By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A leading anti-Catholic organization, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU), is threatening the U.S. Catholic Church with the loss of their tax-exempt status if they continue to warn their flocks against voting for pro-abortion politicians.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told a reporter last week that U.S. bishops will discuss whether voting for pro-abortion legislation entails automatic excommunication at their November meeting.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Comedian Bill Maher may have misrepresented his intentions in order to gain access to a Catholic church in New Jersey which he used in his virulent anti-God film,
Religulous.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A team of researchers from the University of Washington say they have created a device that can re-route motor cortex control signals from the brain to paralyzed limbs and enable the muscles to move.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Judgment Day is on its way and according to one courageous U.S. bishop, that day may very well be November 4, 2008.
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By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
A new documentary based on the book by Pope John Paul II’s long-time personal secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, reveals much about the late pontiff’s life, including the time he was stabbed by a knife-wielding priest during a trip to Fatima.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Women seeking priestly ordination to the priesthood used the occasion of the meeting of the worldwide Synod of Bishops in Rome to bring attention to their cause by marching on the Vatican.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to a new poll comparing Catholic voters to the wider electorate, there isn’t much difference between the two when it comes to moral issues such as abortion and same sex marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
While the pundits are busy debating who won the third and final presidential debate held last night at Hofstra University, experts are busy checking their statements and say both candidates were guilty of fudging the facts.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A controversy is raging over a San Francisco charter school’s decision to take a busload of first graders to their lesbian teachers “wedding.” At a time when voters are locked in a fierce battle over whether or not to permit same-sex marriage in the state, some say the offbeat field trip may be enough to sway voters away from the idea.
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