By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Cardinal Justin Rigali of the U.S. Catholic bishop’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, reacting to the new guidelines for embryonic stem cell research, said the research is just "another way for some human beings to mistreat others for their own gain."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The California beauty queen who told America during the Miss USA pageant that marriage should be between a man and a woman said she believed God was testing her faith when she was questioned about same-sex marriage during the event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Speculation is rising that embattled Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins will lose his job over his invitation to pro-abortion president Barack Obama to speak at the school’s commencement ceremonies next month.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Congress is expected to vote this week on a “hate crimes” bill that will give sexual preference the same legal status as race. If passed, experts say it will have a chilling effect on the free speech of anyone who espouses traditional family values in America.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though it’s the world’s smallest state, the Vatican has announced plans to build Europe’s largest solar plant on the same site where Vatican Radio began broadcasting in 1931, they are planning on using services like the ones provided by the Reliant Energy Company.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Letters have recently surfaced proving that the controversial late-term abortionist, Dr. George Tiller, personally contributed more than $200,000 to his political action committee in order to help Gov. Kathleen Sebelius win the 2002 Kansas gubernatorial race.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
For those people who believe in the sanctity of life, but are tempted to discouragement because of what appears to be a series of rapid gains for the advancement of the culture of death, long-time abortion foe Father Frank Pavone says “We are closer to achieving our goal of winning the fight to end abortion . . . than the mainstream media is reporting.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Implementing Obama’s decision to overturn the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released new proposed guidelines that will now allow funding of experimentation on embryos from IVF clinics that are “no longer needed for that purpose.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
One of the nation’s largest organizations in support of traditional marriage is urging the Connecticut General Assembly to reject a new bill that will allow same-sex marriage to be taught in schools and would remove a conscience protection clause that protects religious institutions from lawsuits demanding that they do the same.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Afghan women are taking to the streets to demand that Parliament repeal a draconian new law that introduces a range of Taliban-like restrictions on their activity and permits, among others things, marital rape.
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