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		<title>Author gives another look at purity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bill Bumpas She&#8217;s not the first one to challenge teens to remain pure before marriage.  But author Elsa Kok Colopy tells OneNewsNow what she&#8217;s talking about in her book is real purity &#8212; not just about a bunch of&#8221; do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts.&#8221; &#8220;The book is titled Pure Love, Pure Life because I just believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the world: one college campus at a time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Joanna Hyatt This past summer, I spent a fantastic weekend as one of about 40 international students who attended the Ruth Institute&#8217;s &#8220;It Takes a Family&#8221; 2011 conference (ITAF). While there, I met two students from the University of Pittsburgh, Joseph Petrich and Alex Souchuns. Both are involved in the Anscombe Society on campus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is abstinence education working?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Charlie Butts Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America (CWA) says the truth is that teen birth rates have been dropping for several years now, and the stats from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are good news. &#8220;[Teen birth rates] dropped nine percent. This is about the third year in a row when these have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Be a Catholic Woman on Campus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advice to incoming freshmen — from someone with experience. Oct. 23 issue feature. by ASHLEY CROUCH The parting words of a friend still rang in my ears, “You have your whole life ahead of you. The world at your feet.” I mustered up all the wisdom I possessed from my 18 years, gathered my bags [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Chaste Marriage&#8217; for Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jim Tonkowich “Treat yourself,” my friend said. “It will be a shot in the arm for your marriage.” He was encouraging me to read Pius XI’s December 1930 encyclical, Casti Connubii (Chaste Marriage). As it turns out, it’s more than a treat. It’s strong medicine for what ails marriage more than eighty years after it was [...]]]></description>
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