CNA highlights, Nov. 7th

Catholic News Agency:

• Bishops say Catholics anxiously awaiting papal visit to Turkey: "Turkish Catholics are also excitedly anticipating for the meeting between the Holy Father and the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I. “Nothing has been leaked about the joint declaration they will sign. I think it will be a surprise,” Father Marovitch."
• Thousands gather to oppose ‘conversion’ in Malaysia: "More than 1,000 angry Muslim protesters gathered outside Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Silibin on Sunday after a rumor rapidly spread through cell phone text messages and e-mails that a group of Muslims had chosen to be baptized and convert to Christianity there."
• Supreme Court to hear arguments re partial-birth abortion ban: "Pro-life groups are hopeful as the United States Supreme Court heads into hearings Wednesday on the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban.The ban was passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, but pro-abortion groups launched three lawsuits against it. Federal appeals courts in Nebraska, New York, and California declared the ban unconstitutional because it lacked a health exception in the case of a threat to the life of the baby’s mother."