Health of 3-Parent Children in Question

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

IVFOfficials are now investigating the health of 30 children who were born more than a decade ago via a controversial process that has since been banned because it relied on using genes from three “parents”.

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Downward Facing: The Dark Side of Yoga (Part II)

yoga worshipThis is Part II of a two-part series documenting the experience of Priscilla de George, a devout Catholic woman who thought she would be safe if she prayed to Jesus and Mary while attending yoga classes, and whose life began falling apart shortly after she started the practice.

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New HHS Mandate Rules Disappoint

HHS mandate fightArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and other religious leaders have expressed disappointment with the revisions made to the birth control mandate that still do not protect the consciences of those who object to this coverage on religious grounds.

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Downward Facing: The Dark Side of Yoga (Part 1)

yoga classThe “yoga wars” are hotter than ever, with both sides staking out their positions and hammering their tent pegs ever deeper into the ground, but for everyday people like 54 year-old Priscilla de George (not her real name), this isn’t a matter of taking sides – it’s a matter of life and death.

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