By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Senate may vote today to open debate on a national defense authorization bill that has been saddled with a variety of liberal amendments such as repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, overturning the prohbition on performing abortions on military bases and extending amnesty to illegal immigrants.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI's historic trip to England was more successful than anyone hoped, with most of the once-hostile British media gushing over with praise for the pontiff and the people in this secular nation admitting that the man left them "spellbound."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Researchers at The Heritage Foundation have found that the collapse of marriage is one of the principal causes of the sharp increase in the poverty rate that has occurred since President Barack Obama took office.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A suspected plot to assassinate the pope during his visit to the UK last week has been deemed "not credible" by London's Scotland Yard.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A tour guide at Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall made the mistake of playing down the religious beliefs of the Founding Fathers to a tour group that included several experts on the subject.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of the Pope's last official acts during his state visit to England last week was to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A furor is erupting over a newly released video showing sixth grade students from a Massachusetts middle school prostrating themselves alongside Muslim men in a prayer to Allah while on a public school field trip to a local mosque.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At a time when none of the 17 women currently serving in the U.S. Senate considers herself to be pro-life, a rash of feisty new pro-life women may soon be reshaping both the makeup of Congress and the abortion debate this November.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of months of papal-bashing preceding the Pope's historic visit to the UK, his arrival in Scotland was greeted by thousands of cheering Catholics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Massachusetts abortionist was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 22 year-old woman who died from complications during an abortion.
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