By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari pardoned and released a Christian woman who was sentenced to death after being falsely accused of blaspheming the prophet Mohammed, putting an end to a case that drew international condemnation of the nation's draconian blasphemy law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The latest movie in the Harry Potter series opened this weekend and sparked a new rash of warnings about how Potter and other occult fiction films and books encourage children to dabble in the occult.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Many Hindus in the American Indian population are offended by the latest cover of
Newsweek Magazine, which features President Barack Obama as the Hindu deity known as Lord Shiva.
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Here we go again. Another
Harry Potter film - this one said to be the "darkest" of all the tales. What's worse, this is only Part 1 of the movie rendition of the last book in the series. We'll have to suffer through the release of Part 2 in July, 2011.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A lawsuit challenging ObamaCare that is currently making its way through the Mississippi court system is the first suit to raise the same issue of privacy upon which
Roe v. Wade is based as a reason why ObamaCare is unconstitutional. If the court decides against the premise posed in this suit, it could significantly weaken the ground upon which the infamous abortion case has been able to stand for so many years.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While investigating a foul smell emanating from a Buddhist temple in Bangkok last week, Thai police discovered more than 2,000 human fetuses in the complex's morgue which are believed to have come from abortion clinics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a book scheduled to be released tomorrow, Pope Benedict XVI says that while he is not opposed to the practice of receiving Communion in the hand, he encourages the faithful to kneel and receive the Lord on the tongue out of respect for the Real Presence.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Contrary to what the secular media has been trumpeting all weekend, a Vatican spokesman has clarified that statements made by the Pope in an upcoming book about the use of condoms to avoid transmission of AIDS does not contradict Church teaching, but rather affirms it.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center has found that attitudes toward marriage are changing in America, but two-thirds of Americans remain optimistic about its future.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Officials at Georgetown University have told students that they are willing to consider "gender-blind housing" on campus that would "not take into account gender when assigning housing to students."
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