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150 Children from Single Sperm Donor Prompts Calls for More Regulation
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist
The possibility of a baby born via sperm donation having more than 100 siblings is very real, and is causing concern among experts who are calling for more regulation of the industry.
Sports Stars Use Stanley Cup Trophy as Baptismal Font
A Catholic blogger recently discovered that two well-known ice hockey stars decided it would be a cool idea to use the venerable Stanley Cup trophy as a baptismal font for family members, a decision that sparked outrage among fan, but not for abusing the sacrament - for not showing proper respect to the Cup!
Bishop Leads Protest Against Bible-Shredding Satanic Rocker
Bishop Wieslaw Mering of the diocese of Wlocawek in Poland is protesting the hiring of a Satanic rock musician by a national television station where he will be featured as an "outstanding Polish singer."
Mother of Conjoined Twins Refuses to Abort
A single young woman who recently converted to Catholicism is making headlines for publicly celebrating the life of her unborn conjoined twins who doctors advised her to abort.
Jesus' Facebook Page Attracts More Than 8 Million Followers
Man Thanks God - and Earthquake - For Miraculous Restoration of Hearing
A 75 year-old Washington, DC resident who lost his hearing in a fall on Father's Day, is thanking God for a miraculous restoration of hearing that occurred during the earthquake that rocked the region on Tuesday.
Man Blackmails Priest by Threatening to File False Sex Abuse Charges
A Niagara Falls man with a long criminal record has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after admitting to extorting $90,000 from a Catholic priest after threatening to falsely accuse him of committing sexual abuse.
Bloomberg's "Inclusive" 9/11 Commemoration Doesn't Include Religion
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is causing outrage by his decision to ban all clergy from the upcoming commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Biden Backpedals on Comments About China's One-Child Policy
After several days of harsh criticism about a comment he made during his China visit about not "second-guessing" that country's brutal one-child policy, the office of Vice President Joe Biden has issued a "clarification" with the hopes of stemming the mounting backlash.