By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal judge in Florida ruled yesterday that a multi-state challenge to the constitutionality of some aspects of the health care reform law are worthy of further consideration and is allowing the case to move forward.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A YouTube video of a teen with Down Syndrome scoring a triumphant touchdown for his high school team has attracted two million viewers and drawn new attention to the truth about this largely misunderstood condition.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During the fiscal year 2008-2009, donations to Planned Parenthood by the Susan G. Komen Foundation declined by 10 percent.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As a way to witness to the Christian faith on Halloween this year, Christians across the UK are being urged to place a light in their window as a sign to passers-by that they are followers of Jesus Christ.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of Khartoum narrowly escaped injury when a man posing as a liturgical dancer at a Mass he ws celebrating suddenly pulled out a knife and attempted to stab him.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of the men who played a key role in executing the amazing rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners says prayer and faith led him to discover how to drill a hole large enough to free the men.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Church is to preach the Gospel "always and everywhere," according to a new encyclical letter from Pope Benedict XVI that establishes a council for promoting evangelization.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Church in Chile is leading the faithful in a continuous vigil of prayer for the success of the rescue of 33 miners who have been trapped underground since August 5.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips has issued a worldwide injunction to halt enforcement of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy which bans openly gay men and women from serving in the military.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what some are calling the most important moment in recent scientific history, a prestigious scientist has quit the American Physical Society (APS) because of the contoversy surrounding climate change, which he calls "the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life as a physicist."
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