By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In response to a legal complaint filed against the school for demanding that all nursing school students participate in abortions, Vanderbilt University has decided to "clarify the language" on its application to reassure pro-life applicants that they can opt out of any procedures that violate their religious or moral convictions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The new majority in the U. S. House is determined to leave no stone unturned in its investigation of some of the most divisive and controversial policies of President Obama's first two years in office.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI has approved the miracle required to beatify Pope John Paul II and, pending confirmation from the Vatican, is expected to preside over a May 1 beatification celebration.
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"A living love hurts. Jesus, to prove His love for us, died on the Cross. The mother, to give to her child, has to suffer. If you really love one another properly, there must be sacrifice."
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
For Reflection:
Where is God asking me to sacrifice in love right now?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The man who has long stood in the way of legalizing same-sex marriage in the state of Maryland is allowing a committee realignment within the State House that will all but insure the passage of a same-sex marriage bill sometime this year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a ruling that could have a major impact on colleges that want to uphold Catholic teaching, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Tuesday that Manhattan College, which is recognized as Catholic by the Archdiocese of New York City, cannot call itself Catholic because "the purpose of the College is secular and not the ‘propagation of a religious faith’."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Nine year-old Christina Taylor Green, who was gunned down on Saturday in the attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will be laid to rest today in a casket specially made by Trappist monks.
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Feast of St.Hilary,
Bishop and Doctor
(D. 367)
"I am well aware, almighty God and Father, that in my life I owe you a most particular duty. It is to make my every thought and word speak of you."
St. Hilary
For Reflection:
Do I, like St. Hilary, consider it a duty to make my every thought and word speak of God? Why or why not? How can practicing the virtues accomplish this in a practical way?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of the nation's top public interest law firms has filed a complaint against Vanderbilt University for forcing all students or health care workers to participate in abortions regardless of their religious beliefs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Egypt's foreign ministry has recalled its Vatican ambassador for "consultation" after Pope Benedict's address to the diplomatic corps in which he called upon Muslim countries to do more to protect Christian minorities.
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