By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One child in 10 in the United States lives with a grandparent, a share that increased slowly and steadily over the past decade before rising sharply from 2007-08, the first year of the Great Recession, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) is circulating a positive youth statement that will be presented to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in an attempt to dissuade them from endorsing a radical pro-abortion document that calls for the creation of policies that will treat children as totally autonomous from their parents.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
More than 400 students from a high school in western Pennsylvania were watching a presentation on the importance of giving blood when the screen suddenly filled with X-rated homosexual pornography.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A senior Vatican official is warning that unless European Christians begin to live according to their beliefs, the entire continent of Europe will be overrun by Muslims.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Sacramento, California was the scene of a 12-hour rally on Saturday that attracted thousands of people who came to pray and fast in front of the state Capitol for an end to abortion, same-sex marriage and pornography.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi has turned a cordial visit to Rome into an international incident by calling for Europe to convert to Islam, offering to find Libyan husbands for Italian women, and trying to extort $1 billion a year from the Italian government for his help in preventing Italy from "turning black" due to increased African immigration.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Hollywood has once again proven its desire to advance the culture of death by awarding an Emmy to actor Al Pacino for his portrayal of assisted suicide guru and convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian in an HBO film.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, said that societies without children have not only a bleak future, but also experience a "lack of balance between generations" and an "educational poverty."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An estimated half million people converged on the National Mall on Saturday for a rally honoring the Founding Father's vision of a God-fearing America.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Experts in the dangers of pornography are reacting to a story published by an
Associated Press (AP) writer who describes the increasing presence of pornography in Iraq as a sign that things have "improved."
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