By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Nine year-old Christina Taylor Green, who was gunned down on Saturday in the attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will be laid to rest today in a casket specially made by Trappist monks.
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Feast of St.Hilary,
Bishop and Doctor
(D. 367)
"I am well aware, almighty God and Father, that in my life I owe you a most particular duty. It is to make my every thought and word speak of you."
St. Hilary
For Reflection:
Do I, like St. Hilary, consider it a duty to make my every thought and word speak of God? Why or why not? How can practicing the virtues accomplish this in a practical way?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of the nation's top public interest law firms has filed a complaint against Vanderbilt University for forcing all students or health care workers to participate in abortions regardless of their religious beliefs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Egypt's foreign ministry has recalled its Vatican ambassador for "consultation" after Pope Benedict's address to the diplomatic corps in which he called upon Muslim countries to do more to protect Christian minorities.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The decades long decline in the number of annual abortion rates appears to have stalled, with numbers indicating a spike in chemical abortions and in the number of clinics now performing abortions at 20 -24 weeks may be to to blame.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Now that Congress has repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell, the policy that prevented homosexuals from serving openly in the military, transgendered groups are now clamoring for the same privileges.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an era when baby names such as Sienna and Brooklyn are considered fashionable, Pope Benedict XVI is calling for a return to the tradition of giving children Christian names that reflect their status as a son or daughter of God.
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"The Church of God needs saints today. This imposes a great responsibility on us. We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live His life fully in us."
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
For Reflection:
How fully is Christ able to live His life in me?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The parents of the man who murdered six people in an assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday are said to be sick with grief over their son's actions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, who became pro-life after witnessing an ultrasound-guided abortion, is telling the shocking truth about the abortion industry in a book being released today by
Ignatius Press.
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