A groundbreaking statute requires judges to “consider the well-being” of an animal in pet custody cases. Source: In a first, Alaska divorce courts will now treat pets more like children – The Washington Post
The Catholic priesthood and marriage Source: Fewer and lonelier: Why the celibate priesthood is in crisis | The Economist
Source: New Research on the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce | Family Studies
Source: The trouble with appealing to ‘a well-formed conscience’ – CatholicHerald.co.uk
The Netherlands is seeking to set up an overseas abortion fund to counteract Donald Trump’s recent ban against funding international groups which give women information about terminations. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen for the Dutch government has announced she intends to establish an international fund which would finance projects relating to […]
Six religious leaders, five Christians and one Jew, prayed at Friday’s inauguration ceremony for President Donald Trump, and for the most part, they stressed piety over politics, offering prayers that could be shared by Americans of virtually any political persuasion. Source: Religious leaders at inauguration stress piety over politics
An exclusive transcript Source: Read the Sermon Donald Trump Heard Before Becoming President | TIME
The decision by march organizers to drop an antiabortion partner has amplified the debate about who qualifies as feminist. Source: Is there a place at the Women’s March for women who are politically opposed to abortion? – The Washington Post
President Donald Trump is attending a national prayer service this morning, an inauguration tradition, with his family and Vice President Mike Pence at the Washington National Cathedral. Source: Donald Trump prays for his presidency at service in D.C | Daily Mail Online
President-elect Donald Trump will have six religious prayers as part of the ceremony, three invocations and three benedictions. Source: Donald Trump sets prayer record at inauguration | McClatchy DC
