Pivonka replaces Fr Sean Sheridan, who resigned earlier this year after a series of divisive disputes within the university, which was criticised for its handling of abuse allegations, and for a professor’s decision to teach a novel which included blasphemy. The new president of the Franciscan University of Steubenville has said he hopes the university will be “a source of unity and healing”.įr David Pivonka told the Catholic News Agency that the university, like the Church, can be affected by “polarisation”, but that “part of being Catholic is embracing one another and giving one another freedom to do that without judgment, without dismissal”. New university president hopes for ‘unity’
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