Red Sea Task Force, Texas Border Law, Blessings For Same-Sex Couples

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

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The U.S. announces Operation Prosperity Guardian in response to attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. Texas criminalizes border crossings at the state level. Catholics react to the Vatican allowing priests to bless same-sex couples.

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0:00.0	Lawmakers in Texas say their federal government is failing to enforce immigration laws
0:06.4	so they've written a new immigration law of their own.
0:09.1	Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill making it a state crime to cross the Texas
0:12.8	Mexico border illegally we'll hear what it could mean for migrants.
0:15.8	I'm Michelle Martin that's A Martinez and this is up first from NPR News.
0:19.3	The US is assembling a task force to try to stop attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
0:27.0	Missles fired by Huthi rebels at Yemen have begun to disrupt global trade.
0:31.0	President Biden is under pressure from Republicans to do something
0:34.2	about it. And in a reversal, the Vatican now says Catholic priests can offer blessings to same-sex
0:39.6	couples. This is a step, and I would say a significant milestone.
0:44.4	What does it actually change and how are Catholics reacting?
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