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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Medical experts are finally speaking out about the variety of New Age and otherwise bad medical techniques being touted regularly on the Oprah Winfrey show.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer The much anticipated address to the Muslim world delivered in Cairo today by  President Barack is receiving mixed reaction from around the world.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer New studies have confirmed that in addition to preventing certain birth defects such as spina bifida, folic acid, a B vitamin necessary for cell growth, has now been found to prevent premature birth and heart defects.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer The president of the Parents Television Council (PTC) is calling on concerned citizens to renew the push for cable choice after a scripted stunt on Sunday evening’s MTV Movie Awards Show resulted in a perverse display of partial nudity.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Father Frank Pavone, founder of Priests for Life, is cautioning the pro-life community against being shamed into silence by those critics who are blaming anti-abortion forces for the murder of George Tiller.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer After being satisfied that the bill would not force religious organizations that oppose same-sex marriage to participate in these ceremonies, the governor of New Hampshire signed a same-sex marriage bill into law, making it the sixth state in the U.S. to allow homosexuals to marry.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In an interview with a French newspaper last evening, President Barack Obama told the interviewer that “if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world".

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops along with many other Hispanic and Christian organizations have  withdrawn support of a major piece of immigration reform legislation after gay activists inserted language that would afford marriage-like immigration benefits to same-sex partners.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer During an interview on Vatican Radio, Archbishop Mauro Piacenza said the Vatican is planning to publish a handbook on the Sacrament of Reconciliation this year with the hopes of bringing more Catholics back to this vital sacrament.

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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Objections by Congressional Democrats to the Pregnant Women Support Act (PWSA) is sparking public criticism from pro-life members of the Democratic party.

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