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Dicasteries

200 representatives of ecclesial movements and communities from all over the world in Rome for annual meeting

This year’s Meeting with the Moderators of international associations aims to highlight some examples of synodal structures and practices already implemented in associations and movements that can be an example and stimulus for the whole Church, such as sharing experiences of faith within small groups or small communities, community discernment, co-responsibility of lay and ordained ministers in assuming roles of governance

Justice and Peace•Pro Life

Attorneys are suing the New York attorney general for using her power to censor pro-life pregnancy centers

The New York attorney general is using her power to censor pro-life pregnancy centers because they tell women about the option of using progesterone for abortion pill reversal. She is unlawfully targeting pro-life pregnancy centers, threatening punishment for promoting and offering a service that gives women the option of changing their mind and attempting to save their baby’s life.

Religious Freedom

Finnish MP to be tried for the third time for a tweet expressing her religious convictions

In 2019, Finnish police interrogated Päivi Räsänen for the ‘crime’ of tweeting her biblical worldview. Räsänen, a Finnish medical doctor, active parliamentarian, former Minister of the Interior, mother, grandmother, and Christian, posted the tweet to question her church’s official sponsorship of the Helsinki LGBTQ ‘Pride 2019’ event. Following the tweet, the police also investigated a pamphlet that she authored for her church in 2004 titled, “As Man and Woman He Created Them” about sexuality and marriage. Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola also stood trial alongside Räsänen for publishing the pamphlet.