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Rome, Italy, Apr 1, 2017 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Reproductive issues often leave Catholics and secular feminists at odds, but a recent anti-surrogacy conference in Rome has created an unusual camaraderie between the two.“Se Non Ora Quando,” a feminist group known for its left-wing views, called surrogacy “incompatible with human rights and with the dignity of women,” according to the Atlantic.The conference met last Thursday at a lower House of Parliament in Rome. Women intellectuals, doctors, and scholars from all over the world, pleaded with the United Nations to ban European citizens from traveling abroad to procure surrogate mothers.Surrogacy is when a woman carries a baby to term for a third party, often involving payment. The pregnancy is achieved by in-vitro fertilization, in which an egg is fertilized in a lab then placed into the woman's womb.While the practice is legal in Canada and most of the United States, regulations vary depending on t...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny A. Yevtushenko, whose work focused on war atrocities and denounced anti-Semitism and tyrannical dictators, has died. He was 84....
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ATLANTA (AP) -- A man charged with arson Saturday in the raging fire that collapsed part of Interstate 85 north of downtown Atlanta has been arrested more than a dozen times, mostly on drug charges....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the defensive, the White House is throwing counter punches to deflect attention from three investigations into the Kremlin's interference in last year's election and possible Russian ties to President Donald Trump or his associates....
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes, sweeping away cars and killing at least 154 unsuspecting residents....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A cargo ship being used by a South Korean shipping company went missing in seas near Uruguay with 24 crew members and authorities said Saturday that two people had been rescued....
(Vatican Radio) Serbia's strongman Aleksandar Vucic aims to consolidate his grip on power as he seeks to win a presidential election despite opposition fears that the country is heading towards authoritarian rule. While the post of president has largely been ceremonial, critics believe that it would be a more influential position if occupied by Vucic who tries to balance Serbia's interests in historical ally Russia and the European Union. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Serbia's opposition says Prime Minister Vucic, who is running for president Sunday, is trying to concentrate power in his own hands. One of his main challengers, Presidential hopeful Vuk Jeremic, is among those openly expressing concern about the situation. "This is the first time [Europe's security organization] OSCE was not invited to observe the elections," he said. "This is a campaign in which the ruling party’s candidate received 120 times mor...
(Vatican Radio) An attempt to remove one term Presidential limits in Paraguay, has resulted in riots during which the Congress building in the Capitol Asuncion has been attacked, looted and burned. Listen to the report by James Blears: President Horacio Cartes` Administration ends next year. However Senators have narrowly approved a bill, which means a President can run yet again. This overturns a law added to Paraguary`s Constitution in 1992 restricting a President to one single five year term. Paraguayans are determined NOT to ever again be in the repressive grip of a dictator. General Alfredo Stroessner launched a coup in 1954. His dictatorship lasted 35 long years. He himself referred to it as "State of siege." He was ousted in 1989, and died at the ripe old age of 93, in Brazil in 2006. Demonstrators chanting that this won`t be repeated, smashed windows in the Congress Building, gained access and trashed offices of...
