By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Conservative lawmakers are beginning to sound a warning about the powerful new "Super Congress" that was created in the debt ceiling agreement, saying it will be used to fast-track tax increases and give the Washington elite more power over the nation's purse strings.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that couples are not only shunning marriage these days, but even cohabitation is requiring too much commitment with many of them now opting for more casual "stayover relationships" instead.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a bizarre rant in which he claimed God would soon take the life of the judge who is presiding over his sexual assault case, polygamist leader Warren Jeffs failed in his third attempt to have the judge removed from the case.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI is pleading for help for more than 11.8 million people in the Horn of Africa where tens of thousands have already died as a result of a severe drought, civil wars and ethnic clashes.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to announce today its decision to require all health insurance plans to cover birth control and sterilization for women, with little more than what are some are calling a toothless exemption for religious institutions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thousands of youth who descend upon Madrid for World Youth Day later this month will have a new iPhone app, named after Blessed John Paul II, to help them keep up with events and fuel their devotions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The day after the president and congressional leaders announced that they had reached a deal on raising the nation's debt limit before tomorrow's deadline, the real test will take place - can it pass through both Houses of Congress?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only a month after an international foundation ranked Pakistan as the third most dangerous country in the world for women, news is breaking about a horrendous "honor killing" in Pakistan where a man gunned down six of his daughters - in front of their mother - because two of them were suspected of having boyfriends.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, 73, passed away Wednesday evening at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from complications following lung surgery.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An end to the debt limit crisis isn't the only battle being fought in the U.S. House these days. Lawmakers are also taking on the fight to protect religious minorities around the world by creating a new diplomatic post that will be charged with defending religious freedom overseas.
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