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Climbing up from the bottom – Youth for Christ gives adolescents, young adults hand up

WINNIPEG, Man. (The Catholic Register) – At an early age Ian Garcia started doing drugs, drinking, partying and hanging out with the ... continue reading

Catholic family remembers U.S. Marine killed in Iraq as 'dad' first

Image of LT. COL. JOSEPH TRANE MCCLOUD AND CHILDREN - Lt. Col. Joseph Trane McCloud, who served with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd U.S. Marine Corp Regiment, posed for a picture with his three children, Grace, Hayden and Meghan, in Hawaii Aug. 23 before deploying to Iraq, where he died Dec. 3 in a helicopter crash, 11 days before his 40th birthday. (CNS/courtesy of Maggie McCloud)

HONOLULU, Hawaii (Hawaii Catholic Herald) – Before he was deployed to Iraq this past August, Marine Corps Lt. Col. Joseph Trane ... continue reading

Uninvolved parents, Internet porn blamed for rise in abuse by youths

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (Our Sunday Visitor) – Any kind of violence or sexual abuse against children is heartbreaking, but when the ... continue reading

Pointers for parents when a child reports sex abuse

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNS) – The news of a child’s sexual abuse can be shocking and parents may not know how to respond to the ... continue reading

Canadian Catholic News: Catholic ministers urged to avoid ‘superhuman’ trap, balance home, work, health

SASKATOON, Canada (CCN/Prairie Messsenger) – Establishing healthy boundaries that balance work, home and health was the challenge ... continue reading

Making more family time

Image of FAMILY TOGETHER TIME: In an era when busy families may not have much of a chance to be together, scheduling blocks of time and activities with children brings the family closer together. (CNS)

WASHINGTON (CNS) – Increasing demands of work, school and community pull parents and their children in a hundred different directions ... continue reading

UCAN: Thai youth to celebrate love on 'crazy' Valentine's Day

BANGKOK, Thailand (UCAN) – Sitting side by side, hand in hand, Masaaki and Kittima said they would hold hands all day long on ... continue reading

UCAN: Promote gender equality beginning with family, gov’t minister urges Catholics

KUPANG, Indonesia (UCAN) – Indonesia's minister for women empowerment recently called on Catholics to join in the government's program ... continue reading

Young adults tell their own stories about life as a Catholic today

WASHINGTON (CNS) – Before participants in a Feb. 6 Woodstock Forum at Georgetown University in Washington heard from sociologists ... continue reading

Valentine's Day: How to avoid those 'love blunders'

Image of ROSES ARE RED – Roses are a traditional gift indicating love and romance any day of the year but particularly on Valentine's Day. The late medieval custom of exchanging love notes on St. Valentine's Day has little to do with saints and is thought to have developed from the belief that the day marked the start of the mating season of birds. Author Mary Carty says woe to those who fail to make the time observe Valentine’s Day as a special opportunity to show one’s spouse a token of love. (www.freedigitalphotos.net)

The custom of showing affection and attention to loved ones on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, has become part of the fabric of our culture. ... continue reading

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