By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While the world celebrates the awarding of a Nobel prize to a British pioneer of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life called the award "completely out of line" and reminded the public about the dark side of this process.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that nearly one in 10 Americans is depressed, and one in 30 meet the criteria for major depression, especially among the unemployed and those who are unable work.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Commission on Family and Life is accusing the U.S. of using foreign aid to pressure the government into providing a more aggressive birth control program.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have disclosed that two mifepristone (RU-486)-induced deaths occurred in the past two years, bringing the total number of reported death related to RU-486 to 12.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A small group of Satanists from Oklahoma who made news a month ago after renting out the Oklahoma City Civic Center for a "public satanic exorcism" has had to regroup after one of their members abruptly dissolved their "church."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A stunning new report by
LifeNews.com reveals that the Obama Administration partnered with the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice in a training seminar co-sponsored by pro-abortion groups that focused on alleged pro-life "violence" - such as prayer vigils and leafleting - at abortion clinics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The famous New York auction house, Sotheby's, is hosting an art exhibition celebrating Dante's "Divine Comedy" that contains a mockery of Christ and profane images of priests.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A controversy is brewing over a new program in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts that is depicting yoga positions, and instructions on how to perform them, on the envelopes of their parking tickets.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a statement to mark Respect Life Month, October 2010, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston addressed direct threats to human life and called Catholics to “constantly witness to the inestimable worth and dignity of each human life through a loving concern for the good of others.” He also encouraged participation in the worldwide “Vigil for All Nascent Human Life” called for by Pope Benedict XVI at the start of Advent.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal appeals court in Washington DC has decided to allow government funding of embryonic stem cell research to continue while the case against it is pending in the courts.
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