As un-American as it may be, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago is warning that recent cultural changes in the U.S. has resulted in a legal system that is beginning to behave much like sharia law which imposes "religion" on its citizens by telling them what they must think and what ‘values’ they must embrace in order to be part of the country.
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This year's historic Synod of Bishops on the Family, which will be held in Rome on October 5-19 will include 14 married couples as well as representatives of other Christian denominations.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Officials of the small northern English town of Rotherham released a report last week which revealed that between 1997 and 2013, at least 1,400 girls in the town had been raped by gangs of Pakistani men, an appalling situation that continues to this day because local officials are too afraid of appearing politically incorrect.
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The spread of the deadly ebola virus throughout West Africa is reaching epic proportions with infected people in the hardest hit areas unable to find available hospital beds and new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) saying 20,000 could be infected before it's all over.
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As of today, the traditional U.S. family consisting of a mom, the breadwinner dad, and children is no longer the norm, with the majority of families now consisting of both a working mom and dad, a single or a cohabiting parent.
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Did you know that on any given day throughout the world, one person commits suicide every 40 seconds? That's more than all the annual victims of wars and natural disasters combined!
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In a recent television interview, Cardinal Raymond Burke, head of the Apostolic Signatura, corrected the widespread misperception of Pope Francis' comment about homosexuality when he said, "Who am I to judge?"
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A major study has dispelled the myth that divorce is easier on children if the parents maintain an amiable relationship after their separation when it found that the negative impact remains the same regardless of whether or not the parents remain friends.
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A new poster campaign taking place at 25 colleges in the U.S. and Mexico encourages students to question the "hook-up" culture so rampant on campuses and to choose healthier alternatives.
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A federal judge in Louisiana has upheld the state's constitutional authority to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, saying that citizens and their elected officials should define marriage, not the court system.
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As un-American as it may be, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago is warning that recent cultural changes in the U.S. has resulted in a legal system that is beginning to behave much like sharia law which imposes "religion" on its citizens by telling them what they must think and what ‘values’ they must embrace in order to be part of the country.
