By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released their official statement regarding the election of Barack Obama. While promising to support and pray for him, the statement also a issued bold warning that any attempt by the Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress to pass radical new anti-life laws would be seen as an attack on religious freedom.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On Nov. 12, Connecticut officially became the second state in the union where same sex couples can “marry.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The annual anti-Christmas campaigns are underway. In preparation for the 2008 Christmas season, the American Humanist Association (AHA) is plastering advertisements questioning the existence of God all over metro buses Washington, DC.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to Father Frank Pavone, National Director of the pro-life organization, Priests for Life, law enforcement has been called in to investigate threats made against his life and the lives of other pro-life leaders that they began receiving the morning after the election.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Angry parishioners at a Catholic Church in Florida successfully prevented a man from stealing consecrated Hosts by wrestling him to the ground and holding him there until police arrived.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), which supports anti-poverty and social justice programs nationwide, will no longer make grants to the embattled Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, better known as ACORN, because of allegations of embezzlement and widespread voter registration fraud against the organization.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A meeting taking place in the Vatican this week will address the staggering numbers of children worldwide who live without adequate health care or in areas of conflict that leave thousands killed or maimed every year. It will also discuss those children who adopt unhealthy lifestyles due to inadequate attention from their parents.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) meeting in Baltimore this week pledged to support president-elect Obama but also to stress areas of disagreement with him, particularly on abortion and other life issues.
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The young vote was a crucial factor in the election of Barack Obama. A new report by the Cardinal Newman Society reveals how Catholic colleges aided that victory and helped convince young Catholic voters they could vote for a candidate like Obama in good conscience.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Upon taking office in January, President-elect Barack Obama is planning to immediately overturn two executive orders put in place by President Bush that prohibit taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research and groups that perform or promote abortion in other countries.
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