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Articles by Carolyn Astfalk

Living Together Without Commitment Harms Marriage
Saturday, 25 Jul, 2009 – 20:37 | Comments Off

A recent study entitled, The Pre-Engagement Cohabitation Effect, published in the Journal of Family Psychology, affirms previous findings that married couples who live together before making a commitment to one another demonstrate lower marital satisfaction …

NIH Stem Cell Guidelines Ignore Comments, Give Go Ahead for Funding of Destructive Research
Thursday, 16 Jul, 2009 – 21:35 | Comments Off

Commenting on the final guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research published by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) last week, Philadelphia Archbishop Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, …

PA Bishops’ Message to College Students
Wednesday, 8 Jul, 2009 – 22:44 | Comments Off

As students prepare to begin college classes next month, it is an opportune time to revisit the Pennsylvania bishops’ letter to Catholic students, Your Catholic Faith on Campus.
In the letter, the bishops encourage students to …

Marriage Laws a Priority for US Bishops
Monday, 22 Jun, 2009 – 12:10 | Comments Off

During a recent meeting in San Antonio, TX, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops received an update from its Ad Hoc Committee on Defense of Marriage from its chairman, Loiusville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz (formerly …

Ethicist Speaks Plainly About Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Thursday, 18 Jun, 2009 – 23:19 | Comments Off

Pennsylvania priest, neuroscientist, and ethicist Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk spoke recently with ZENIT, an international Catholic news agency. Father Pacholczyk, director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, said that the truth of …