One of the most outspoken advocates of embryonic stem cell research, Michael J. Fox, made headlines during a recent interview with
ABC News in which he admitted that embryonic stem cell therapy hasn't lived up to its promises.
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Plans for the nationwide Fortnight for Freedom program, an unprecedented campaign sponsored by the U.S. Catholic Church to call attention to the critical role of religious liberty in American society, will begin with Mass in the nation's oldest diocese, include protests, prayer and fasting at the parish level, and will conclude with the ringing of the bells in every Catholic steeple in America at 12 noon on July 4.
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A total of 43 dioceses, hospitals, schools and church agencies filed 12 lawsuits across the country today, charging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' birth control mandate with being a violation of religious freedom.
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The horrors of socialized medicine became startlingly clear last week when a newborn infant died in a UK hospital after his mother was forced to give birth to him in the waiting room.
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A high school teacher in North Carolina found herself forced to engage well-informed students who took her to task when she gave out misleading information about President Barack Obama during class - a debate that lead to the teacher threatening the student with arrest.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
During a speech that encouraged graduates to embrace relativism when dealing with the subject of faith in the public square, Kathleen Sebelius' much anticipated address at Georgetown University on May 18 was anything but pleasant as she found herself being heckled just two minutes into her speech.
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Proponents of same-sex marriage are now taking the fight into Catholic institutions with both a parish and a school coming under fire in recent weeks for defending Church teaching on homosexuality - on their own property!
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Academy Award winner William Peter Blatty, whose best-selling book and blockbuster film The Exorcist were situated at his alma mater, Georgetown University, announced today that he will lead alumni, students and other members of the new Father King Society to petition the Catholic Church for remedies up to and including the possible removal or suspension of top-ranked Georgetown’s right to call itself Catholic or Jesuit in its fundraising and representations to applicants.
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America's favorite Cardinal has brought his trademark wit and popular blogging style to Twitter where his debut launched him into becoming the third most followed cardinal in the world.
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In a moving address at Leicester's Anglican Cathedral, the retired head of the Catholic Church in England, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor spoke against what he called a "subtle and silent" process of dehumanizing the elderly in western society.
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