On the same day that representatives from over 190 countries met in South Africa to tackle the issue of climate change, Pope Benedict XVI addressed a group of Italian teenagers, urging them - and all of the faithful - to be “true guardians of life and creation”.
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A Palestinian government anxious to prove to the world that it can maintain historic sites of international importance is in the process of brokering a deal between three different Christian groups whose infighting has prevented much-needed renovations to one of the Holy Land's most beloved sites - the Church of the Nativity.
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A Texas man is suing a local fertility clinic for using his sperm without his permission after it was allegedly stolen by his ex-girlfriend.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann
Instead of helping an elderly man who collapsed to the floor in a West Virginia Target Store on Black Friday morning, Christmas shoppers merely stepped over him in their haste to get at bargain merchandise.
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Thirteen year-old Lucy Hinks was described as a "bright scholar" who excelled at math and had a bright future ahead - until she received the controversial human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that left her unable to get out of bed or even feed herself.
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A judge in British Columbia is expected to hand down a ruling today regarding whether Canada's anti-polygamy law violates the country's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a decision that will likely fuel the ongoing debate about whether multiple-partner unions should be legalized.
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In what should serve as a warning to many who follow after the mostly non-credentialed gurus who populate the New Age self-help industry, the once popular James Arthur Ray, a favorite of Oprah Winfrey, was sentenced to two years in prison for the grisly deaths of three people during a New Age sweat-lodge ceremony near Sedona, Arizona in October, 2009.
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Thanks to the ingenuity of doctors, a pregnant woman diagnosed with mouth cancer was able to receive the life-saving chemotherapy and radiation she needed without doing harm to her unborn child.
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Those of us who are anxious about becoming too addicted to our cell phones have a new worry to add to our collection - texting in our sleep.
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A private meeting between President Obama and Archbishop Timothy Dolan, head of the U.S. Bishops, has resulted in a new proposal to expand the religious exemption from new rules that require health insurance plans to cover contraceptives for women.
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