The Telegraph reports that the House of Lords in England may thwart the plans of the Blair government to allow cloning of human embryos for research purposes. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000142592815120&rtmo=r9EmbDFX&atmo=r9EmbDFX&pg=/et/01/1/22/nclon22.html
The Catholic Bishops of Spain have issued a document for their Feb 4 “Day for Life,” which says that society through abortion has turned mothers’ wombs into “death row” for the unborn. Worse yet, their statement said, “a society that legitimizes such an abominable crime like abortion is losing the very sense of human dignity, the basis of fundamental rights and true democracy.” https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=11518
The Guardian reports that nearly two-thirds of all weddings in England now take place without a religious ceremony. https://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,420628,00.html