President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation declaring this day to be a National Day of Prayer and asks Americans to embrace their responsibility to one another and to "rely on the better angels of our nature in service to one another."
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Even though it was widely reported that blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. embassy yesterday on his own volition for a "safe location" somewhere in China, Chen is now saying that he was not given full information about his release and is asking for asylum in the U.S.
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In a sweeping statement issued just last week, the Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations stressed the essential relationship between parents and children, particularly in regard to the education and upbringing of youth, and warned governments away from using the education process as a vehicle of ideological indoctrination.
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A new poll has found that a surprising percentage of the world's population - including 22 percent of Americans - believe the world will end during their lifetime.
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The Catholic owners of Hercules Industries of Denver filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the Obama administration over HHS mandate and is asking the court to halt implementation of the mandate within the next three months.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Disregard for human life among the "pro-choice" population has stooped to new lows with the third annual National Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon, with teams named "Kiss Our Uter-Ass" and 'Bowlin' for 'Bortions" bowling for dollars to provide abortions to poor women.
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The U.S. Bishop's ninth annual report on the priestly sex abuse problem has found that only a small percentage of cases reported in 2011 were current, with most dealing with allegations made about abuse that occurred decades ago.
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An international women's organization devoted to combating forced abortion and human trafficking has published an impassioned letter to President Barack Obama calling upon him to provide diplomatic protection for Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident and "warrior of women's rights" who recently escaped house arrest after opposing China's brutal one-child family planning program.
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Even though the group of dissident nuns known as the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is now under the control of the Vatican, the group's annual convention, scheduled for August and featuring New Age "visionary" Barbara Marx Hubbard, is being permitted to go forward.
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A national survey of law enforcement agencies has found that the sluggish economy has contributed to an increase in domestic violence.
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