Bishop England High School, Charleston 
Lawsuit against Catholic school made by teacher
A teacher at a Catholic school in South Carolina whose contract was not renewed because of her posts on Facebook in support of abortion rights is now suing the school, claiming that her First Amendment rights have been violated.
According to the lawsuit, Elizabeth Cox taught at Bishop England High School in Charleston for 16 years before being informed at the end of the last school year, June 7, that her contract would not be renewed.
Cox had shared on Facebook several posts and links expressing pro-choice views, while at the same time listing the Catholic school publicly as her employer.
Archbishop ask for prayers in wake of cancer diagnosis
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz requested prayers last week as he announced that he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer and will soon undergo treatment. The Archbishop of Louisville announced he will be out of the archdiocese for three months while he receives treatment.
“I have been diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma in my bladder and prostate and will take part in a treatment plan that includes immunotherapy and chemotherapy for at least 12 weeks,” said Archbishop Kurtz in a statement posted on the Archdiocese of Louisville website.
After undergoing chemotherapy, he said that he will have his bladder and prostate surgically removed. His diagnosis came after several months of health problems and medical tests.
Church denounces African healthcare closures
As the Eritrean government continues to seize and close Catholic healthcare sites throughout the country, the Church has denounced the intimidation used during the nationalisation.
The government’s action began in June, and by July 9 as many as 29 Catholic hospitals, health centres, and clinics had been shuttered.
Agenzia Fides reported that a group of nuns who ran a health facility in southern Eritrea were asked to leave their residence on July 4, and that in Zager (Zaghir), about 20 miles north of Asmara, police forced nuns away from their health facility and sealed its doors July 5.
Families protest against gender ideology education
Families in the Dominican Republic joined together for a national civic demonstration to protest a new Department of Education norm that establishes policies based on gender ideology.
The demonstration, held simultaneously at 10.00am in Santo Domingo and Santiago, was called by the ‘Don’t Mess with My Children’ movement to demand the repeal of departmental order 33-2019, approved on May 22, 2019.
The new Department of Education norm “establishes as a priority the design and implementation of gender policy” in “the different levels, systems and subsystems in Pre-University Education, in their plans, programs, projects, teaching strategies and administrative activities.”
Mother sues health service after son born with Down syndrome
The mother of a four-year-old with Down syndrome is suing the National Health Service of the UK for what she claims was a failure to offer her a prenatal test for the disability.
Edyta Mordel, 33, claims that if she had known that her son, Aleksander, had Down syndrome in the womb, she would have aborted the pregnancy.
With the lawsuit, Mordel has said that she is seeking £200,000 (€220,000) compensation for the rising costs of care for Aleksander due to his disability.
Mordel is originally from Poland but now lives in the UK with her son and his father, Lukasz Cieciura.
