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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer While addressing thousands of children on Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI said he still has difficulty understanding why God chose him to lead the Catholic Church.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In the search for an indication of where she might stand on the abortion and homosexual marriage issue, Sonia Sotomayor, the woman named as a possible replacement for retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is being described as a “cultural” Catholic who rarely attends Mass and does not belong to a parish.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer A day after the murder of one of the nation’s best known abortionists, Dr. George Tiller, the pro-life community is expressing their outrage as well as their concern that the doctor’s killing will cause the entire anti-abortion movement to be labeled as “extremist” in the public eye.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer The ink had barely dried on the California Supreme Court decision to uphold a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage when two of the nation’s top constitutional lawyers filed an appeal in federal court to stop the state from enforcing the ban. However, supporters of same-sex marriage fear the latest legal move is premature and could hurt rather than help their cause in the long run.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer As Congress prepares for the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, her mysterious stance on abortion has become a worry to pro-abortion forces and a hope for pro-lifers.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In another attempt to nominate a suitable Ambassador to the Holy See after several of his choices have been turned down, President Barack Obama has named a 45 year old Liberation theologian to become the United State's Ambassador to the Holy See.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Last month, when Pope Benedict XVI told a crowd in St. Peter’s Square that Mary took part in her Son’s sacrifice “thus cooperating in the mystery of redemption and becoming mother of all believers," it touched off a new wave of speculation about whether or not he will declare a fifth Marian dogma naming Mary as Co-Redemptrix.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer The Governor of New Hampshire has stated publicly that he will only sign a new law allowing same-sex marriage in his state if the bill contains an amendment providing protection to churches whose teachings oppose to gay unions. However, the state’s House of Representatives narrowly rejected these changes on Wednesday, causing the bill to stall. 

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer More than 25 public buses traveling through the crowded streets of Chicago are now sporting signs that proclaim, “In the beginning, man created God.”

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer

Some of the nation’s leading billionaires met secretly to consider ways in which they can use their wealth to slow the growth of the world’s population and speed up improvements in health and education.

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