The Synod of Bishops entered its critical second phase on Friday when the bishops formed into small groups to arrive at decisions about what should be in included in a document known as the "relatio" which will be the basis of discussion at the Ordinary Synod on the Family to be convene in October, 2015.
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Dr. Thomas Hilgers and his wife, Sue, founders of the
Pope Paul Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction - which has brought hope and healing to countless women and couples struggling with infertility - will be in attendance on Sunday when Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI.
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A UK-based research team has conducted the largest-ever medical study on the possibility of life after death and has confirmed that there is scientific evidence to suggest that life can continue after death.
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A devout Catholic couple from Pennsylvania chose a unique way to celebrate the short life of their baby boy, Shane, who lived just four hours after being born with a rare fatal birth defect. Knowing he wouldn't live long, they created a "bucket list" of all the places he would have enjoyed and visited each one while he was still in utero.
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The fifth, sixth and seventh sessions of the historic Synod on the Family continued to discuss "difficult pastoral situations" such as same-sex marriages, cohabitation, the divorce, and polygamy.
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The University of California in San Francisco is launching the first-ever online abortion course mean to educate students on the various types of abortion in order to help them to "take steps in their communities to increase access to safe abortion and decrease stigma about abortion."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A 29 year-old newlywed who is dying of terminal brain cancer has decided to move to Oregon where she can end her life on her own terms and has vowed to devote the rest of her days on earth to fighting for the right of all Americans to access assisted suicide.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSA Christian business owner has been ordered into a "diversity training" (read re-education) program for refusing to produce t-shirts for a gay pride parade.
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Married couples from the United States and Australia addressed the Synod of Bishops on Monday and offered an intimate glimpse of how average Catholics view Church teaching on the subject of marriage and the family.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Laboratories around the world are working on strange new forms of assisted reproductive technologies aimed at treating infertility no matter what the cost to human dignity.
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