By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One child in 10 in the United States lives with a grandparent, a share that increased slowly and steadily over the past decade before rising sharply from 2007-08, the first year of the Great Recession, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Pope's Detractors Have No Room to Talk
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI will land in the controversy-torn UK today for a four day state visit to a nation that has been bitterly divided over his trip, thanks to a hostile secular press and a variety of protest groups.
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PM asks:
"Do you have any info on 'The Secret Scrolls' by Rhonda Byrne. I have a friend who is believing this stuff and I have concerns."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Surprising "tea party" wins in yesterday's primary battles proves that Americans are fed up with establishment politics on both sides of the aisle.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) is circulating a positive youth statement that will be presented to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in an attempt to dissuade them from endorsing a radical pro-abortion document that calls for the creation of policies that will treat children as totally autonomous from their parents.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican is about to reopen its new state-of-the-art library after three years of renovations which include housing its 2,000 year-old collection in a bombproof bunker and outfitting its 70,000 books with computer chips.
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MJP writes:
"I have found from Dads.org there are some references to eastern mysticism in the film 'Karate Kid'. If there is no danger I would like to take my children to the movie. What is your opinion ? Thank you."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
More than 400 students from a high school in western Pennsylvania were watching a presentation on the importance of giving blood when the screen suddenly filled with X-rated homosexual pornography.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an address to the new German ambassador to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI said the Church cannot approve alternative models of married life, such as same-sex marriage and civil unions, and expressed his concern about increasing attempts to eliminate the Christian concept of marriage and family from society.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The death of a 30 year-old lab technician at Northeastern University this past weekend has terrorism experts concerned about easy access to deadly chemicals at most American universities.
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