While visiting the remains of Blessed John XXIII, Pope Francis gave sound advice to the faithful when he encouraged them to imitate Pope John's daily abandonment to God that enabled him "to completely break away from himself and to adhere to Christ."
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Australia has become the first country in the world to officially recognize a person of "non-specified" gender after a court of appeals permitted the existence of a third sex that is neither male nor female.
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The woman whose adoption story inspired the hit movie, The Blindside, is debuting in a new television series designed to help families get through the adoption process.
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In spite of last-minute efforts by President Barack Obama to get support for same-sex marriage, lawmakers in his home state of Illinois failed to garner enough support to bring the matter to a vote during this session.
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Concerned alumni, students, parents and faculty of Georgetown University have sent a letter to Washington DC's Cardinal Donald Wuerl officially requesting that the Church deal with the profound secularism that abounds on the campus and to consider, if necessary, revoking the university's right to call it self both "Catholic" and "Jesuit."
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An international conference of the world's largest abortion and contraception providers have converged on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to discuss the "empowerment of girls and women" by means of contraception and abortion rather than through the health care services they really need.
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Members of the staff of convicted Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who agreed to testify against him in exchange for lighter sentences, are receiving sentences ranging from 23 months in prison to probation.
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A new Pew report has found that a record number of American women are now the sole or primary breadwinner in their families.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSNew York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has launched a new app for teens that will direct them to clinics where they can get help with "sexual health" issues ranging from contraception and abortion services to dealing with same-sex attraction.
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Chinese authorities say they have identified the mother of the newborn baby who was found trapped in a sewer pipe on Saturday. The woman confessed to giving the birth to the baby in the bathroom and then panicking when it got stuck in the toilet.
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