By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The California Appellate court ruling that shocked the nation by declaring home schooling illegal in California is likely to be dismissed within the next few weeks.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The only Planned Parenthood facility in the state of South Dakota has chosen to close its doors rather than obey a new state law mandating that all women be told that abortion ends the life of a human being and increases a woman’s risk of physical and mental health problems.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The dissident group, Catholics for Choice, plans to publish an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI in a major U.S. and Italian newspaper on July 25, the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, claiming that the encyclical has been an “utter failure” that endangers women’s lives and leaves millions at risk of HIV.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new study has found that while rap music is notorious for its questionable lyrics, even pop stars such as Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Beyonce are producing music with graphic sexual language.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A tree blessed by Pope John Paul II eight years ago during a visit to the Holy Land was the only tree in a plot of land to produce olives this year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Three women are claiming to have been “ordained” into the priesthood on Sunday during a conference by the dissident group, Roman Catholic Womenpriests.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
With the start of the Beijing Olympics only weeks away, President Bush has vowed to maintain pressure on China for its religious freedom violations.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Almost a half million youth were urged to become “prophets of a new age” by Pope Benedict XVI at the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new law aimed at stripping federal funding from any school that dispenses the morning after pill to students under the age of 18 is making its way through Congress. Currently, more than 180 public high school and middle schools dispense the drug without parental notification.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The idea that women need abortions for “mental health” reasons was delivered a serious blow this month by a study published in the
Archives of General Psychiatry that found women were actually less prone to mental disorders during pregnancy.
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