
In a press release issued yesterday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) denounced a decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to allow the state of California to force all health plans to cover elective abortions, and is calling for immediate passage of the Conscience Protection Act to remedy the situation.
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Although the number of married same-sex couples in the U.S. has increased since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage last year, more than half remain unmarried.
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The owner of a café in upstate New York is refusing to remove a “God Bless America” banner from the porch of her establishment after the town insisted she take it down.
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A new study conducted in the UK has found that children as young as 11 years are being “stripped of their childhoods” by viewing graphic sexual images on mobile phones and tablets.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Christophobia is alive and well among the elite in the U.S. who are now attempting to blame Christian conservatives for creating the culture which inspired a radicalized Muslim to kill 50 people in a gay bar in Orlando on Sunday.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
At a recent board meeting, Target CEO Brian Cornell insisted he wanted their stores to be “welcoming, comfortable and safe,” a gesture that rang hollow when he displayed complete indifference to the safety concerns of millions of customers who don’t agree with the retailer’s controversial bathroom policy.
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A major new study has found that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from severe stress and anxiety which is likely due to the pressures of managing work and family.
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Pete Shilaimon, executive producer of the movie,
Risen, recently opened up about his family’s flight from Iraq and how they left the country with little more than the clothes on their backs and the crosses they wore around their necks.
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A movement is growing around the world to boycott the film, Me Before You, opening tonight in the USA, which calls itself a “romance” about a quadriplegic who falls in love with his care giver but eventually opts to kill himself rather than live as a quadriplegic.
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In a recent address, Baltimore’s Archbishop William Lori warned that the “polite persecution” of Christians which is eroding religious freedom in the U.S. is creating a “merciless society.”
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