1. The European parliament today has called out ISIS for genocide against Christians and other religious minorities. Will the United States?
2. Syrian family arrives in Italy in first humanitarian airlift
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Hopeful suffering: Chinese Catholics’ brave opposition: https://t.co/jOKpt3SNEZ#christians#ChristianPersecutionpic.twitter.com/0nGgGf5LdQ
— Catholic Bioethics (@NCBCenter) February 4, 2016
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Harrowing story on cavalier dismissal of newborns’ pain https://t.co/Rkc57nwBQf& should raise skepticism about dismissing fetal pain
— Leah Libresco (@LeahLibresco) February 4, 2016
5. I Spent My Teen Years in Solitary Confinement and This Is What I Learned
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Delighting in the Economist style guide’s section on Americanisms https://t.co/15FpKSLd3Cpic.twitter.com/D4qyPSyv5k
— Graham W. Jenkins (@GrahamWJenkins) February 4, 2016
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“I never told her.” https://t.co/4FNqja9Beb
— Terry Teachout (@terryteachout) February 4, 2016
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“I gave Trump money.” https://t.co/GDpqyzMbcZ
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) February 4, 2016
PLUS: A column I wrote on the Iowa caucus and primaries to come in what Pope Francis has called a year of mercy.
Some lesser-known saints are celebrated today, and some other Catholics things that caught my eye here.
About Paul Ryan and the prayer breakfast this morning.
Eight Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb. 4, 2016)