2021-12-15 - EWTN News Nightly | Wednesday, December 15, 2021

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Students for Life of America conducted a study looking at 783 Christian colleges and universities. The study concluded that 1 in 8 schools had ties with Planned Parenthood. Deputy Media Strategist for Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action, Lauren Enriquez, joins to tell us more about the study. Meanwhile, Congress has raised the debt ceiling and passed a national defense bill. President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act is next on the Senate's agenda, and Republicans say if the bill passes, inflation will rise. The 5th hearing in the trial on the purchase by the Vatican's Secretariat of State of a commercial and residential building in London took place yesterday. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser, shares more on the trial. And a decade ago, President Barack Obama pulled US troops from Iraq. Executive Vice President of the Religious Freedom Institute, Eric Patterson, joins to give us a brief overview of what the past decade has looked like in terms of religious freedom in Iraq and how the removal of the US military presence affected religious freedom. Finally this evening, the Pontifical Commission for Latin America studies Catholic life and how to strengthen the faith in the region. Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Rodrigo Guerra, joins to tell us about the work he does and how the Church is doing in Latin America. 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