By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Catholic missionary from Connecticut says it was a series of miracles that allowed him to survive 10 hours trapped in the rubble after the Haiti earthquake.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI has summoned all Irish bishops to Rome next month for a meeting to discuss the clerical abuse scandal.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of the fact that Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown is not pro-life on abortion, the nation’s pro-life leaders say his support of numerous limits on abortion and opposition to abortion funding in health care reform makes his election a victory for life.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Within 24 hours of the historic election in Massachusetts that robbed the Senate of its filibuster-proof super-majority, the White House and Congressional leaders are beginning to concede that their plans to “ram through” a health care reform package before the President’s first State of the Union address on Jan. 27 may have to be shelved.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The site of the original tea party was the scene of a stunning victory for conservative Americans whose “tea party” fervor fueled the election of Massachusetts GOP State Senator Scott Brown into the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA). Brown ran on a fiscally conservative platform and made repeated promises to “kill" the massively unpopular health care reform bill which many believe is now doomed.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With an estimated nine million Haitians displaced in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake and in dire need of the basics such as food, water and shelter, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is soliciting donations for “condom demonstrations” and other “reproductive care” for Haitian quake victims.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has confirmed that a “presumed miracle” attributed to Pope Pius XII is now under investigation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even with light snow falling over much of Massachusetts today, motivated voters are thronging to the polls to decide the fate of a Senate seat that could be a game changer in the national health care debate.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Responding to the catastrophe in Haiti, the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” has announced that it has established 12 sites on the ground in the stricken island nation to distribute food, water, clothing, medical aid and shelter to the population.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Michigan manufacturer is under fire for inscribing coded references to Gospel passages in the high-powered rifle sights they provide to the U.S. military.
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