The executive branch headed by President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela “lacks legitimacy” but has de facto power, while Mr. Guaidó has legitimacy but not executive power. Venezuela in effect has two governments.
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, who is the apostolic administrator of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese, is "steadfastly affirming" the diocese's child protection standards in wake of a lawsuit filed by the State of West Virginia.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, has made an urgent appeal to the young people of his country to abandon gangs, gang violence and the use of knives. "Knife crime" is at its highest since records started being kept since 1946 and Catholic clergy in Britain are focusing on how to divert youth from such destructive social behavior.
For the rare cases in which mothers consider late-term abortions to spare infants from pain, perinatal hospice programs offer a compassionate and life-affirming alternative.