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Parents of sextuplets turned down advice to abort
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deacon greg kandra
A Catholic couple in the UK gave birth to sextuplets last month — the first set in the UK in more than a quarter century — and, according to news reports, they were told the best thing to do would be to abort some of the fetuses: Nuala Conway, 26, and her husband Austin, from…
“It’s missionary work turned into a business”
By
deacon greg kandra
If you’ve ever had a missionary ring your doorbell, you might be surprised to learn that some Mormons are now turning that skill into a second career during these tough economic times: Six days a week, in fair weather and foul, two-dozen door-to-door salesmen, all of whom live clustered together in an apartment complex in…
Obama appoints another Catholic to senior health position — and some aren’t happy
By
deacon greg kandra
Here’s an interesting bit of news, largely overlooked by the mainstream press yesterday: President Obama has announced that Alexia Kelley, founder of the antiabortion group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, will serve as the director of the Health and Human Services Department’s Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, arousing the ire of some…
Irish religious orders agree to boost payments to sex abuse victims
By
deacon greg kandra
In a followup to news I posted a couple weeks ago, it looks like Ireland’s religious orders will indeed be coughing up more money to compensate victims of sex abuse. From CNS: The 18 Irish religious orders implicated in decades of abuse of thousands of children in their care have agreed to increase their contribution…
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