By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The 25 year-old Swiss-Italian woman who jumped a barricade in St. Peter’s Basilica and knocked Pope Benedict XVI to the ground on Christmas Eve expressed regret for her actions during a private meeting with the pope that took place yesterday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Apostolic Nuncio of Haiti has announced the death of Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot, Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, along with what could be up to 100,000 people in the devastating 7.2 earthquake that struck the poor island nation on Tuesday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The former editor of the
National Catholic Register says anyone who thinks the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is dead nees to take a look at the Senate’s health care reform bill.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The woman who hid Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland, and hid the famous diary detailing the experience, has died at the age of 100.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The judge assigned to the cases of 88 pro-life demonstrators who were arrested last spring during the appearance at Notre Dame of President Barack Obama has decided to recuse herself from the case.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The White House has decided to re-nominate a virulent anti-Catholic, pro-abortion candidate who once referred to pregnant women as “fetal containers” and tried to strip the Church of its tax exempt status because of its pro-life position, to head the Office of Legal Council.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Planned Parenthood executive admitted to
Forbes Magazine last week that the reason insurers want to cover abortion is because the procedure is cheaper than childbirth and saves them money.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has confirmed what high school and college counselors have long suspected – high school and college students suffering with mental health issues are at record levels.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Bishops are once again sending out bulletin inserts and pulpit announcements to the nation’s parishes with the hopes of inspiring to Catholics to become active in the effort to prevent health care reform from advancing a pro-abortion agenda.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a traditional January address to the Vatican diplomatic corps yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI called laws ignoring the difference between the sexes an "attack" on creation.
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