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The Texas Senate passed a heartbeat bill this week. The bill would ban abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which can happen as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The bill is headed to Governor Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law.
A Catholic university in India has opened several care centers in Kolkata, to treat COVID-19 patients. The facilities will have beds, oxygen, nebulizers, and trained medical staff. Cases of COVID-19 have surged in recent weeks in Kolkata, which is one of India’s most densely populated cities.
Which is more valuable? Children? Or money? That was the question posed by Pope Francis today, in his message for a conference about Italy’s low birth rate. The pope warned that if families are not the center of the present, there will be no future. Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe.
A seminarian for a diocese in New Jersey was killed this week in a hit-and-run accident in Manhattan. The 29-year-old was crossing a street in Manhattan’s East Side, around 10 pm on Tuesday, when he was hit by a suspected drunk driver. He was a first-year theology student at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University.
Today is the feast day of Saint Matthias. He was chosen to replace Judas as one of the twelve Apostles. Scripture states Saint Matthias was with Jesus since his baptism, and was a witness to his Resurrection.