By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Supreme Court of the state of Iowa has unanimously decided that homosexuals should have the right to marry and will allow same-sex marriages to take place beginning April 24.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Obama Administration is having difficulty finding a suitable pro-life candidate to represent his administration at the Vatican. The Vatican has rejected the three candidates put forward thus far because they are insufficiently pro-life.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Senate confirmation of the controversial Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been postponed until after the coming two-week recess because at least one senator moved to block an expedited procedure to move the nomination forward.
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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich converted to Catholicism last week, making him one of nearly 150,000 people who will enter the Catholic Church this year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI is urging participants in the G20 Summit in London to remember that "a key element of the crisis is a deficit of ethics in economic structures" and to avoid solutions marked by “nationalistic selfishness or protectionism.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The University of Notre Dame, still caught up in the enormous backlash over its invitation to Barack Obama to speak at this year’s commencement, is once again under fire for appointing a new law school dean who donated to pro-abortion presidential candidates such as President Barack Obama and Sen. John Kerry.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Senators upset by attempts to rush through the confirmation of David Hamilton, President Obama’s first judicial nominee, boycotted the hearing yesterday because they want more time to study his credentials.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A campaign director for the national 40 Days for Life program says their efforts are paying off. One abortion center employee asked for prayer to help her find another job and patients at one clinic who learned their doctor was performing abortions have taken their business elsewhere. Two other clinics have temporarily closed just to avoid the prayerful vigils.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The largest newspaper in France got a taste of Catholic ire when it ran a blasphemous cartoon that sparked a worldwide backlash of protest so great it caused the publisher to admit, “the lambs of God can bite!”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is calling the University of Notre Dame's decision to host and honor President Obama at their commencement ceremony this year an "extreme embarrassment" to Catholics.
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