By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
More than 30,000 pilgrims were evacuated from the Sanctuary of Lourdes on Sunday after French police received a warning that four bombs had been planted at the site.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Ella, a drug currently being marketed in Europe as a "morning after pill", even though it has not undergone rigorous testing in the U.S. and has been known to cause birth defects in children who survived after their mothers used the drug.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A major pro-life organization has launched a petition drive aimed at convincing members of Congress to block a bill pending in the U.S. House that will grant $715 million to international family planning agencies to fund abortion, sterilization and oral contraception.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The federal judge in California who declared a ban on same-sex marriage in the state to be unconstitutional, has decided to allow same-sex marriages to resume on August 18 at 5:00 p.m.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Laws in the state of Louisiana that protect the profits of the funeral industry are being used to prevent a monastery of monks from selling handmade wooden caskets to support themselves.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The nation's largest grass roots family organization, the American Family Association (AFA) is calling for a nationwide boycott of Home Depot for allowing employees to sport pro-homosexuality buttons on their aprons even though they fired a Christian employee last year for refusing to remove a "One Nation Under God" button.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The first major study to compare religion and relationship quality across America's major racial and ethnic groups finds that shared religious activity – attending church together and especially praying together – is linked to higher levels of relationship quality, particularly among Black couples.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
State law is forcing the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin to begin offering its employees insurance coverage for birth control.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An increasing number of students returning to campus this fall stand a good chance of encountering a missionary of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), which recently announced that it will now be present on 50 colleges during the 2010-11 school year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Youth-oriented Urban Outfitters is calling on teens to "help support Planned Parenthood" by buying a three-pack of their condoms, which are known to be among the most inferior of all brands.
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