2021-10-06 - EWTN News Nightly | Wednesday, October 6, 2021

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Even though President Joe Biden is against the decades-old Hyde Amendment, he told a reporter he would sign his priority spending bill, Build Back Better, even if it included the pro-life amendment. At the Capitol, Senators held a vote to raise the debt ceiling. All Democrats voted to raise it and all Republicans opposed it. Senate Democrats are looking for a new way to raise the debt limit without Republican support. Meanwhile, Pope Francis has expressed shame at the scale of child sexual abuse within the Church in France. European Correspondent for the National Catholic Register, Solene Tadie, joins to talk about the report and who commissioned the probe in the first place. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerburg, has denied claims by a former employee that the social media giant puts profits before people. Senior Policy Director at the Conservative Partnership Institute and Senior Tech Columnist for the Federalist, Rachel Bovard, shares her takeaways from the testimony of the former employee and whether facts support Mark Zuckerburg's claims. Finally this evening, a group that defends religious freedom around the world is raising the alarm over the situation for Christians and Shi'a in Nigeria. Chair of USCIRF, Nadine Maenza, joins to talk more about the situation for believers in Nigeria, after a number of religiously motivated atrocities were committed in the span of just a few days. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn