By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Prominent international pro-life organizations are gathering support from around the world for Pope Benedict XVI whose statement questioning the value of promoting condoms as a way to combat AIDS garnered global condemnation from the press and politicians even while scientists and many African leaders say the Pope is right.
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Pope Benedict XVI is celebrating his 82nd birthday today in the Apostolic Palace of Castelgandolfo a few miles south of Rome where he is enjoying a brief period of rest following the ceremonies of Holy Week.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Catholic theater company is offering a life-affirming alternative to the vulgar and controversial play
The Vagina Monologues that is shown on so many college campuses throughout the nation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The President’s choice for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), pro-abortion Catholic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, has been caught trying to hide the truth about campaign donations she received from America’s most notorious late-term abortionist, George Tiller.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The nation’s largest cable company has admitted that a commercial for a pornographic franchise broke into a live broadcast of the Vatican’s Good Friday service during a routine test of the Emergency Alert System.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new nationwide survey of adults’ spiritual beliefs found that many American Christians don’t believe in the existence of Satan, think Jesus sinned while He lived on earth, and do not believe the Holy Spirit is a living being.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Record crowds turned out for Easter Mass at the national Basilica and the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington DC this year. The surprising turnout is being attributed to a spiritual revival due to economic hardship.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new study by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) School of Public Health found that middle school youth are engaging in risky sexual behavior as early as age 12.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Already under fire for inviting pro-abortion President Barack Obama to speak at this year’s commencement, the University of Notre Dame is adding even more scandal to Catholic sensibilities by hosting a series of events during Easter week that celebrate homosexuality.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A 12 year-old Christian boy who posted his views on same-sex marriage on YouTube has received thousands of comments by people attacking his faith and sexuality. One comment even told him to “Kill Christianity, and then kill yourself.”
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