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Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Joseph of Leonissa. Programs Promoting Sexual Abstinence Are Successful USA A new study has shown that classroom programs promoting sexual abstinence are successful …More
Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Joseph of Leonissa.

Programs Promoting Sexual Abstinence Are Successful

USA

A new study has shown that classroom programs promoting sexual abstinence are successful in reducing the likelihood that students will engage in pre-marital sexual activity. Programs that emphasized condom use had no discernible impact on teens' sexual activity, the study found. The study followed adolescent African-American students for two years after they completed the classroom programs. It was published in the February 2010 Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

Vox Clara in Rome

Vatican

The Vox Clara committee, set up to supervise the English translation of liturgical texts, met in Rome last week to review the latest translations of the Roman Missal which have been approved by the Episcopal Conferences of the English-speaking countries. The new translations should be ready for use at Mass in the US by Lent of the year 2011.

How to Make a Good Confession

USA

The Boston Archdiocese has launched a new website about how to make a good confession. Its priests will also offer confessions in every chapel and church on Wednesdays during Lent. The website, www.TheLightIsOnForYou.org is also assisting the faithful in that regard. Auxiliary Bishop Robert F. Hennessey recorded a special video message on the website.

You’ve Got to Think for Yourself?

Internet

“A constant theme I see and hear among progressive Catholics is "You've got to think for yourself!"” – Larry D writes on the website actsoftheapostasy.blogspot.com. He answers to that: “The statement "You've got to think for yourself" doesn't mean what it says. When progressives say it, what they really mean is "How can you be so stupid for believing the teaching of the Church”.

Petition in Support of the Pope

Chris Gillibrand, author of the website Catholic Church Conservation, has set up an online petition in support of Pope Benedict. It reads: “We, the undersigned, welcome, with all our hearts and souls, the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom, for the liberty and well-being of the Church in our country and most especially for the spiritual benefits and pastoral care to be offered to all, whatever their beliefs.”

www.petitiononline.com/PopeinUK/petition.html