By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the event of passing health care reform that will place oppressive mandates on the citizenry, a growing number of states are moving to protect individuals’ freedom of choice when it comes to purchasing – or not purchasing – health insurance.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has sent an e-mail directive to every parish in the United States asking that an urgent message about health care reform be communicated to parishioners in their bulletins this weekend and announced at every Mass.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The ongoing and rampant abuse of Switzerland’s assisted suicide laws is causing lawmakers to consider banning the practice in an attempt to reduce so-called “death tourism.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While accepting the credentials of Ali Akbar Naseri, the new ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran today, Pope Benedict XVI called for a “new phase of international cooperation” and reassured believers in Iran that he is always “near to them.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff JournalistIn a joint release from the Archdioceses of New York and Philadelphia, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the 2009 World Series.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A popular HBO comedian is under fire for a crude attack on Christianity in a recent episode where he urinates on a painting of Jesus Christ.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to the memoir of a speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, the administration refused to grant Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling a presidential medal of freedom because her books “encouraged witchcraft.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Last Friday night’s episode of NBC’s Law & Order, which was infused with a pro-life message, is angering abortion supporters who claim it wasn’t “balanced.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff JournalistA national pro-life pharmaceutical watchdog agency is reporting that the Swiss-based dermatology and skin care corporation, Neocutis, is using aborted fetal cell lines to produce their anti-aging skin creams.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A pro-life Congressman is claiming that President Barack Obama told him in a phone conversation that when he addressed Congress on Sept. 9 and said “under our plan no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions” he was not talking about any of the bills currently pending on the Hill, but his own plan – which only exists theoretically.
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