By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
A new documentary based on the book by Pope John Paul II’s long-time personal secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, reveals much about the late pontiff’s life, including the time he was stabbed by a knife-wielding priest during a trip to Fatima.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Women seeking priestly ordination to the priesthood used the occasion of the meeting of the worldwide Synod of Bishops in Rome to bring attention to their cause by marching on the Vatican.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to a new poll comparing Catholic voters to the wider electorate, there isn’t much difference between the two when it comes to moral issues such as abortion and same sex marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
While the pundits are busy debating who won the third and final presidential debate held last night at Hofstra University, experts are busy checking their statements and say both candidates were guilty of fudging the facts.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A controversy is raging over a San Francisco charter school’s decision to take a busload of first graders to their lesbian teachers “wedding.” At a time when voters are locked in a fierce battle over whether or not to permit same-sex marriage in the state, some say the offbeat field trip may be enough to sway voters away from the idea.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Texas woman received a threatening visit by the Secret Service after receiving an unsolicited phone call from an Obama campaign worker who didn’t like her reasons for refusing to support the Senator from Illinois.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The beatification of the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux will take place on Mission Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Basilica of St. Therese in Lisieux, France.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra birth control patch, has quietly paid out at least $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who suffered blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, and even death after using the patch.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Activist judges in the Connecticut Supreme Court have overturned a state ban on same-sex marriage, making it the third state in the union to legalize gay marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A newly released video of a speech by Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, in which he refers to presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) as the “messiah” is raising even more questions about the candidate’s shady liaisons.
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