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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A new study has found that pro-life laws are part of the reason why abortion rates have declined in the last two decades.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Christopher Hitchens, one of the world's most famous atheists, has turned to the well-known evangelical American scientist, Dr. Francis Collins, to treat his cancer.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Citizens in Munson Township, Ohio are fighting another case of political correctness run amok after township trustees decided to abolish all references to Easter for this year's Easter Egg Roll and are now calling it "The Spring Egg Hunt."

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"The most pernicious evils masquerade as virtue." Johnnette S. Benkovic For Reflection: What are some of the most pernicious evils in our day and time? How are they masquerading themselves as virtue? What gift of the Holy Spirit do women of grace need to see the truth?

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Just got home from a very busy two weeks. Father Edmund Sylvia, C.S.C., Tom Sullivan, and I myself were in production at EWTN for the next several weeks of programming for Women of Grace®. And those seven days of production put a big smile on my face. What a wonderful array of guests and topics! You will not want to miss them. They are (not in airing order):    

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist In the same week that the California Senate Education Committee advanced a law that will require the state's public schools to rewrite their social science curriculum to promote homosexuality, the chaplain at a private Catholic high school in Indianapolis is being accused of spreading "anti-gay propaganda" for explaining Church teaching on homosexuality in class.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist With several amendments to defund Planned Parenthood pending on the Hill, a new poll has discovered that the public is split on whether or not the abortion giant should continue to receive federal funds.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Children of God for Life (COG) is calling for a public boycott of major food companies such as Pepsico, Kraft Foods, Solae, and Nestle who are partnering with Senomyx, a biotech company that produces artificial flavor enhancers using aborted fetal cell lines to test their products.

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March 30, 2008  "In three different ways, woman can fulfill the mission of motherliness: in marriage, in the practice of a profession that values human development, and under the veil as the spouse of Christ." St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) For Reflection: Which way has God selected for me to fulfill my mission of motherliness? How am I cooperating with His grace? 

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HR writes: "I live near the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville and I am concerned about a number of Catholics in the area promoting something called 'Kangen Water.'  My husband and I watched the promo video on it and we discerned that it may be not only a scam but connected to New Age or occult beliefs and practices.  There are Catholics around here trying to sell the machines for around $5,000 dollars and the makers claim that it cures just about every illness under the sun.  Some have claimed healings but I think its the placebo affect at work.  Please address this on your blog or your show and help clear the air on this product."

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