Catholic News

• Judge refuses to block Georgia abortion ban (AP)
  A Georgia judge has ruled that he does not have authority to halt enforcement of Georgia’s 2019 LIFE Act, which bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
• Tempest in the Order of Malta: 13 national presidents call on Pope to halt changes (L'Espresso)
  Longtime Vatican journalist Sandro Magister has published a “plea for a lawful and effective reform process to avoid a possible break-up of the Order of Malta,” signed by the heads of the order in 13 nations.
• Principal calls vandalism at Catholic school in Washington 'a hate crime' (CNS)
  St. Anthony Catholic School in Washington, DC, has been vandalized twice since August 11. Since May 2020, there have been at least 160 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States.
• Southern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation (AP)
  An independent investigation, authorized by the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention (the United States’ largest Protestant denomination), resulted in a 300-page report showing that leaders repeatedly ignored complaints of sexual abuse, and “even vilified” those making accusations against ministers. The Convention’s executive committee then released a list of “alleged and convicted sexual abusers, compiled […]