An annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation's children and youth revealed some good news - a decline in infant mortality, preterm birth and adolescent birth rates - but also found an increase in poverty and a decrease in secure parental employment.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Typical of the anti-religion tack of most mainstream news outlets these days, the secular press is having a field day with a decision by the Diocese of Arlington to require its Catholics teachers to do the unthinkable - sign a fidelity oath.
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The details of a massive Medicaid fraud lawsuit filed against Planned Parenthood by a former employee alleges the company scammed taxpayers out of $28 million in false claims made over a 10 year period.
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A prominent doctor is sounding the alarm on Melinda Gates' new "Family Planning" initiative that will promote a dangerous new form of contraception to poor women in developing nations while reaping billions in profits to providers.
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Congressmen concerned about the ramifications of the Obama administration's oppressive birth control mandate that could force religious health care institutions out of business are introducing a bill to repeal the rule.
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A member of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Healing Love, has issued a public statement in which she welcomes the Vatican's action against the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) saying that the dissident organization does not represent her or thousands of other nuns.
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The Vatican has had enough of the media's penchant for publishing blasphemous images of Pope Benedict XVI while calling it "free speech" and filed an injunction yesterday against the German magazine, Titanic, for an offensive cover image of the pope.
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Anyone wondering what harm is being done to women and relationships in the wake of the sado-masochistic romance craze inspired by the
Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy need look no further than a popular online dating community that says business has been booming with women looking for their "Christian Grey" since the advent of the series. This type of romance had become the
best dating advice for men taking part in 2015, just a few months after the movie was first released.
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Even though the present battle on the Hill is about President Barack Obama's vow not to tax any family making less than $250,000 annually, if ObamaCare and its mandated taxing system is not repealed, the new health care law will more than cancel out all the good that could have been done for the middle class by extending the Bush tax cuts.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Father Marcel Guarnizo, the priest who famously denied communion to a lesbian Buddhist named Barbara Johnson at a Washington DC church this past winter is no longer in ministry in the Archdiocese.
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