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Rape and Incest Victims Don’t Want Abortion, Say It Doesn’t Help Women

August 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

Voters Debating South Dakota Abortion Ban Unaware Abortion Intensifies Victims’ Trauma
 
Abortion creates more problems for rape and incest victims than it solves, according to the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant by Sexual Assault (WPSA).
In an effort to gain a public voice in the contentious abortion debate, the group has written a petition to Congress [...]

Aug

30

Burundi “Angel” Tells of Rescuing Children

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African Testimonies Impact Rimini Meeting
By Antonio Gaspari
The hope-filled eyes of children helped the “angel of Burundi” find God in the midst of Burundi’s civil war that cost some 200,000 lives over nearly a dozen years.
Marguerite Barankitse was one of three African women who gave their testimonies at the Rimini meeting organized by the Catholic lay [...]

Aug

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Catholic Charities: US Has Too Many Poor

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The president of Catholic Charities USA said it is “unacceptable” that there are 37.3 million poor people in a nation as prosperous as the United States.
Father Larry Snyder said this in response to statistics released Tuesday by the United States Census Bureau, which revealed that 800,000 more people are living in poverty in the United [...]

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Women, Abortion and Mental Health

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Reactions to Study of American Psychological Association
By Karna Swanson
The bottom line regarding abortion and mental health is that women have been hurt and they need help, says the founder of Project Rachel.
“I have met women from every continent,” Victoria Thorn told ZENIT. “I have heard many experiences and reasons for abortions — and the sadness [...]

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Pope Sends Blessing to New Church in Russia

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Cardinal Angelo Sodano is bearing the blessing of Benedict XVI to a new church constructed in Kazan, where authorities of the Muslim-majority city have made the worship site possible.
Kazan, the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, will be home for the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross. Cardinal Sodano, dean of the College [...]

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