by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 4, 2008) The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) has uncovered a two-year old report that encourages pro-abortion organizations to give grant money to religious groups which might induce them to “work at the intersection of religion and abortion.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 4, 2008) The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is following Oprah’s lead in the promotion of New Age gurus and their products. The popular multi-media shopping network is selling Evolve, a 10 DVD collection by psychic medium John Edward which promises to help one “raise your personal awareness of the energy that surrounds you.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 3, 2008) Because fifteen years of massive condom distribution programs have done nothing to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering new legislation that will direct funds to global HIV/AIDS programs that encourage changes in sexual behavior rather than on condom use.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Member
(April 3, 2008) The world’s largest fast food chain is promoting more than Big Macs and French Fries these days. McDonalds USA has just signed on to a nationwide effort to promote “gay” and lesbian business ventures.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 3, 2008) In what officials of the Catholic Church are calling “a monstrous attack on human rights, human dignity and human life,” British scientists have created part-human, part-animal embryos from cow eggs and DNA extracted from human skin cells which they say could lead to promising medical cures.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 2, 2008) Dozens of pro-abortion Congressmen and women have sent a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey asking him to cut all abstinence education funding in FY 2009 in order to devote those dollars to what they call “more effective programs.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 2, 2008) Members of a Russian doomsday cult, who have been holed up in an earthen bunker in preparation for the end of the world, have finally begun to surface after spending months underground.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 1, 2008) The makers of the hit movie, Facing the Giants, are planning to release a new movie based on the struggles of a firefighter and his wife to save their failing marriage. Acting on a dare, this couple learns how to rise above indifference, insults, emotional affairs and internet porn to reclaim their love in a remarkably romantic and heartwarming film.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 1, 2008) Featuring a topless model on its cover, this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has crossed the line into the realm of soft porn, which is raising concern among experts about the magazine being displayed in stores within view of children.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 31, 2008) Only two days before the world marks the third anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, his cause for canonization is about to take another step forward.
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