By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Two Pennsylvania prelates have issued a statement of support for the embattled Christopher West, whose work promoting Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body" came under fire after he made controversial statements on ABC’s Nightline last spring.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The leader of a major pro-life group who was invited to the White House last Thursday to discuss abortion in health care reform left the meeting “deeply concerned” about the Administrations refusal to explicitly exclude abortion from bills currently circulating in Congress.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Father Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, said there need be no opposition between belief in aliens and belief in God.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A 12 year-old boy who returned to school after summer vacation as a girl caused such an uproar in a UK school that teachers were forced to call an emergency assembly to deal with the problem.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The president of the University of Notre Dame has issued a letter announcing a series of pro-life initiatives to be undertaken on-campus, saying these decisions came “out of the vigorous discussions surrounding President Obama’s visit last Spring . . .”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A provision to strip the corruption-riddled Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) of all federal funds passed the U.S. House yesterday by a wide margin.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new Rasmussen poll found that the majority of Americans believe government-subsidized health care plans should be prohibited from covering abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Speaking on the occasion of the Brazilian bishops Ad Limina pilgrimage to Rome, Pope Benedict XVI said we must be careful not to secularize the clergy or clericalize the laity.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
After Elton John announced last weekend that he and his male partner had fallen in love with, and wanted to a adopt, a 14-month old HIV positive child they met while touring the Ukraine, the Orthodox Church there called him a “sinner” and thanked God that the country’s laws would prevent him from adopting the child.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A group of House Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at overturning the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies recognition of gay marriage and gives states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
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