By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A major Washington DC think tank has confirmed a four-part plan by Congressional leadership that if used, could allow “Obamacare” to be rammed into law by Thanksgiving without anyone knowing what is actually in the bill.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study raises the question of whether the use of oral contraceptives is interfering with a woman’s ability to choose, compete for and retain a partner.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a recent interview, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago warns about the growth of a fashionable new atheism among the nation’s youth.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The American Life League (ALL) released a recent survey that reveals that at least 10 Planned Parenthood clinical trials involving birth control pills were conducted on underage girls as young as 13.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The problem of offensive reading material being assigned or made available to minors in the nation’s public schools has come to the forefront again when the father of a high school student in Virginia discovered a banned book advocating homosexual acts, rape, and bestiality in his son’s possession. The book came from a teacher at the school.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A prestigious Italian daily has chosen to publish Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput rebuttal of arguments made in support of President Obama’s appearance at Notre Dame last spring by Cardinal Georges Cottier,Theologian Emeritus of the Pontifical Household.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Americans concerned about the way the government is handling the current health care reform debate were disappointed to learn that in an attempt to bolster support for the controversial bills, the White House “doctored” yesterday’s Rose Garden event where 150 doctors were given white coats to wear in order to make the scene look more convincing to the public.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During the first papal visit to the UK since 1982, which is scheduled for 2010, Pope Benedict XVI will find a warm welcome at Buckingham Palace by the Queen is said to be “appalled” by the liberal leanings of the Church of England and growing “increasingly sympathetic” to the Catholic Church.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops have sent a letter to each member of the U.S. Senate urging them to support a “fair and just health care reform bill” that excludes mandated coverage for abortion, and upholds longstanding laws that protect conscience rights.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a letter sent to our new Vatican ambassador, Miguel Diaz, Pope Benedict XVI urged him to uphold the “inalienable right to life from the moment of conception to natural death.”
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