EWTN News Nightly | Friday December 9, 2022

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Tonight on "EWTN News Nightly": The Senate will soon consider a $858 billion defense policy measure to fund the Pentagon. Part of the bill uses taxpayer dollars to fund abortion travel for service members, which has lawmakers speaking out. Meanwhile, the White House did not seem too upset by Senator Kyrsten Sinema's party switch, saying the senator's decision to register as Independent does not change the new Democratic majority control of the Senate. And the social media giant Twitter is accused of secretly limiting the account of Conservative users while even building blacklists to keep certain tweets from trending. Terry Schilling of the American Principles Project joins to share his reaction. Planned Parenthood reports a 34% increase in vasectomies across the Northwest region since June. Dr. Joseph Meaney, President of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, joins to share his reaction to this headline. And an international group of Catholic theologians and other experts is holding a private workshop in Rome. Moral Theologian and Speaker at the Conference, Pia de Solenni, joins to tell us more about this conference and why it is so important. Finally this evening, while a Michigan high school teacher did not make it all the way to the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions, he scored lots of big points with his students. Mr. Josh Gregor, tells us about the experience and how he landed himself a spot on Jeopardy. 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 0:00 Overview 0:41 Part of New Defense Bill Covers Abortion Travel for Military Members 3:27 Senator Kyrsten Sinema Switches Parties from Democrat to Independent 5:55 Twitter Facing New Allegations of Censoring Conservative Users 9:51 WNBA star Brittney Griner returned to the US 10:11 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince announces new oil agreement with China Xi Jinping 10:40 Peru’s new president says she plans on finishing her predecessor’s six-year term 11:04 UN humanitarian official says a cholera outbreak in Haiti is growing worse 11:24 Catholics in Nicaragua honor the Blessed Mother as the patroness of their country on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 11:56 12:22 UK’s Supreme Court rules in favor of so-called ‘safe zones’ near abortion clinics in Northern Ireland 12:42 Vasectomies Skyrocket in the Wake of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade. 16:45 Catholic Theologians & Experts Hold Workshop in Rome 20:53 Catholic High School Teacher Makes it onto Jeopardy 25:59 Ukrainian youth choir spreads a message of freedom amid trying times