California court rules gays are entitled to marry!
Marriage suffered a blow this week when the California Supreme Court ruled, by four votes to three, that state laws limiting marriage to the union of a husband and wife…
Religious people more likely to be happy
People who go to church this Easter are more likely to be happy than those who don’t, according to new research. A study of the effect of religion on quality…
Aboriginal Families: Sincerely sorry!
“Sorry seems to be the hardest word” sang Elton John in one of his early hits. But the new Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, found it easy enough. As the…
PARENTS ANGRY OVER PEER SEX-ED INSTRUCTION
The battle over sex education in the United States continues, with some parents of students at a New Jersey high school challenging a programme that uses peer instructors. School district…
‘Social’ websites implicated in another SUICIDE!
What appears to be a suicide cult has claimed another victim in the Welsh town of Bridgend. (See the blog of January 28) Angie Fuller, 18, (picture) was found by…
Father’s essential role in upbringing confirmed
Fathers are often missing from family life and this puts their children at a considerable disadvantage, as research over the last 20 years shows. A Swedish team reviewed 24 published…
Where did universities come from?
When a group of students and professors refused to hear the pope speak at their Roman university they were denying their own tradition. The conventional view nowadays regarding faith and…
Police fear internet cult inspires teen suicides
Detectives fear a bizarre suicide craze is sweeping through teenagers in a small town fueled by chat on social networking sites after seven friends took their own lives. As well…
All screens, all the time for British kids
A generation of multi-tasking British children are living their daily lives — including eating and falling asleep — to the accompaniment of television, according to a survey of youngsters’ media…
Kenya: Post-Election Violence Displaces Over 100,000 Children
Kenya’s bishops appealed to their countrymen to stop the "senseless killing of our brothers and sisters" and asked for an investigation into the December 27 elections that sparked violence. In…
Huge turnout in Madrid affirms the family
Recognizing and fostering "the marvellous reality of the indissoluble marriage between man and woman", is "one of the greatest services which can be rendered nowadays to the common good and…
Community-based child-care providers
A colorful array of childcare and preschool options blossomed in the 1970s as the feminist movement spurred mothers into careers and community organizations nurtured new programs. Now a small circle…