US Teacher’s Union Asks UN to Mandate Graphic Sex Ed to Combat “Homophobia”

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

A representative of the National Education Association (NEA) has asked the UN to do more to combat “homophobia and transphobia” in schools by mandating “inclusive” sex education in U.S. schools that do not teach abstinence or allow students to opt-out.

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Archbishop: Empowering Women Means Honoring Motherhood

by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

During an address to the United Nations regarding international goals for securing gender equality and the empowerment of women, the Vatican’s representative, Archbishop Celestino Migliore said honoring women’s unique service to others in the heart of the home is essential to the true empowerment of women.

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Pope Addresses UN Summit on Climate Change

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer

In a televised address to participants in the UN summit on climate change, which was held in New York City on Sept. 22, Pope Benedict XVI said that because the natural environment is given by God to everyone, “our use of it entails a personal responsibility towards humanity as a whole, particularly towards the poor and towards future generations.”

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