By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Thomas More Law Center filed the first federal lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., yesterday challenging the constitutionality of the recently-enacted "Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report issued by the American Life League has found that a top executive with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has “deep ties” with a national organization that promotes abortion and homosexual rights.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A nine year-old girl from northeast China gave birth to a 6 pound baby boy, making her one of the youngest girls ever to give birth.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has officially opened an investigation into the cause for sainthood of a popular Venezuelan mystic who allegedly received 31 apparitions of the Virgin Mary during her lifetime.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A landmark new study found that sex education classes in which children are encouraged to remain abstinent significantly delayed their sexual activity compared to programs that focused on “safe sex.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Popular Hollywood attorney Gloria Allred is joining the war over the airing of a pro-life Super Bowl ad, saying the ad should be withdrawn because it is “misleading advertising.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado has announced its intention to dedicate a worship area for pagan “followers of Earth-centered religions” on March 10.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI advised officials of the Roman Rota, the tribunal that deals mainly with marriage annulment cases, not to yield to a "false charity" that might justify annulling a marriage “at any cost.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After only 37 minutes of deliberation, a jury found the man who admitted to killing late-term abortion doctor George Tiller to be guilty of first-degree murder.
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