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African Girl Brought to UK for Organ Harvesting
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African Girl Brought to UK for Organ Harvesting

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by on Oct 29, 2013 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, The Social Order, Those in Need
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This is so horrific and evil that it almost defies reason. Officials have rescued a girl from Somalia that was brought to the UK to harvest her organs. They are sure that this is not an isolated incidence. The Telegraph has the story: The unnamed girl was brought to the UK from Somalia with the […]

Sex-Trafficking in China
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Sex-Trafficking in China

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by on Jun 29, 2013 in Featured, International Issues, Those in Need
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On June 19, 2013 the State Department released its annual report, “Trafficking in Persons Report.” China received an automatic downgrade to the lowest ranking, Tier 3. The State Department acknowledged the one-child policy as the “key source of demand” for sex-trafficking within the country, but remained silent on revoking the policy in its recommendations for […]

Obama Waives Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers
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Obama Waives Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers

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by on Aug 14, 2012 in Featured, International Issues, Those in Need
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The Washington Times reported the Obama administration waived sanctions that would prevent countries from receiving foreign aid for violating the Child-Soldier Prevention Act. Obama, who co-sponsored the legislation in 2008 as an Illinois senator, has now permitted aid to countries that have used children as young as 11 to fight under a “national interest” exclusion within […]

Fiction: Ruach
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Fiction: Ruach

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by on Jun 08, 2012 in Fiction, Fiction, Poetry & Humor
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Ruach by Sylvia Dorham Dark ran it’s finger around the outskirts of the city like a child licking the last of the brownie batter from a wide bowl. Dusk settled first around skyscrapers and funneled down to the brownstones and nondescript buildings which housed businesses below upper-storey homes. The stars flew open and shone from […]

Bishops File Appeal in Defense of Reason and Truth
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Bishops File Appeal in Defense of Reason and Truth

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by on Apr 23, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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What do sex trafficking and abortion have in common? Well, according to a federal judge, Catholic service agencies that refuse to offer abortion to women victimized by sex trafficking are not eligible for government funding. In 2009, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the federal government, arguing that the government “has allowed the USCCB […]

House Investigates Obama Admin Decision to Deny Bishops Grant Over Abortion
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House Investigates Obama Admin Decision to Deny Bishops Grant Over Abortion

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by on Dec 02, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Yesterday the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a two-hour hearing investigating whether the Obama administration denied grant money to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops because of its religious objections to abortion. Under the Bush administration, the bishops received a five-year $19 million grant to help victims of human trafficking. The grant was first […]

We Are Penn State: Complicity in the Wake of Abuse
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We Are Penn State: Complicity in the Wake of Abuse

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by on Nov 15, 2011 in Featured, Law & Justice
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All three network morning news programs opened recently with the story of the phone call firing of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Hardened newscasters expressed shock that men like Paterno, Penn State president Graham Spanier, and other university officials knew that children were being abused, yet turned their backs. “Who among us,” one […]

10 Things You Need to Know About Slavery in Islam
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10 Things You Need to Know About Slavery in Islam

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by on Jul 03, 2011 in Featured, Law & Justice
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1. Muslim slave trade in Africa has lasted 14 centuries and continues to this day in places like Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. 2. Over 17 million slaves (mostly black women and children) were transported out of Africa by Islamic traders. Another 85 million are believed to have died en route. 3. The Prophet Muhammad practiced and approved of […]