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Intense Religious Opposition Thwarts Maryland Same-Sex Marriage Bill

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Even though it was widely expected to pass, Maryland's same-sex marriage bill will be shelved for another year after a last minute effort from black churches and the Maryland Catholic Conference influenced a majority of House members to turn against the bill.

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Baby Joseph Transferred to Catholic Hospital in St. Louis

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Under cover of darkness, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, arrived in Ontario, Canada, Sunday night to rescue Baby Joseph Maraachli from the London Health Sciences Centre and see him safely transferred to a Catholic hospital in St. Louis.

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Apostolic Visitation of U.S. Religious Concludes

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Mother Mary Clare Millea, ASCJ, Apostolic Visitator for Institutes of Women Religious in the United States, held a concluding workshop last week for the religious who assisted with on-site visits to congregations of women religious, signaling the end of the years-long visitation.

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China May Relax One-Child Policy Within Five Years

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Authorities in Beijing are considering a relaxation of the country's controversial one-child-only policy, not because they've seen the light, but because officials are beginning to realize that the population has become dangerously imbalanced.

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Union Workers in Wisconsin Threaten to Shoot, Bomb Homes of Republican Lawmakers

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Less than two months after the horrifying shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona  prompted nationwide calls for civility in public discourse, mobs of angry union workers in Wisconsin have thrown all sense of decency to the wind and are turning to violence in revenge for the passage of a bill that will restrict their collective bargaining rights.

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Study: Virginity Makes a Comeback Among US Teens

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is considered one of the largest and most in-depth federal report on sexual behavior of its kind, has found that a growing number of teens and young adults are choosing to remain chaste.

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