By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) meeting in Baltimore this week pledged to support president-elect Obama but also to stress areas of disagreement with him, particularly on abortion and other life issues.
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The young vote was a crucial factor in the election of Barack Obama. A new report by the Cardinal Newman Society reveals how Catholic colleges aided that victory and helped convince young Catholic voters they could vote for a candidate like Obama in good conscience.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Upon taking office in January, President-elect Barack Obama is planning to immediately overturn two executive orders put in place by President Bush that prohibit taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research and groups that perform or promote abortion in other countries.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The nation’s premier pro-life legal organization has launched a new project aimed at stopping passage of the most radical pro-abortion legislation in the nation’s history.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In the 2008 election, it was evangelicals and born-again Christians along with regular church-goers who pray and/or read the Bible daily who voted overwhelmingly for John McCain. Just about everyone else voted for Obama.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A renowned neuroscientist and Catholic priest told a bioethics news conference in New York that there is widespread ignorance about the moral implications of in vitro fertilization (IVF), even among Catholics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In spite of many pro-abortion victories in the last election, pro-life Democrats have been quietly increasing their numbers in Congress, adding five more seats to their existing 26.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Catholic health care organizations in the state of Washington are already reacting to the passage of the state’s new assisted suicide bill by refusing to participate in the program.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new study has found that adolescents who watch high levels of television programming containing sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy as peers who did not watch as many of these shows.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Archdiocese of Mexico issued a statement last week saying that the increasingly popular devotion to “Saint Death” is not compatible with the Catholic faith, and added that St. Jude Thaddeus, known worldwide as the patron saint of lost causes, is not the patron saint of criminals or drug lords.
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