By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Declining moral standards in the West continue to produce bizarre family situations, but few are as shocking as the Texas woman who learned that her 11 month-old twins do not have the same father.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On the heels of a Gallup poll revealing a pro-life majority in the U.S. for the first time since 1995, another poll by Fox News which found a majority of voters believing judicial experience rather than ideology is the "single most important factor” in picking the next Supreme Court justice, is proving the Obama administration to be out of touch with the American mainstream.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a pro-abortion “Catholic” politician who is on the Obama Administration’s "short list" of possible replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, will be in Washington today, raising speculation about whether or not she will meet with the president about the vacancy.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
While speaking to journalists during the flight back to Rome after his historic and eventful pilgrimage to the Holy Land last week, he cited the encouraging ecumenical atmosphere, the people’s openness to inter-religious dialogue, and their profound desire for peace as his most lasting impressions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A man known for his autocratic style who recently spearheaded a massive condom-distribution program in New York City has been appointed by President Barack Obama to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
President Barack Obama’s much anticipated speech at Notre Dame yesterday turned out to be a typical “campaign” speech wherein he called for seeking the middle-ground on abortion even while neglecting to mention his own radical abortion record or that of most of the appointees in his administration.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Obama nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel, Dawn Johnsen, who called pregnant women “fetal containers” and “losers in the contraceptive lottery,” may be paying the price for her radical abortion stance as Senate leaders say she does not have enough votes for confirmation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI delivered the most political speech of his Middle East trip yesterday in the Palestinian territories where he endorsed Palestinian statehood and called for the “walls” between the Israelis and the Palestinians to be torn down.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An alumni group at Notre Dame announced yesterday that the university has lost nearly $14 million in donations from alumni and donors who feel disenfranchised by the trend of Notre Dame’s leadership to abandon its Catholic identity.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI will grant a plenary indulgence to priests and the faithful during the Year for Priests, which will run June 19, 2009 through June 19, 2010.
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