An Irish inquiry into homes for unwed mothers that the Catholic Church ran from 1922 to 1998 found an 'appalling level of infant mortality' with some 9,000 children dying in the so-called Mother and Baby Homes reut.rs/35waBLS
That represents about 15% of all who entered the institutions, with no single explanation for such a high rate of mortality, the government-commissioned report said
The inquiry into alarming death rates among babies at church-run homes makes clear that unmarried mothers faced a 'stifling, oppressive and brutally misogynistic culture' for decades, the country’s children’s minister said reut.rs/3i6RIE3
There have been a series of reports into allegations of abuse and mistreatment by priests and members of religious orders. Here are some details of their findings reut.rs/2MMOUQX
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Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, as 10 of his fellow Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to charge him with inciting an insurrection in last week’s violent rampage in the Capitol reut.rs/2XBtvwb
Graphic: A detailed look at how each member voted and notable defections reut.rs/3qnbvC3
Top leaders react to a historic second impeachment of President Trump reut.rs/2LLYPWv
One of Italy’s largest-ever mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday, with more than 320 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including extortion, drug trafficking and theft reut.rs/2XyL3t4
The trial is being held in a converted call-center in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, with defendants placed in metal cages and rows of desks set up for the hundreds of lawyers, prosecutors, journalists and spectators expected to attend
Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri has spent the past three decades battling Italy’s most powerful mob group, the 'Ndrangheta, renouncing any semblance of a normal life as he seeks to break its grip on his native Calabria reut.rs/2XDWQGk
President Donald Trump emboldened other leaders to quash press freedom, his message amplified by tech platforms and a mainstream media that did not know how to respond, three leading journalists and campaigners said reut.rs/2LuNzxR
Maria Ressa, who has faced criminal prosecutions for her reporting, likened the arrival of the major tech platforms to an atomic bomb going off in the media ecosystem, with readers manipulated by algorithms toward ever more incendiary news
After spending four years defending Trump’s behavior, a growing number of Republican lawmakers have said they will vote to impeach him on charges that he incited his supporters to carry out the deadly attack on Congress
Liz Cheney
The No. 3 House Republican, Cheney was the most senior member of her party to vote against efforts to challenge the Electoral College results confirming Trump’s loss
Adam Kinzinger
A frequent Trump critic, Kinzinger said Trump broke his oath of office by inciting his supporters to insurrection and used his position to attack the legislative branch of government
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on a resolution that formally urged Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to strip President Donald Trump of his powers reut.rs/3nDuYwH
As lawmakers debated the resolution, Mike Pence sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that said he would not comply reut.rs/2XCwfcY
The resolution passed on a near party-line vote, 223 to 205. Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois was the only Republican to vote in support of the resolution