After a bloody Christmas Day attack on a Catholic church in Madalla that left 35 people dead, Archbishop John Onaiyekan of the Nigerian capital of Abuja is urging the faithful to ignore an ultimatum issued by the militant Muslim group Boko Haram giving Christians three days to vacate the northern part of the country.
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A Tennessee woman who refused to abort her unborn child after being diagnosed with a rare heart condition has undergone a successful heart transplant.
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UPDATE: (04/07/18):
The following developments have occurred in this case since the publication of this article. All government charges against Dr. Dammai were dismissed on January 27, 2014 by federal judge Francis Stacy after it was determined that he was not a co-conspirator in the case and had no knowledge that the stem cells he provided were being used inappropriately. The charges against Alberto Ramon were also dismissed. Both men were charged with misdemeanors involving mislabeling for which they were fined. However, Francisco Morales was convicted in this case and in a second case with Lawrence Stowe that did not involve Ramon and Dammai. Morales received a 60 month sentence and Stowe was sentenced to six years.Three men involved in a scheme to sell stem cell therapies to people desperate for cures have been arrested by the FBI, with a fourth suspect still at large.
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Pope Benedict XVI's first official act of the New Year was to announce the official establishment of an ordinariate in the U.S. for Anglican groups and clergy who wish to become Catholic, making it one of only two such structures in the world.
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The shutting down of a Bible study group in California and the ruling of the Mt. Soledad Memorial as unconstitutional made the list of the top ten anti-Christian acts of 2011 in the U.S.
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A new study by European researchers has found that today's woman is twice as likely to suffer from depression compared with 40 years ago because of the struggle to manage both family and career.
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The Connecticut Medical Examiner who conducted the post-mortems on the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre of December 14 has asked geneticists at the University of Connecticut to conduct a study of the killer's DNA to look for clues as to why he carried out the mass murder.
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New research suggests that listing the amount of exercise needed to burn off the calories in a food item is more effective in dissuading consumption.
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A Catholic student who was bullied and vilified as a "bigot" for telling a teacher he was offended by homosexuality has filed a lawsuit against the Howell Public School District in Howell, Michigan.
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Because the latest technology is making it more and more difficult for parents to monitor what media their children are consuming, parents need to not only beware of the kind of shows that are being marketed to kids these days, but must be able to teach their children how to "filter" out the right from the wrong in what they're watching.
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