By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As a result of a judge’s ruling, Montana has become the third state to legalize physician-assisted suicide by allowing physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients without threat of criminal prosecution. The man who brought the case died naturally on the same day the decision was handed down.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Catholics in the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin are being warned not to read a book written by a suspended priest detailing the secret proceedings of a church tribunal. Madison Bishop Robert C. Morlino says those who read it could be committing a “canonical crime.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Oxford University Press has decided to delete words such as sin, devil, altar and bishop from the new Oxford Junior Dictionary and replace them with more contemporary words such as celebrity, MP3 player and tolerant.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On Friday, Dec. 12, a delegation of 1,000 pilgrims from Lower Austria will present Pope Benedict XVI with a 109 foot Christmas tree that will decorate St. Peter’s Square during the 2008 Christmas season.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A British television channel is planning to broadcast the assisted suicide death of 59 year old man suffering from motor neurone disease tomorrow night.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A chain of 11 abortuaries targeting mostly Hispanic women in southern California was forced to close after their owner pled guilty to performing abortions without a medical license.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Nearly 100 homosexual activists and the media gathered outside St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Saturday, claiming the Catholic Church as an unspoken agenda to “kill” homosexuals.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Louisiana's Anh "Joseph" Quang Cao, a 41-year-old Republican and ex-Jesuit seminarian, has become the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama cannot be president because he was not born in the United States.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to continue abstinence education funding. The letter is signed by more 500 people, including physicians, educators and parents, as well as members of community organizations, health departments and youth-empowerment agencies.
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