By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In an op-ed appearing in various publications, the president of the largest grassroots pro-life organization in the country says the funeral for Senator Edward M. Kennedy was beyond anything she had seen in her more than 65 years of life.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In an Aug. 28 letter, Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo, encouraged priests, deacons, religious sisters and parishioners to “become engaged in promoting genuine health care reform” and presented four principles upon which the “moral value and justice of a given plan to provide health care” should be evaluated.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The stigma of abortion is impacting the number of young doctors who are willing to get into the abortion business, leaving the industry with thinning ranks of graying doctors.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Robert Schindler, Sr., the father of Terri Schiavo, died on Aug. 29 of heart failure in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was 71 years old.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Carrie Prejean, the recently dethroned Miss California who spoke in defense of traditional marriage during this year’s Miss USA pageant is suing the franchise for defaming and discriminating against her because of her beliefs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Public outrage is growing over an August 27 Showtime episode by Penn & Teller featuring a half hour-long vicious attack on the Catholic Church which the comedians claimed was “payback” for 2,000 years of alleged “crimes” by the Church.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Bishop Joseph F. Martino, 63, the courageous and outspoken pro-life bishop of the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has resigned due to health concerns.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Alarms are being sounded over a Senate bill that will grant the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet in the event of an emergency.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An alternative to the contentious health care reforms currently circulating on the Hill is being deliberately held up in Committee by House leadership. This alternative will allow individuals to choose their health insurance, provide insurance for the poor and high-risk individuals (those with pre-existing conditions), allow insurance to be sold across state lines and set limits on the kind of medical liability suits that have been driving up health care costs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a letter written to Pope Benedict XVI only months before his death and hand-delivered by President Barack Obama during his July 2009 audience at the Vatican, the late Sen. Edward Kennedy acknowledges his human failures but offers no apology for his career-long support for abortion rights.
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