The leader of the largest grass roots pro-life organization in America has published an open letter to New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan asking him to rescind his invitation to President Barack Obama to speak at the annual Al Smith Dinner in October.
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In a ruling that is bound to be appealed, a federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that same-sex couples do not have a constitutional right to marry.
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Although most of the fire directed against the Obama Administration's birth control mandate concerns its blatant infringement of religious freedom, this rule also allows people as young as 15 to be sterilized without their parent's knowledge or consent.
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A new study has found that the use of condoms prior to a pregnancy may increase the risk of women developing a dangerous health condition known as preeclampsia, or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR), which was recently put under direct control by the Vatican due to the group's long history of dissent from Catholic teaching, has decided to reject Rome's plan to reform the group into a more conservative mold, but stopped short of calling for an outright split from the Church.
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A new federal discrimination lawsuit is accusing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Janet Napolitano of appointing close female friends into top positions, then allowing them to humiliate and torment male employees.
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A young mother from New Jersey is suing a media company after discovering that the instructional video she made for them on breastfeeding was being used in porn films on the Internet.
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While attending the Knights of Columbus annual convention in Anaheim, California, Baltimore archbishop William E. Lori warned Catholics not to vote for any candidate who stands for an intrinsic evil, to not allow themselves to get "distracted" by the brouhaha over President Obama speaking at a Catholic Charities fundraiser in October, and to be aware that if the culture is going to change, it will do so through the actions of the laity, not the bishops.
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A furor is erupting over the case of a Dallas policeman who was punished after two lesbian officers confronted him over his purchase of a Chick-fil-A sandwich.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In a recent gathering of the Women's Political Committee, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) swore that the spirits of several women suffragists appeared to her during a meeting she had with President George W. Bush.
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