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(SRN NEWS  )  Now that the House of Commons has approved an assisted-suicide bill, England is preparing for the new reality.  There is a possibility of legal challenge to the legislation, however.  Opposition groups such as Right To Life U.K. and Care Not Killing say they are not giving up the fight.  And supporters of the suicide bill say implementation will take four years, rather than the initially suggested two.  That means it is set to actually become law in 2029, just about the time that the next British general election must be held.  Several other European countries have legalized assisted-suicide.

(  )  Pope Leo says there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse.  Leo made his first public comments about the clergy sex abuse scandal in a written message to a Peruvian journalist who documented a particularly egregious case of abuse and financial corruption in a Peruvian-based Catholic movement.  In it, the new pope says “It is urgent to root in the whole church a culture of prevention that does not tolerate any form of abuse — neither of power or authority, nor abuse of conscience, spiritual or sexual abuse.”  The pontiff spent two decades as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru.

(  )  A Louisiana law requiring the 10 Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms faces a long court battle.  A panel of three federal judges has struck down the measure, giving a victory to liberal groups.  Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is vowing to appeal the ruling, taking it to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.  In 2005 the high court upheld a 10 Commandments marker on the grounds of the Texas state Capitol in Austin.  But the justices also struck down displays at two Kentucky courthouses.

(  )  A new report finds that about two-thirds of Jewish students at Columbia University felt discriminated against in the months following the October, 2023 terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel.  These latest findings come in the third chapter of an internal review being conducted by the school on its response to the rash of Palestinian protests that swamped the campus after the attacks.  About half of Jews at Columbia also report feeling that their personal safety was at risk when they spoke out in support of Israel.  The October 7th attacks sparked the on-going war in Gaza.