By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Church in Chile is leading the faithful in a continuous vigil of prayer for the success of the rescue of 33 miners who have been trapped underground since August 5.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips has issued a worldwide injunction to halt enforcement of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy which bans openly gay men and women from serving in the military.
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Anyone who thinks there's no harm in the proliferation of occult-fiction may want to read the following news item posted on our Breaking News site earlier today.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what some are calling the most important moment in recent scientific history, a prestigious scientist has quit the American Physical Society (APS) because of the contoversy surrounding climate change, which he calls "the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life as a physicist."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just before opening the first working session of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops in Rome this week, Pope Benedict denounced "terrorist ideologies" that promote violence in the name of God.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two members of a vampire cult have been arrested by police in Chandler, Arizona after stabbing a friend who refused to allow them to suck his blood.
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What is the one thing all alternative medicine techniques have in common?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The first human trial involving embryonic stem cells (ESC) has officially begun with the injection of a partially paralyzed patient with millions of stem cells in an Atlanta hospital.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that children who spend more than two hours per day watching television or playing computer games are at greater risk for psychological problems.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching an effort to force religious hospitals to provide abortions by asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to strip them of their federal funding if they refuse to comply.
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