By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In an effort to counter the growing opposition to Congress’ proposed health care reform, the U.S. drug industry has authorized its lobbyists to invest as much as $150 million on television commercials supporting the plan. Billionarie George Soros is also reputed to have promised $5 million toward promotion of the overhaul.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A landmark study of Roman Catholic nuns and priests in the U.S. reveals that the aging ranks of predominantly white members is giving way to a smaller but more ethnically diverse group of recruits who embrace traditional prayer and wear religious habits.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled that a small Catholic college must include coverage for artificial contraceptives in its employee health insurance plan, raising new concerns about the need for conscience protections and religious exemptions in America’s health care policies.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An Anglican archbishop is decrying the lack of international media attention on the bloody persecution of Christians by Islamic extremists that has claimed the lives of more than 800 people last week in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a bizarre and nearly tragic error, a baby born 16 weeks premature and pronounced dead at birth was discovered to be alive four hours later when his family prepared to dress him for burial.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Clinics are popping up all over the world offering women face lifts and cosmetic injections using tissue from babies who have been killed by abortions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A scientist who participated in the first International Marian Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe in Phoenix, Arizona last week said there is no scientific explanation for the image left on the Tilma of St. Juan Diego during the apparitions that occurred 478 years ago.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
For several Catholic organizations that have come out in support of Congress’ pro-abortion health care reform, monetary interest may be behind their backing.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has named a communications attorney who once railed against conservative and Christian talk radio as its new “Chief Diversity Officer.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Catholics in two southern Swiss Alpine communities are seeking approval from Pope Benedict XVI to be released from a centuries-old vow to God to lead virtuous lives in exchange for protection from an advancing glacier that is now melting.
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