Gabriella Swerling

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Gabriella Swerling

A Commons vote to decriminalise abortion at any point up to birth “undermines the legitimacy of feminism”, a gender-critical academic has claimed. On Tuesday night, MPs voted with a majority of 242 to decriminalise seeking an abortion at any stage of gestation, for any reason. As a result, the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, which outlaws abortion, will be amended so that it no longer applies to women ending their own pregnancies.

1 week ago | msn.com | Gabriella Swerling

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1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Gabriella Swerling

Last week, Israel launched a major attack, striking Tehran, the Iranian capital, and killing top military officials and nuclear scientists as well as hitting critical infrastructure. Iran has fired ballistic missiles in retaliation. Amid the bombardment, the Chief Rabbi praised the unity among Israeli citizens and described the atmosphere as "inspirational". "This is one of the great features of the Jewish people - the unity, the strength, the shared pride.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Nick Squires |Gabriella Swerling

The secretive election to choose a new pope began on May 7. A group of 133 cardinals - the so-called "Princes of the Church" - have gathered inside the Sistine Chapel at the heart of the Vatican to pick a successor to Pope Francis, who died last month of a stroke and heart failure at the age of 88. There could be as many as four votes today with two ballots held in the morning and two in the afternoon until a candidate receives a two-thirds majority.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Nick Squires |Gabriella Swerling

Once the two-thirds majority has been achieved, the most senior cardinal will ask the chosen cardinal if he is prepared to become pope. If the answer in Latin is "Accepto" (I Accept), he is taken into a side room known as the Stanza delle Lacrime, or Room of Tears, so named because many have wept at the enormity of the task they face. There, he is given help to take off his scarlet cassock and change into the white vestments of the papacy.