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Torn Up Inside: The Truth About Abortion

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I think we can agree on a lot of things that are wrong. No one is going to say that abuse of any kind is okay. Or that starving children in third world countries should remain hungry. We can all agree that school shootings are terrible. And that no person, young or old, should have to deal with the pain of cancer.

But what about abortion?

It’s confusing. Especially when you hear so many conflicting voices. It can be hard to see clearly whether it’s right or wrong. I understand it’s difficult to make that judgment. In my own mind, I know that a woman, especially in a crisis situation, deserves what is best for her. She deserves to be cared for.

But when I think about the baby, I want the baby to be loved and cared for too. What is best for both of them? Is it the same in every circumstance?

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The Mass and The Eucharist: Our Fall Theme

So that’s it. Our summer theme of friendship is over. We’re never going to talk about friends again so I hope that you were completely satisfied with everything we did. That sentence was sarcastic.

This sentence isn’t: Our fall theme is the Mass! And you can’t talk about the Mass without talking about the Eucharist, so that’ll be a big part of our theme too.

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From the Editor's Desk: BFF's?

You know what I love? Remembering summers from grade school; I had no idea what the fashion was, or what was popular on TV. To my friends and I, nothing mattered except who could make the best tree fort or who got the red Popsicle. I still can’t believe my dad would let us loose with a box of nails and a couple hammers. And then somehow, somewhere, friendship changed.

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From the Editor's Desk: A New Beginning

Oh hey… I’m Christina, the new Web Content Editor for Life Teen. That means everything you see on the site, I’ve seen first to make sure you’ll like it – so I hope you do.

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From The Editor's Desk: What Is Love?

Love.

Gooey, sappy, sweet, dreamy, flittering, sparkling… love. We fall in it, we make fools of ourselves for it, we buy cards and candies and flowers and who knows what else to show how much we have it. It’s love.

Love.

Painful, sacrificial, self-giving, uncomfortable, forgiving, humbling, heartbreaking… love. We die for it, we endure ridicule in it, we turn our cheeks because of it, we abandon our own personal desires to chase it. It’s love.

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From The Editor's Desk: We Are Family

I have a huge family… seriously, it’s gigantic. We could rent out a floor of a hotel if we needed one for our family reunions. Just counting my cousins alone could field an entire football team. We are a big family. This month on LifeTeen.com is all about family – from the people in your house to the worldwide Church.

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From the Editor's Desk: Saint-stravaganza!

Saints – what do you think of when you see the word? You might think of your Confirmation saint or the saint your parish is named after. Maybe your family has a certain saint they’re devoted to, or you’ve looked into which one you’re named after.

That’s what we’ll be diving into this month on LifeTeen.com – Saints. From stories of their lives to answering the weirdest questions (“What’s up with incorruptibility?”), this’ll be a month all about our sacred superheroes.

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