By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The battle to preserve traditional marriage resulted in two critical victories this week. The Governor of Vermont announced he will veto a same-sex marriage bill passed by the legislature this week and lawmakers in the state of Hawaii failed to come up with enough votes to release a civil unions bill from a committee in which it has been stalled.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A large coalition of Notre Dame University-sponsored student groups has issued a stinging repudiation of University President Rev. John J. Jenkins, CSC, for inviting President Barack Obama to speak at the upcoming commencement ceremonies and receive an honorary law degree.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The White House says the fury over President Obama’s commencement appearance at Notre Dame University in May is “part of what he loves about this country.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Archbishop Raymond Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, has issued a statement condemning the misuse of a taped interview between himself and pro life activist Randall Terry of Operation Rescue that is being made to look as if he is participating in Terry’s “campaign of severe criticism of certain fellow bishops.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The March 22 crash of a private plane in a Catholic Cemetery in Montana claimed the lives of nine members of the family of “Bud” Feldkamp III, owner of the largest for-profit abortion chain in the country.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have issued guidelines that call Reiki therapy, an alternative medicine originating in Japan, unscientific and inappropriate for Catholic institutions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), one of the organizations providing overseas abortions that is now receiving U.S. taxpayer money, appears to be circulating false information about its involvement in China’s brutal one-child policy enforcement.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The first nationwide study of the amount of human drugs found in the nation’s fish population has uncovered an alarming cocktail of pharmaceuticals in fish caught near wastewater treatment plants serving five major U.S. cities. The results have prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to expand its study to 150 additional locations in the U.S.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The March 23 meeting between pro-life leaders and the White House Faith-Based Office director is being described as “cordial” and “honest” but did not result in any indication that the Obama Administration is interested in changing its hard-lined pro-abortion position.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Bishop John M. D’Arcy has issued a statement on March 24 saying he will not attend the 2009 commencement ceremonies at Notre Dame in which Barack Obama will speak and receive an honorary law degree.
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