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London, England, Aug 4, 2017 / 12:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Recent statistics show that more than half of women seeking abortions in Britain last year were using at least one form of contraception.The statistics were based on 60,592 women who had abortions at clinics operated by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), the country’s largest abortion provider.The BPAS report notes that 51.2 percent of women who sought abortions in 2016 were using at least one form of contraception, and that a quarter of these women were using methods considered to be the “most effective” forms, such as hormonal birth control pills and long-acting methods such as implants or IUDs.Typically, methods of abortion such as the IUD which is touted as being as high as 98-99 percent effective. However, this is with so-called “perfect use” and doesn’t account for human error, such as imperfect implantation methods.“While it is true that failure rates for LARCs (lon...
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- In the five years since a white supremacist fatally shot six worshippers at a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple, those affected by the tragedy have remained united by a mission to combat hatred....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Since becoming an adult, the eldest son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly drawn media criticism for what has been portrayed as a life of privilege at taxpayers' expense....
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Alarm over North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile tests, a germinal step to temper South China Sea disputes and unease over a disastrous siege by pro-Islamic State group militants will grab the spotlight in an annual gathering of Southeast Asia's top diplomats with their Asian and Western counterparts....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Get your insurance through your employer? The ongoing political turmoil around "Obamacare" all but guarantees you'll still be able to do that....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is heading toward a showdown with his political foes, promising to seat a new constituent assembly Friday that will rewrite the country's constitution and hold powers that override all other government branches....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Firefighters have put out a blaze that broke out early Friday in one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below, the city authorities said....
Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2017 / 10:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A prominent Jesuit publication’s essay on American religion and politics continues to provoke responses from critics concerned its two authors fundamentally misunderstand the situation of Catholics in the United States.“Their essay is bad but important,” said New York Times columnist Ross Douthat Aug. 2, saying its apparent intention is to warn about Catholic support for “the darker tendencies in Trumpism” like xenophobia, stigmatization of enemies, the “prosperity-gospel inflected worship of success,” and a “crude view of Islam.”For Douthat, however, the authors’ understanding of American religion “seems to start and end with Google searches and anti-evangelical tracts.” In his view, secularization and political polarization have made the place of Catholics in the U.S. “more difficult and perplexing.” Both Catholic support for Trump and more ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The staff of the weekly newspaper Riodoce normally meets on Wednesdays to review their plans for coverage of the most recent mayhem wrought in Sinaloa state by organized crime, corrupt officials and ceaseless drug wars. But on this day, in the shadow of their own tragedy, they've come together to talk about security....
St. Louis, Mo., Aug 3, 2017 / 02:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The classic ceremonial hats and capes of Fourth Degree members of the Knights of Columbus that you may have seen at Mass or at parish events will now be getting a major alteration.“This fraternal year, we make another historic change. The Board of Directors has decided that the time is right for a modernization of the Fourth Degree uniform,” Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Carl Anderson announced on Tuesday at the Knights’ 135th annual international convention in St. Louis, Mo. Aaaand the new color guard unis, which are getting some attention on social media... pic.twitter.com/vALB7QVSix— Matthew Hadro (@matthadro) August 3, 2017 The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic men’s organization with over 1.9 million members worldwide. The organization promotes four virtues of fraternity, unity, charity, and solidarity among its members.The Fourth Degree uniform is worn by...
