By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Citing the need to be “neutral,” officials charged with organizing the United Nations (UN) conference on global warming in Copenhagen have banned Christmas trees from the venue.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The public is responding with outrage to a video appearing on the website of a Michigan clinic that presents abortion as “sacred work.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Homosexual activists are planning to run a “mock-u-mentary” on Broadway tomorrow entitled “Santa Claus is Coming Out” which features Santa falling in love with Italian toymaker Giovanni Geppetto.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Despite claims of “universal resistance” to the Vatican Visitation of U.S. nuns, the head of the investigation says the process is moving along just fine.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A vote on an amendment to prohibit federal funding for abortion in the Senate health care reform proposal could come as early as today. Analysts say abortion may turn out to be the deal-breaker with both sides vowing not to compromise.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As leaders of the world converge upon Copenhagen to discuss climate change, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his hope that the meeting would result in policies that are “respectful of creation” and are “grounded in the dignity of the human person.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The author of a new study on the effects of pornography says this “quiet family killer” is responsible for increased infidelity in marriage, higher divorce rates, and the corruption of a sense of normal sexuality in users of all ages.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A group calling itself “the new generation of Catholics” teamed up with a family planning business in Wisconsin to produce misleading ads encouraging young Catholics to be “true to their conscience” and keep a supply of emergency contraception on hand.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A critical vote in the U.S. Senate that will strip abortion coverage from health care reform could take place as early as today.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Mandated abortion funding in health care reform is once again in the news with the passage of an amendment in the Senate yesterday that will allow the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to include abortion as “preventive care” in their guidelines, thereby mandating abortion coverage in all group and individual health care plans.
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