By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Speaking at conference in Hungary this past weekend, Massimo Introvigne of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the number of Christians who are killed for the faith each year amounts to one martyr's life being taken every five minutes.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At an open-air Mass attended by up to 400,000 pilgrims yesterday in Zegreb, Croatia, Pope Benedict XVI called upon the predominantly Catholic nation to counter the disintegration of family values and not to give in to the "secularized mentality" that living together is an acceptable replacement to marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The decision to fly a rainbow flag in honor of homosexuality in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia has generated a flood of complaints from angry citizens.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The infamous Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 83, known for his fierce advocacy of assisted suicide, died early this morning in a Michigan hospital from a pulmonary thrombosis.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Germany's Union of Catholic Physicians (UCP), which admits that it does not represent official Catholic positions, has sparked outrage over its claim that treatments such as homeopathy can be used to keep homosexual inclinations at bay.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only weeks after the U.S. Senate responded to public pressure and refused to approve the nomination of radical Goodwin Liu to the federal bench, another controversial judge who sided with notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller and Planned Parenthood has been nominated to the federal appeals court.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Fallout from the ongoing controversy over the Girl Scouts' promotion of a radical feminist agenda reached a new level this week when an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Denver wrote a column warning parents about the problem.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the launching of an investigation into oral contraceptives such as Yaz and Yasmin that contain drospirenone after new research suggests these pills increase the risk of blood clots more than other oral contraceptives.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what is certainly bad news for the president's re-election hopes, women voters appear to be turning their backs on President Obama in record numbers.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A large survey conducted by a prominent Christian ministry has found widespread distrust among evangelicals toward President Barack Obama and the federal government.
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