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Spain ombudsman ‘concerned’ that most doctors refuse to perform abortions

July 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Spanish Ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo “warned” that in Madrid abortions are not performed in public hospitals, a situation that “should be subject to analysis.” / Credit: Congress of Deputies (Spain)

Denver Newsroom, Jul 14, 2022 / 20:00 pm (CNA).
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New report finds freedom of conscience under threat in France, Spain, and Sweden

December 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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Rome Newsroom, Dec 7, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
A new report published Tuesday highlighted concerns that the right to conscientious objection is under threat in France, Spain, and Sweden.The Observatory on Intol… […]

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San Diego diocesan schools to accept personal belief exemption from student Covid vaccine mandate

November 8, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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San Diego, Calif., Nov 8, 2021 / 14:47 pm (CNA).
Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Diego will accept “any” personal belief exemption for the coronavirus vaccine once California’s mandate for schoolchildren goe… […]

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Pope Francis defends conscientious objection to abortion, euthanasia in healthcare

October 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets participants in a congress promoted by the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services of Health Authorities at the Vatican, Oct. 14, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Oct 14, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
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Spanish medical body: Threat to conscientious objection on abortion ‘unacceptable, illegal, and unjust’

July 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Spanish Equality Minister Irene Montero speaks after the Council of Ministers, March 3, 2020. / La Moncloa – Gobierno de España via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Madrid, Spain, Jul 14, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
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Eucharistic coherence and the USCCB spring meeting: Five questions you need answered

June 11, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Jun 11, 2021 / 22:00 pm (CNA).
Where did the term eucharistic coherence originate?The term eucharistic coherence originated in the final document of the Fif… […]

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Mark Brumley, president of Ignatius Press, talks with Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, founder and editor of Ignatius Press, about the election of Pope Francis, the first Latin American–and the first Jesuit–to be made pope:

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