Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, speaks at an event titled "Defeating Assisted Suicide in Indiana" at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Parish in Whiting, Ind., Feb. 29, 2020. (CNS photo/Laura Ieraci) See INDIANA-ASSISTED-SUICIDE March 9, 2020.

A family member of victims cries while praying during the reopening ceremony of St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 12, 2019, months after it was closed because of an Easter bombing. A new poll shows that although more than half of U.S. Catholics are "very concerned" about the persecution of Christians around the world, the level of concern has declined in the past two years. The poll was was conducted by McLaughlin & Associates on behalf of Aid to the Church in Need-USA, an international papal agency that supports suffering and persecuted Christians in more than 140 countries. (CNS photo/Dinuka Liyanawatte, Reuters) See POLL-CHRISTIAN-PERSECUTION March 6, 2020.