Middle-aged women around the world are scarfing up copies of
50 Shades of Grey, a new trilogy of books that feature sex scenes complete with sado-masochism and bondage, which is sparking controversy everywhere from women's circles to library clubs.
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Poor women desperate for financial assistance are lining up alongside couples longing to conceive in a fertility clinic near New Delhi's whose owner says business is booming.
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Another round of religious freedom rallies took place on Friday, June 8, and drew tens of thousands into the streets to take a public stand against recent laws that violate the Constitution's First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
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During this busy travel season, we could all benefit from the advice Pope Benedict XVI gave to participants in the fifteenth World Seminar for Catholic Civil Aviation Chaplains and Chaplaincy Members about how to witness to our Faith in a place that allows each of us to make a global impact - at the airport!
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report Thursday which revealed a marked increase in the number of attempted suicides among teens in 2011.
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In spite of it being taught in most schools as settled science, the theory of evolution remains a tough sell among the population with only 15 percent of Americans - mostly non-church going liberals - who say they believe man evolved without any help from God.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A new, non-invasive prenatal test that can screen unborn babies for up to 3,500 genetic disorders is raising questions about how results could lead to an increase in abortions.
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In an effort to curb soaring teen pregnancy rates, Planned Parenthood has opened a clinic inside a public high school in Los Angeles where students can now received "reproductive health" counseling and birth control without their parents' knowledge.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging governments to step up surveillance of gonorrhea, the second most prevalent sexually transmitted disease (STD), which has developed such an extensive resistance to antibiotics it is on the verge of becoming a super bug.
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A judge in New Mexico decided that a Christian photography studio violated the state's Human Rights Act when it refused to photograph a lesbian union and has ruled against the studio's claim that their religious rights were violated.
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