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The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities lent his support to the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act and thanked the legislation’s sponsors, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).

“We have consistently called for the separation of abortion from the Title X family planning program, but organizations like Planned Parenthood, despite performing hundreds of thousands of abortions every year, continue to receive millions of dollars in taxpayer money annually,” Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, wrote in a May 8 letter. “This legislation would build upon Congress’s efforts to end access to taxpayer funding for one of the nation’s largest abortion providers.”

Addressing a UN forum on migration, a Vatican diplomat said that the Holy See delegation wished to emphasize saving lives, preserving family unity, and protecting migrants from the dark side of technological innovations, including “cyber slavery.”

Citing “serious concerns about the vulnerability of migrants along dangerous routes,” Msgr. Robert Murphy, Chargé d’Affaires of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations said that “protecting migrants’ lives is an obligation under international law, based on the fundamental right to life. Strengthening cooperation on search and rescue operations is of utmost importance, as is ensuring that respect for the right to life is never subordinated to any other interests.”

Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, the apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, spoke with a Lithuanian Catholic magazine about a religious revival in war zones.

“When you face eternity, forgiveness is the only thing you really need,” said Archbishop Kulbokas. “In Kherson, there are no unbelievers left,” and attendance at the Catholic parish has quintupled.