By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new law under consideration in the UK could put the Church at risk for refusing to accept women, homosexuals and transsexuals as candidates for the priesthood.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of the largest abortion clinics in New Jersey has agreed to pay $1.9 million to a woman who sustained life-threatening injuries after undergoing a botched second-trimester abortion several years ago.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just before blessing statues of the Infant Jesus in St. Peter’s Square yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI said the Nativity scene is not just a tradition, but is "a school of life where we can learn the secret of true joy."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Last night, the History Channel aired the controversial “The People Speak” program which was written by a communist professor and American historian and is said to be destined for America’s classrooms.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Mehmet Ali Agca, the gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II nearly 30 years ago, will be released next month from a Turkish prison. After moving to Italy, he plans to ask the Vatican to baptise him for all the world to see.
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Lou asks: "
My grand kids were talking about using a Wii game on their television to do yoga. Is this version proper exercise or a combination of physical positioning with spiritual roots?"
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A California woman is collecting signatures for a proposed ballot initiative that would require public schools across the state to provide opportunities for pupils to listen to or perform Christmas carols.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two prominent Senators have received public rebukes from their bishops for voting against the Nelson-Hatch Amendment which would have prohibited the use of public funds for abortion in the Senate’s health care reform bill.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A prominent liberal Canadian journalist has published an op-ed saying human reproduction is the real “inconvenient truth” in the global warming debate and the only way to stop the inevitable destruction of the world is for China’s one-child policy to be imposed around the world.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New Jersey lawmakers in the state Senate decided to call off a much-anticipated vote on a bill legalizing same-sex “marriage” after realizing that they lacked the votes to pass it.
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