The gripping story of a 14 year-old Chicago girl who just barely escaped a forced marriage has become an internet sensation that is bringing all the right attention to the horrific plight of too many women around the world.
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Emersyn helping mom send letter to her doctor
The mother of a daughter with Down Syndrome recently published a copy of the heart wrenching letter she sent to the doctor who advised her to abort the child who has become the joy of her family.
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MG writes: “ . . .
[M]y wife has been ill for many years and we have gone to all kinds of alternative medical people and have gained nothing. Now she has gotten an infra red wand and is treating herself with this. We got it from a Chinese person who does this for a living. I would like to know if this is the same as acupuncture and with the new age movement.”
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“We can do no great things, only small
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In an outrageous over-reaction to a first-grader reading Bible verses aloud during lunch hour, a public school in Palmdale, California actually sent the local sheriff to the child’s house to warn the boy’s parents to stop encouraging him to do so.
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The Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
In a rare sign of unity, the three branches of Christianity who oversee one of the Holy Land’s most precious sites – the Church of the Holy Sepulchre – have put aside their differences to join together in critically needed renovations of the site.
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A Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
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Highly discriminatory legislation aimed at extending the statute of limitation for filing civil lawsuits alleging childhood sexual abuse that occurred only in private and nonprofit institutions are making their way through the state legislatures in Pennsylvania and New York.
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A cloth with a drop of blood from St. John Paul II has been reported stolen from the Cologne Cathedral.
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A major new study has found that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from severe stress and anxiety which is likely due to the pressures of managing work and family.
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The gripping story of a 14 year-old Chicago girl who just barely escaped a forced marriage has become an internet sensation that is bringing all the right attention to the horrific plight of too many women around the world.
