It was announced on the 25th of September that the UK government has scrapped a bill that was being drafted to ban so-called "conversion therapy", which would have endangered Freedom of Speech. "Conversion therapy" bans are controversial because there is no clear definition of what "conversion therapy" is, which can lead to the term being used to criminalize private conversations or even private prayer between consenting adults, therefore limiting fundamental freedoms.
A Christian family is asking the Biden administration to intervene in their deportation after they lived in the USA for 15 years seeking asylum from prosecution in Germany. The Romeikes had fled Bissingen, Germany in 2008 after being threatened with prosecution for homeschooling their five children. Homeschooling in Germany is tightly regulated and only allowed under certain circumstances.
On the 14th of September, CNA reported that a hospital chapel in the town of Puerto Real, in the Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta, had recently been desecrated twice. The first time, nothing was stolen but someone moved the tabernacle so that it was out of joint and left a dirty glass in it. The second time, the consecrated hosts were stolen and the veil of the tabernacle was torn off. The police were notified.