War in Ukraine : One of Us statement

“The defense of LIFE from the trench of death”   The European federation “One of Us” denounces the war in Ukraine and states that “Europe and Western civilization need a true moral rearmament of its principles, its fundamentals, and its values. This “rearmament” begins with the defense of the life of every human being”  …

Assisted suicide and the Catholic Church

Two texts generate confusion around assisted suicide, the subject of debate in Italy at the moment. The first of these is an article by Father Carlo Casalone, a Jesuit, published on January 15 in the magazine La Civiltà Cattolica with the title “The parliamentary discussion on “assisted suicide””. The second, authored by Marie-Jo Thiel, appeared…

“Welcome the Italian Court ruling which affirms the value of human life”

Press release. “Welcome the Italian Court ruling which affirms the value of human life” One of Us following the statement of the Italian MPV “Welcome the Italian Court ruling which affirms the value of human life” Rome February 15th 2022: The Italian Constitutional Court found the referendum question promoted and supported by some associations which…

Rights court OKs Poland’s refusal to change gender on full birth certificate

STRASBOURG, France (CN) — Europe’s top rights court on Thursday rejected a complaint from a transgender man who wanted his long-form birth certificate updated to reflect his gender identity. The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights sided with Poland, finding that Warsaw’s policy of not reissuing long-form birth certificates after a person undergoes sex reassignment surgery is…

The Dutch Parliament debates the elimination of the Period of reflection to consider abortion

On 2 February, members of Dutch parliament discussed the prososal of secular politicians to delete the 5-day reflection period when considering an abortion. Although surprisingly some non-Christian parties (in the end they also have common sense) appeared to be against, the bill was passed with a large majority. Next step now is discussion and voting…