Archive for July 17, 2014

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By Adelaide Mena

(Explicit) Video shows Planned Parenthood promoting violent sex to minors

Planned Parenthood is under fire after a new undercover investigation found staff members promoting bondage, whipping and other violent sexual... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Chaldean patriarch: current state of Iraq is 'chaos'

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako of Iraq has written a letter urging government officials to “waste no more time” in... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Pope Francis to make two trips to Italian city of Caserta

The Vatican confirmed today that Pope Francis will travel twice to the city where an evangelical pastor from Buenos Aires... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Ramadan fasting ban in China draws criticism

A Chinese province’s ban on the observance of the Ramadan fast among Muslim university students ignores the importance that religion... Read more

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By Jan Bentz

Papal trip to Korea should renew local Churches, priest says

In the run up to Pope Francis visit to South Korea next month, a Korean priest said he expects ground... Read more

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Minn. archdiocese suggests dispute with sex abuse affidavit

An auxiliary bishop of the Saint Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese says the affidavit of a former chancellor on the handling of sex... Read more

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Vatican bank starts second phase of reform effort

The Institute for Religious Works, or 'Vatican Bank', has released its annual report for 2013, announcing the start of the... Read more

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By Adelaide Mena

Millions of African children orphaned by violence, AIDS

Tens of millions of African orphans are in need of support and care from a loving, stable family said experts... Read more

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Blogger recounts motherhood as spark that led to conversion

The conversion from atheism to Catholicism was a rewarding journey full of triumph and trial for Jennifer Fulwiler, as outlined... Read more