By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
President Barack Obama has decided not to visit a famous Sikh holy site during his upcoming visit to India because visitors are required to wear headscarfs or turbans, which the president fears will reinforce a growing belief in America that he is a Muslim.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two American prelates are among the list of 24 men who will be elevated to cardinal in a November 20 consistory.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Bishops from the state of New York have issued a new pastoral letter stating that the right to life trumps all other issues in the voting booth, including party loyalty and other issues such as the economy or education.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to newly released statistics from the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the past year saw positive signs of growth in the Church.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An 84 year-old Australian man has been awarded a medal of bravery for his work dissuading people from jumping to their deaths from the cliffs above Sydney Harbor.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thousands of students across the U.S. are remaining silent today as a sign of solidarity with 50 million of their brothers and sisters who have been silenced by abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In remarks given at a conference in Rome last week, the current head of the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura said that Catholic politicians who publicly espouse gravely sinful acts such as abortion must not only repent of the error, but do so in public in order to repair the grave scandal caused as a result of their actions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A California appellate court has ruled in favor of four San Diego firefighters who sued the fire department after being forced to participate in the city's Gay Pride Parade, an action which the court believes constituted sexual harrassment.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Citing a lack of cooperation in instituting "necessary reforms," Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha has formally suppressed the Catholic entity known as Intercessors of the Lamb.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Obama administration has asked a federal judge for an emergency suspension of her recent injunction stopping the enforcement of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy that prohibits homosexuals from serving openly in the military.
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