1. Our Marlo Safi at the Coptic Solidarity conference in D.C.

2. A law to prevent future Charlie Gard/Alfie Evans cases in Britain

3. Iraqi envoy to Vatican urges international help for Christians to return home

4. 19 killed by gunmen in Burkina Faso: ‘There’s no Christian anymore in this town’

5. The U.S. State Department highlights people working to combat sex trafficking, including Italian Sister Gabriella Bottani:

. . . in recognition of her dynamic leadership of an extensive international network of Catholic sisters committed to preventing human trafficking and connecting survivors to critical services and her relentless resolve to elevate the importance of combating human trafficking in communities around the world.

#EndHumanTrafficking Sr. Gabriella Bottani honoured as a 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Hero 'This is a call that all the heroes make today – to courageously raise the bar, and our dreams, in order to open new pathways towards freedom' https://t.co/14bvjd8ukI pic.twitter.com/qGDa0Ncf3t — Talitha Kum Rome (@TalithaKumRome) June 20, 2019

More here.


6. The surrogacy bill is not happening in New York this session


Consider writing a note to Gloria Steinem thanking her for opposing it.

7. Salena Zito on pro-life Democrats in the South

8. All about the “Peace Cross” case

9. William Saletan: Abortion Funding Isn’t As Popular As Democrats Think

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When Monica earned her degree, she was among just 3% of former foster youth who make it to graduation. A UC Irvine program called Foster Youth Resilience in Education (FYRE) helped her beat the odds. https://t.co/HaH94VWlGE #fostercare — AdoptUSKids (@AdoptUSKids) June 20, 2019

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Every week we receive prayer requests from #prisoners and their #families. Would you join us in #prayer this week and ask God to move in their lives? pic.twitter.com/w6nu56E5Vs — Prison Fellowship (@prisonfellowshp) June 20, 2019

12. About Christian friendship

13. “She was heard because she loved.” A good talk on Catherine of Siena

14. JD Flynn on the need for saints, one year after the Theodore McCarrick news first broke.

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