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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Parents of students at an Iowa high school are expressing outrage over a graphic sex ed program produced by Planned Parenthood that was shown to their children.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Anyone wondering why Comedy Central seems to be so anti-Christian need only listen to a strange interview on National Public Radio (NPR) with one of the show’s correspondents who who reveals it was like to be raised by a Wiccan and atheist while attending a “progressive” Catholic school and calls mocking the Church “pure joy.”

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A federal judge in New Orleans delivered a stunning blow to the Obama Administration yesterday when he overturned the President’s offshore drilling moratorium, saying the government failed to prove that the ban was necessary.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist During a recent interview on Vatican television, the director of the Vatican Press Office cited the “impotence and slowness” of both BP and the U.S. government to plug the blown oil well in the Gulf, saying the disastrous episode should serve as a lesson in humility to all of us.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist In what many are describing as police enforcement of Shari’a law at a Muslim festival last weekend, the Thomas More Law Center has agreed to represent four Christians who were arrested for peacefully proselytizing at the event.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist An Italian priest and Vatican consultant is launching a free iPad app in July that will contain the entire Roman missal, thus enabling priests who travel frequently to use it on the altar.

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Dr. Fitzgibbons has been a regular guest of The Abundant Life and we are thrilled to have him back this week on our new daily television program, Women of Grace.   Married couples face many challenges together with raising children, managing a home and finances, and just day to day living.  In some cases, couples face additional challenges when one or both spouses have major emotional and character conflicts which limit their ability to give and receive love, resulting in marital unhappiness.  Dr. Fitzgibbons addresses some of these issues on each of this weeks program and gives practical advice on what may be done to resolve them.  You can watch each day on EWTN at 11:00 a.m. and the encore at 11:30 p.m. You can also check out his website on the Insitute for Marital Healing where you will find much valuable information.  They are offering a free webinar for those who may be or know someone struggling with pornography: The Healing of Pornography Conflicts Webinar Join us for a Webinar on June 26 - space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/242775347 This marital educational webinar will focus on the damaging impact of pornography upon Catholic marriages and families, the origins of this conflict and its healing. The recommended readings are:

• www.socialcostsofpornography.org
• www.maritalhealing.com/conflicts/selfgiving.php
• www.maritalhealing.com/conflicts/addictedspouse.php

 Title: The Healing of Pornography Conflicts Date:   Saturday, June 26, 2010 Time:   10:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000

Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist During a June 18 interview with CNN’s Larry King, convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian admitted to not only to killing the man for whom he spent eight years in prison, but also to a woman years earlier.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A recently released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that revealed $2.3 billion in taxpayer funds going to groups that fund abortion, has inadvertently shone a light on a large cache of federal money that remains unaccounted for in Planned Parenthood records.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney is taking on children’s clothing manufacturers who contribute to the cultural sexualization of young girls by marketing inappropriate clothing such as padded bras and other “Tweenage” underwear to girls as young as eight.

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