By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New research from doctors in Scotland found that women who get pregnant within six months of a miscarriage have a higher percentage of healthy births than women who wait.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of mounting opposition from conservative lawmakers as well as the public, the Senate confirmed the nomination of U. S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. She will be sworn in tomorrow.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While conducting an excavation beneath a 5th century monastery on the Black Sea, Bulgarian archeologists unearthed an alabaster reliquary containing bones they believe may have belonged to St. John the Baptist.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the debate leading up to the almost certain nomination of U.S. Solictor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court gets underway, conservative lawmakers have announced that if they had the numbers, they would demand an investigation into Kagan's role in doctoring a medical group's statement that influenced the outcome of the 1997 partial birth abortion debate.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a pro-abortion Catholic who claimed earlier this year that she had a duty to pursue policies "in keeping with the values" of Jesus Christ, recently refused to answer a reporter who asked when she thought Jesus received the right to life.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a ruling that few found surprising, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is openly homosexual, has ruled that California's voter-approved constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, popularly known as Proposition 8, is unconstitutional.
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A new report published today found that many popular dietary supplements contain ingredients that may cause cancer, heart problems, liver or kidney damage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After months of debate and ever-growing controversy, New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 9-0 yesterday that a building near Ground Zero does not qualify for landmark status and can be used to construct an Islamic community center.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report published today found that many popular dietary supplements contain ingredients that may cause cancer, heart problems, liver or kidney damage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A 19 year-old British soldier on patrol in Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province was spared from almost certain death when he bent over to pick up his rosary and saw that he was standing on a landmine. Strangely enough, almost the exact same circumstance occurred during World War II to his great-grandfather.
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