Religious leaders from across all denominations signed onto a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing concern over the department's creation of a "two-class concept of religious organizations" in its birth control mandate that affords unequal religious freedom protections to faith-based organizations.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The bishop who led the doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR) has published a revealing op-ed explaining exactly why the Vatican took the position it did and sets the record straight about the many misrepresentations of the facts in this case.
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Two new studies released on Sunday which reveal marked negative outcomes in children raised by homosexual parents are raising serious challenges to claims that no notable differences exist between children raised in hetero vs. homosexual families.
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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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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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