Government to offer HPV vaccine to 12-year-old girls
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New Jersey Senate rejects same-sex marriage
Demand for paid childcare may be lower than estimated
The increasing secularisation of Europe, not Muslims, is to blame for the continent’s increasing Islamisation, a leading European cardinal has warned. Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the Archbishop of Prague, said Muslims were well placed to fill the spiritual void “created as Europeans systematically empty the Christian content of their lives”. “Europe has denied its Christian...
Minister for Education, Batt O’Keefe, has said he believes that the controversial Stay Safe child programme should be mandatory in all schools. The current child protection guidelines and procedures issued to all schools by the Department of Education are based on Children First, the Department of Health and Children’s national guidelines for the protection and...
Christians and people of other religions should not “leave their faith at the door” in politics, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. Speaking ahead of this year’s general election, Mr Brown added that Christian engagement in politics was beneficial for building a better society. His statement comes as critics say that his Government’s legislation, including...
The vast majority, 93 per cent, of US mothers believe that there is a “father absence” crisis in America, but single mothers are far less likely to have a positive view of a father’s role in the family than married, according to a survey carried out by a leading family research institute. A study, entitled...
The Archdiocese of Washington DC has pledged to continue fighting to provide services without compromising the Church’s stand on same-sex marriage. It has also rejected the so-called ‘San Francisco option’ as a way out of the dispute. Last month, the district’s City Council legalised same-sex “marriage”, but the bill contained only a narrow religious exemption...
Barriers preventing lone parents from working need to be removed, according to OPEN, an organistation representing 80 lone parent groups. Responding to suggestions by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin, about phasing out the one-parent family payment when children reach the age of 13, OPEN director Frances Byrne said that she welcomed...
