Charlie Gard’s parents end legal fight to take him to US for treatment
RNS/USA TODAY An undated photo of Chris Gard and Connie Yates with their son, Charlie Gard, provided by the family, at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. PICTURE: Family of Charlie Gard via AP A five-month legal battle to get permission to take terminally ill baby Charlie Gard to the United States for experimental treatment ended Monday after […]
India court affirms priests’ right to property despite poverty oath
RNS/Thomson Reuters Foundation A high court in southern India has ruled that Christian priests and nuns are entitled to their right to property despite their vows of poverty, signaling an end to a centuries-old tradition that has left many in the clergy destitute. In its order last week in favor of a priest whose relatives […]