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Susan G Komen for the Cure grants to Planned Parenthood totaled roughly $680,000 last year and $580,000 the year before, going to at least 19 of its affiliates.

Nation's leading breast-cancer charity halts partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/1/2012

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation's leading breast-cancer charity has halted its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants. The end of support for the largest abortion provider in the nation has earned the ...

When one submits to their partner and the will of God, they build a lasting union on a foundation of love

Guest Reflection: In Christian Marriage, True Submission Means True Success

By Dan Shea • Catholic Online • 1/27/2012

Few consider the power of submission; it is a simple, voluntary yielding done out of love for someone or something. An athlete voluntarily submits to the agony of training and competition. In his pain, he is united with his fellow competitors as they strive to meet their goals. ...

Early Fresco of the Visitation of Mary with Elizabeth

Catholic Social Teaching: The Family, Gift and Sanctuary of Life

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. • Catholic Online • 1/17/2012

Every child born to a family is a gift and a benefit not only to his or her mother, father, brothers or sisters, but also to the entire community into which he or she is born. The family is the temple where the flame of life is transmitted. It is a temple dedicated to the Lord of ...

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Love & Relationship

Catholic, Gay, and Feeling Fine, Thanks: Part 1

By Sonja Corbitt • Catholic Online • 11/9/2011

The persecution and bigotry from both sides of the issue proceed, partly, from misunderstanding. Steve Gershom's simultaneous Catholicity and SSA are what is so compelling about his message. Ultimately he beautifully illustrates the tension between the beauty of faith and honest acknowledgment of ...

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Kaspar the Friendly Robot helps autistic children

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 3/9/2011

At a pre-school for autistic children in Stevenage, north of London, researchers bring in a human-looking, child-sized robot weekly for a supervised session with children, whose autism ranges from mild to severe. Playing with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the ...

The biggest spike for breakups was after Valentine's Day, as that holiday has a way of defining relationships, for better or worse and in the weeks leading up to spring break.

Facebook has fascinating theory on romantic breakups

By Catholic Online • Catholic Online • 11/2/2010

Facebook is the premiere social networking site that is literally into everybody's business - marital and/or relationship status, employment, education, you name it. It stands to follow that a database that tracks when people hookup, break up and make up would have a relevant chart showing the ups ...

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Living Faith

The Happy Priest: Jesus Gives Meaning to Human Suffering

By Fr. James Farfaglia • Catholic Online • 2/5/2012

Jesus does not take away human suffering; rather he transforms it and gives it new meaning. In his book Compassion, Henri Nouwen, no stranger to sorrow and pain, expresses this idea with these words: "The mystery of God's love is not that our pain is taken away, but that God first ...

Catholic Social Doctrine: The Right to Work and the Dignity of the Human Person

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. • Catholic Online • 2/5/2012

The Church honors human work, and sees it as a fundamental good of man. She recognizes it as both a duty and a right. The reason work is both a duty and a right stems from two facts. First, the fact that work is necessary. Second, the fact that work affirms the dignity of the human ...

Being Still,leisure, is a part of being human

Catholic Social Doctrine: Understanding the Holiness of Leisure

By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. • Catholic Online • 2/2/2012

It is in the hopes of recapturing this entire lost world that the Church urges that "Christians, in respect of religious freedom and of the common good of all, should seek to have Sundays and the Church's Holy Days recognized as legal holidays." But legality alone will not transform our ...

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Home & Food

The Sevananda Natural Foods Market, located in Atlanta, Georgia has been in business for 37 years. The market is planning several programs to recognize the International Year of Cooperatives, including

Food co-ops becoming more and more 'a way of life'

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/1/2012

Food co-ops were once the province of hippie communes or cosmopolitan cities with strong left-wing policies. However, more food co-ops are gaining popularity all over the United States, particularly in the southern states, where people are hoping to expand on what they view as more than ...

Ever put a cracker in your kid's hand? Five of those pack about 190 milligrams of sodium, according to Calorie King.

Kids develop taste for salt through starchy foods

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/11/2012

A new study has found that kids develop a taste for salt early on if they eat starchy foods that contain sodium. Things like soft breads, cereals and crackers are all loaded with sodium. Many parents have no second thoughts about handing these types of foods to their kids. LOS ANGELES, CA ...

Jensen Farms remains closed pending further FDA inspections.

Worst of listeria outbreak over

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/20/2011

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Wednesday that unsanitary conditions at a Colorado farm's packing facility may be the cause of one of the worst outbreaks of listeria in modern US history. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is also saying that ...

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Single Living

Four single men, one long checklist and one humbled woman

Making A List? Check It Twice! (4 Men, 4 Lessons)

By Catherine Perry • Catholic Match: Blog • 7/10/2011

In her quest for Mr. Right, a devout single woman from New York encountered four different prospects -- and was surprised by what she discovered. Before my spiritual awakening - one that I can partially thank CatholicMatch for - I'd had a very limited understanding of what prayer was. I'd ...

Michael Bowes, 30, a bass fisherman from Virginia, received spiritual direction in his journey to becoming a Mercedarian friar.

A Discerner's Prayer: 'God, Send Me 3 Signs'

By Michael Bowes • Catholic Match: Blog • 7/10/2011

Michael Bowes, 30, an avid 360 gamer, found himself praying intensely after visiting the Mercedarians. He asked God for three signs that he had found his spiritual home. During my discernment with the Mercedarians I found a holy spiritual director who helped guide me on my journey. Father Jack ...

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