By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New York Archbishop Dolan's fears that same-sex marriage laws will lead to the acceptance of polygamy will come one step closer to reality tomorrow when lawyers representing the polygamist stars of "Sister Wives" file a lawsuit challenging Utah's bigamy law - a case believed to be the “strongest factual and legal basis for a challenge to the criminalization of polygamy” ever filed in the federal courts.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An unidentified man is threatening to do bodily harm to an Arkansas priest who he claims abused his child, prompting the bishop of Little Rock to issue an urgent appeal to all parishes to help find this man and the victim of the alleged crime.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has announced plans to investigate a 37-page report issued last week by Americans United for Life (AUL) which outlines Planned Parenthood's long record of violating state laws in its abortion practice.
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A Quebec man who belongs to a New Age cult that believes the world will end in 2012 is being investigated by France for allegedly using the internet to encourage people to commit suicide.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With no mention of any of the thousands of success stories attributable to modern natural family planning (NFP) methods,
The New York Times has published a 1,000 word diatribe against the practice based solely on the story of one couple who ended up divorced after having more children than they wanted.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A 12 year-old girl from Jhorpara, India deliberately committed suicide in order to donate her organs to sick family members and to spare her family the expense of providing a dowry.
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TAN asks:
"There is a new treatment for pain relief in many family doctors and sport medicine office. Would you please share your finding about FSM-Frequency Specific Microcurrent. Is it against Catholic teaching?"
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TK asks:
"Do you have any information on Color Therapy?"
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A male artist from Mumbai who supposedly wears skirts out of his solidarity for women's causes was stopped at the doors of the Vatican by an official who would not let him enter because of his inappropriate dress.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The fallout continued for Catholic lawmakers who voted for New York's same-sex marriage bill when a Brooklyn parish returned a $50 check from a legislator who voted in favor of the controversial law.
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