Spanish Catholic justice fends off calls to recuse himself in abortion case :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

The following excerpts are from CNA (Catholic News Agency):

• Justice Andres Ollero of Spain's Constitutional Court, who will write the ruling on a case challenging the country's 2010 abortion law, has warded off calls to recuse himself because he is Catholic.
• “It makes no sense to think that the justices come to the (court) with preconceived prescriptions,” Justice Ollero said in an Aug. 16 article published by the ABC newspaper.

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Survey reveals increasing hostility in US towards religion :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

The following excerpts are from CNA (Catholic News Agency):

• A report examining court cases from recent years has found that hostility towards religion has grown to unprecedented levels in the United States.
• The newly-updated Survey of Religious Hostility in America serves as “a testament to the radical shift in our culture’s worldview” on religion, said Kelly Shackelford, president of Liberty Institute, and Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council.
• On Aug. 20, Shackelford and Perkins announced the release of the updated analysis, describing “more than 600 recent examples of religious hostility” in the U.S., most occurring in the last decade.

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LCWR assembly: some sisters disagree with panelist over response to Vatican : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

• At the second day of the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the publisher of the National Catholic Reporter called upon the sisters present to “just say no” to Vatican concerns—leading to “audible groans” from some of the sisters.

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Obama Pro-Abortion HHS Mandate Faces September Court Date | LifeNews.com

The following excerpts are from LifeNews.com:

• Before the November elections, pro-life advocates could have a result in one of the dozens of lawsuits taking on the Obama HHS mandate that forces religious employers to pay for abortion-causing drugs for their employees.
• Federal District Judge Robert H. Cleland of the Eastern District of Michigan has set the date of September 26 to hear oral arguments on whether the federal government should be enjoined from enforcing the HHS Mandate. The hearing will take place at the U.S. Courthouse in Detroit, Michigan.

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