Even as the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) proceeds with its annual assembly this week during which they will honor a dissenting nun, the Pew Center Research Center is reporting that the number of nuns in the U.S. is continuing its steep decline.
Monthly Archives: August 2014
IVF Goes Terribly Wrong in Italy
The fate of a pair of twin babies conceived via IVF and born last week – to the wrong mother – is now held in the hands of an Italian judge.
God Given Gifts
“Humility does not consist in ignorance of
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Twin Sisters
“Real excellence and humility are not
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Great Graces
“Great graces cannot be obtained without
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US Sends Aid and Airstrikes to Help Stranded Iraqis
Sinjar mountains
Even before Americans heard their president speak last night, more than 70 bundles of food and water had been air-dropped to a group of 40,000 refugees stranded atop Mount Sinjar near Mosul, Iraq while targeted airstrikes reportedly began this morning.
Parents Threaten to Sue Over Graphic Sex Ed Text
More than 1,000 parents in the Fremont School District in California are threatening to sue over a ninth-grade “heal” textbook containing graphic sexual images and references practices such as the use of vibrators and sado-masochism.
Humility of Heart
“Jesus invited us to be like Him,
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Amish Want Disparaging Reality Shows to Stop
The Amish people, supported by Catholics and Christians of all denominations, are banding together in protest of a rash of reality show programming that features a bigoted misrepresentation of their religion.
Marriage Wars Not Over Yet
Veteran Supreme Court reporter Richard Wolf says there’s an Achilles heel in recent federal appeals court decisions in favor of same-sex marriage – most were not unanimous and the dissenting judges waged excellent arguments that will most certainly be considered when these cases reach the nation’s highest court.
