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UPI reports that Brazil has endorsed homosexual unions. The government of Brazil has extended de facto legal recognition to same-sex relationships by granting such couples the right to inherit each other’s pension and social security benefits.

The final document for the Beijing +5 conference is available here.

The editoria
l in the current issue of the BC Catholic describes the current moral shift in society. A shift to life and family values becoming ever more apparent in Canadian society.

Catholic World News reported last week that a British court has ordered a 13-year-old girl to give up her baby for adoption, according to media reports on Thursday.  The unidentified girl was the subject of media scrutiny last year when it was revealed she was the recipient of financial aid from the Catholic Church in Scotland when she agreed not to have an abortion.