by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
European police have uncovered a 70,000 member Internet pedophile ring based in the Netherlands which has led to the identification of 670 suspects and the rescue of 230 abused children in 30 countries.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hirago, of the hard hit diocese of Sendai, Japan, said the tragic 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck the area last Friday has had "a strong emotional impact on society," and has left one priest dead of a heart attack.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though it was widely expected to pass, Maryland's same-sex marriage bill will be shelved for another year after a last minute effort from black churches and the Maryland Catholic Conference influenced a majority of House members to turn against the bill.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Less than two months after the horrifying shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona prompted nationwide calls for civility in public discourse, mobs of angry union workers in Wisconsin have thrown all sense of decency to the wind and are turning to violence in revenge for the passage of a bill that will restrict their collective bargaining rights.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is considered one of the largest and most in-depth federal report on sexual behavior of its kind, has found that a growing number of teens and young adults are choosing to remain chaste.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The release of an undercover video in which National Public Radio's (NPR) top fundraising executive is caught denigrating Christians, Jews, and tea party members, while espousing the Muslim Brotherhood, has prompted outrage and renewed calls for an end of the organization's taxpayer funding. It has also resulted in the resignation of controverial NPR CEO, Vivian Schiller.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Unless the public steps in to put a stop to it, ABC is working on a pilot for a new sitcom entitled "Good Christian B-tches" which is intended to be a Christian-bashing version of "Desperate Housewives."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A growing trend in U.S. and European public schools to mandate graphic sex ed programs that promote promiscuity and "alternative" lifestyles has reached historic proportions in Germany where teh 10th Christian parent has just been tossed in jail for refusing to allow her children to attend the classes. Attorneys on the case are warning that this trend may soon reach American shores.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Some of the country's top pro life organizations are rallying to the aid of baby Joseph Maraachli in an attempt to get him into a hospital in the United States where he can escape attempts by a Canadian hospital to remove his ventilator and let him die.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced on Friday that the U.S. House will appoint attorneys to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) after President Barack Obama decided it was unconstitutional and instructed the Justice Department to stop defending it.
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