By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is investigating the miraculous recovery of an Annapolis woman who was healed of cancer that had spread throughout her body after praying a novena to Blessed Francis X. Seelos.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A proposed hate crimes bill has been stalled in the Senate largely due to the 500,000 letters sent to senators by an angry constituency.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In an announcement made this morning, President Barack Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York as his pick to replace retiring justice David Souter. If confirmed, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A participant in a recent White House meeting meant to find “common ground” on abortion says the official in charge admitted to a room full of people that the president is not interested in reducing the number of abortions, just the
need for abortions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Two pro-life congressmen are challenging President Barack Obama on the statement he made at Notre Dame on Sunday to “draft a sensible conscience clause.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Judicial Confirmation Network is launching a series of national ads exposing the radical records of President Obama’s potential nominees to the Supreme Court to the American public.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
One of the nation’s leading adult stem cell therapy organizations is warning the public that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is teaming up with the nation’s pharmaceutical industry to declare a person’s own stem cells to be a “drug” which can be regulated, thus slowing down the use of these therapies by requiring years of clinical trials before they can be used.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In the wake of the Notre Dame scandal, Francis Cardinal Arinze delivered a commencement speech at The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire on May 10 in which he stressed the need for authentic Catholic education, asking, “ . . . what does it profit us if a student is an intellectual giant but a moral baby?”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Declining moral standards in the West continue to produce bizarre family situations, but few are as shocking as the Texas woman who learned that her 11 month-old twins do not have the same father.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On the heels of a Gallup poll revealing a pro-life majority in the U.S. for the first time since 1995, another poll by Fox News which found a majority of voters believing judicial experience rather than ideology is the "single most important factor” in picking the next Supreme Court justice, is proving the Obama administration to be out of touch with the American mainstream.
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