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Washington D.C., Mar 10, 2017 / 02:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The divorce rate has doubled for Americans over age 50, and tripled among Americans over 65, a new survey shows.“At a time when divorce is becoming less common for younger adults, so-called ‘gray divorce’ is on the rise,” the Pew Research Center said.In 2015, the divorce rate among married persons over 50 was 10 in 1,000, an increase from 5 in 1,000 in 1990. Among those 65 and older, the divorce rate has tripled to 6 per 1,000.Pew said the divorced rate among those 50 and older is partly linked to the aging of the Baby Boomer generation, the age cohort 51-69 in 2015. As young adults, this generation had unprecedented levels of divorce. Remarriages tend to be less stable than first marriages, with the divorced-and-remarried having twice the divorce rate as those married once. Among the divorces of adults age 50 and older, 48 percent were in a second or later marriage.The risk of divorce is also higher ...
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Mar 10, 2017 / 03:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- There is mourning in Guatemala after at least 35 girls perished in a fire at a state-run home for youth, which had attracted widespread charges of abusive conditions and mistreatment.The Church “greatly mourns a tragedy of this kind,” Auxiliary Bishop Raúl Antonio Martínez Paredes of the Archdiocese of Guatemala told CNA.The fire occurred March 8 at the Virgin of the Assumption Safe Home. A group of girls and teenagers rioted to protest what they alleged was physical and sexual abuse at the facilities. Authorities said that some of the children set fire to mattresses and the fire then spread to the rest of the facility.Gloria Castro, attorney for the children, told Guatemala’s Congress that the girls who died in the fire were unable to get out because they were locked in a room, apparently as a punishment. The previous night, some 60 children escaped from the center.The center, locat...
By Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- While one Catholic archbishop was urging afix to the country's immigration laws before a Catholiccrowd, another was pleading with the government not to separate mothers fromtheir children while in immigration detention, and yet another, a cardinal, wasaccompanying a grandfather to an appointment that could have resulted in hisdeportation.Catholic Church leaders in the U.S. spent the week of March 6-10trying to allay fears, urging compassion, not just from the government fromthose who are not seeing "God's creation" when they malign unauthorizedimmigrants."In the church, we say, '¡Somos familia!' Immigrants are ourfamily. We say, 'En las buenas y en las malas.' In the good times and in thebad. We always stay together," said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, ina March 8 address to those who attended the Napa Institute'sWashington conference. "That is why the church has always been at thecenter of our debates about immigration. And we always w...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family looking to escape their war-torn homeland by fleeing to Wisconsin....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer than 10 women victims have come forward so far in the investigation into nude photos of female service members that were posted online without their permission, the top Marine general said Friday. He pleaded with female Marines to "trust us" and reach out to make complaints or seek help....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- This was not supposed to happen in South Korea. It was too divided, too corrupt, too much in thrall to the rich and powerful who'd always had their way....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Friday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and raised pay at a brisk pace - signs that a resilient economy has given many companies the confidence to hire in anticipation of solid growth ahead....
HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii has 5,000 or so Muslims- less than 1 percent of the state's population- who are finding themselves thrust into an international spotlight after the state's top lawyer launched a challenge to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying it contradicts the islands' welcoming culture that values diversity....
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