Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Although he was invited to give the usual opening prayer at the beginning of a session of the Kansas House of Representatives, Father James Gordon of St. John Vianney Catholic school of Maple Hills, Kansas used the occasion to call for a return to the moral values that made this nation great.
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While addressing pilgrims yesterday from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI asked for prayers for his six day trip to Mexico and Cuba, which will begin on Friday of this week.
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In an effort to quell the uprising against the administration's imposition of mandated contraception coverage for all, the Obama administration has offered what it calls several new options for how to cover these plans, supposedly without infringing on religious freedom. At the same time, it expanded the mandate to include forcing universities and colleges, including Catholic institutions, to provide the free coverage for all students in addition to their employees.
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In spite of pundits who claim the HHS mandate debate will drive women voters in fear of losing their "rights" to President Barack Obama, new polls show the exact opposite is happening.
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Parents of seventh graders at an all-girls Catholic middle school in Ontario were outraged to discover that their daughters had been given pamphlets containing explicit details about how to give and receive oral sex.
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After a meeting of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops came out swinging with a bold new statement on the HHS Mandate, saying they are "united for religious freedom" and will not allow the administration to divide them or the media to distort the issue.
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U.S. bishops are pressing for a place at the table in White House discussions to modify the contentious HHS mandate, a prospect that has become even more important as new polls show dwindling support for the mandate among the general public.
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Democratic Party officials were forced to take down an American flag with an image of President Obama in place of the stars when confronted by irate local veterans.
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Kathleen Sebelius introduced the next big scandal over ObamaCare on Monday night when she announced that the Department of Health and Human Services released a final decree concerning a troubling add-on in the individual mandate section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which will now require all Americans to pay for abortions.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann,OCDSThe Washington Post, the same newspaper that gave lesbian Barbara Johnson front-page headlines after a priest denied her communion, is now trying to justify the fact that she is also a Buddhist.
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