Portuguese high court strikes down euthanasia law as unconstitutional over ‘lack of definition’
The law was already the third attempt to legalize assisted suicide in Portugal in the past two years.
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Portuguese president finds Vatican’s limits on heads of state at Pope Benedict’s funeral baffling
Inviting only two countries to send official representatives reflected the Vatican's indifference toward the deceased pontiff.
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Portugal’s Parliament tries to legalize assisted suicide for the third time in 18 months
Once again, the language in the bill is not clearly defined; meaning, if legalized, the acceptable reasons for euthanasia will expand over time.
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Portugal’s president vetoes bill that would have legalized euthanasia
The legislation uses 'serious or incurable disease' in some places instead of 'incurable and fatal disease.'
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Lisbon court rules only 0.9% of ‘verified cases’ in Portugal died of COVID, only 152 instead of the 17,000 claimed
According to a court ruling, the number of verified COVID-19 deaths from January 2020 to April 2021 is only 152, not around 17,000 as claimed by government ministries.
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Portugal’s ruling party attempts to crack down on homeschooling families
Under cover of the COVID-19 restrictions, the Portugese government is looking to impose 'unreasonable restrictions' on homeschooling. Home School Legal Defense Association is urging readers to contact Portugese politicians to support the homeschooling community in Portugal.
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Portugal’s top court rejects euthanasia bill, says it threatened ‘inviolability of life’
The governing Socialist Party, however, reportedly promised to simply reword the bill and attempt to pass it once more.
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The second Miracle of Fatima that hardly anyone knows about
‘Catholics devoted to Fatima are aware of the period of the apparitions, but how many know what happened after the October miracle?’
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WATCH: Priest at Fátima shrine denies Communion to woman kneeling to receive on tongue
The video seems to be dividing Portuguese Catholics.
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Fatima shrine scrubbed of pilgrims on bishops’ COVID orders
The Portuguese health minister allowed for the nation's bishops to come up with a way to accommodate pilgrims, but the bishops insisted against it.
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