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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer The world's oldest surviving Bible, parts of which have been kept in four different countries for more than a century, has been reunited and published in full online.

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Thirty-six years ago today, I stood before God, family, and friends, looked into the eyes of a wonderful man and pledged to love, honor, and obey him until death us do part. And for nearly thirty-four years, I did my best to keep those vows.  Today, I remember my dear husband with joy, gratitude, and love. Eternal rest grant unto you, my Love, and may the perpetual light shine upon you. May your soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Nineteen pro-life Democrats in the U.S. House signed a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing their opposition to any health care reform that includes abortion funding.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer The White House is hosting a round table discussion today with members of the Catholic press to talk about the president’s upcoming visit with Pope Benedict.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Only a few months before the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species, which introduced the theory of evolution to the world, a newly released poll shows that the American public overwhelmingly reject his theory in favor of intelligent design.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In what may be the first “fruits” of President Obama’s decision to allow taxpayer funding of experimentation on embryos, General Electric (GE) has announced a new liaison with Geron Corporation to begin using embryonic stem cells for the purpose of testing toxic effects of drug treatments.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer  During his homily on the closing of the Year of St. Paul on June 28, Pope Benedict XVI explained that an “adult faith” is not the “do-it-yourself’ kind of faith that has sprung up in recent years, but one that is courageous enough to adhere to the Church’s teachings, even when it contradicts the prevailing culture.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer An openly homosexual official of Duke University was caught offering his five year-old adopted son to sexual predators online.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer A Planned Parenthood counselor in Birmingham, Alabama was caught on tape “bending the rules” regarding enforcement of the state’s statutory rape laws, making this the seventh clinic to be implicated in a multi-state abuse scandal.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In response to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities, the embattled Catholic population of Iraq is reacting with caution, keeping their children home from catechism classes and postponing First Communions indefinitely.

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