> > **Germany to Legalize Abortion** > > Leftists align to decriminalize murder of the unborn. [FULL STORY](https://cne.news/artikel/2564-germanys-paragraph-218-on-abortion-risks-permanent-deletion) > > **Essen Publishes Abuse Report** > > German diocese finds extensive abuse and cover-up. [FULL STORY](https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/43599-missbrauchsstudie-im-bistum-essen-ueber-400-faelle-und-200-taeter) > > **U.S. Bishops Silent After FBI Claims Conservative Catholics Are ‘White Supremacists’** > > The U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops is a powerful organization, with a 2018 budget of more than $200 million, much of it from federal grants and contracts. [FULL STORY](https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/15/u-s-bishops-silent-after-fbi-claims-conservative-catholics-are-white-supremacists/) > > **Lay Conference Excludes Germans** > > Vatican doesn't invite lay dissidents to conference. [FULL STORY](https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche/aktuell/laienkonferenz-zdk-nicht-eingeladen-art-235768) > > **Documenting Persecution in Nigeria** > > Database tracks persecution, murder of Christians. [FULL STORY](https://www.pillarcatholic.com/scores-of-christians-killed-others-displaced-nigerian-think-tank-builds-atrocities-database/) > > **Ireland Closes Visa-For-Investment-Program Due To Chinese Surge** > > Ireland's halting of its program follows a similar decision a year ago by the UK, which halted it's own program over national security concers, after it was found to be growing increasingly popular among Russian Nationals. [FULL STORY](https://www.thefinancialtrends.com/2023/02/16/ireland-closes-visa-for-investment-program-due-to-chinese-surge/) > > **Dublin Disputes Duplicitous Tax** > > Archdiocese contests unfair city property taxes. [FULL STORY](https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/02/15/catholic-archdiocese-of-dublin-seeks-to-delist-dozens-of-churches-and-parish-centres-from-a-new-tax/) > > **Inflation to Impact Lenten Tradition?** > > Polish Catholics undeterred by rising prices. [FULL STORY](https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/02/14/inflation-eats-into-poles-doughnuts-ahead-of-fat-thursday/) > > **We Need a New “Church Committee” to Curb Massive Intelligence Agency Criminality Ranging From Illegal Surveillance to Torture and Assassination** > > Russia-Gate and CIA ties to Ukrainian death squads, along with killer drone program and worldwide surveillance apparatus, necessitates new investigations of U.S. intelligence agencies modeled after the Church Committee hearings of 1975. [FULL STORY](https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/09/06/we-need-a-new-church-committee-to-curb-massive-intelligence-agency-criminality-ranging-from-illegal-surveillance-to-torture-and-assassination/) > Please consider [Church Militant Evening News](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/archive/evening-news) for daily hard-hitting news and analysis through an authentic Catholic lens, covering the latest developments in the Church, across the nation and around the world. > *[Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitantaction.org/) (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary.* If you also seek the truth, then please consider joining Church Militant today by supporting our work. Sign up for a [Church Militant Premium account](https://www.churchmilitant.com/gopremium) or simply [make a donation](https://www.churchmilitant.com/donate). Feel free to [contact Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitant.com/contact) with your questions, comments, or concerns, at anytime. Primary Video source and transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/news-2023-02-16