By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Anyone looking for the perfect gift for Catholic friends and family this year may want to consider a new CD from the Vatican which includes a hymn sung by Pope Benedict XVI and prayers recited by him in five languages.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The nation’s largest pro-family group has just released its 2009 “Naughty or Nice” list to help Christians find and support retailers who are “Christmas-friendly.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two former pro-abortion leaders wrote on op-ed in the
New York Times this weekend warning the Democratic party to either defend abortion or risk an inter-party revolt.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A play that originally opened in Manhattan in 1998 to bomb threats and protests because it portrays Jesus as a homosexual, was brought back to the stage in a California church this past weekend.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After refusing to meet with a chaplain, or to utter any last words, John Allen Muhammad, the man responsible for a three-week killing spree in Washington DC in 2002 that left 10 people dead, was executed by lethal injection in a Virginia prison on Tuesday night.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Chinese researchers are reporting a 17 percent increased breast cancer risk among women who have had an abortion. The study is considered particularly valid because abortion is not stigmatized in China, nor is it connected to abortion ideology and politics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is calling for a vote next week on the controversial David Hamilton, a pro-abortion ideologue and former ACLU attorney nominated by Pres. Obama to serve on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The nation’s largest family organization is calling for a nationwide boycott of Gap, Inc. because of its policy to ban the word “Christmas” from its stores this season.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
When asked about the amendment that stripped abortion out of the House health care reform bill in a recent interview, President Obama said more work needs to be done with such an amendment to be sure it doesn’t change the “status quo” on abortion, a comment some are calling “phony.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In retaliation for their successful involvement in lobbying for the passage of an amendment prohibiting the use of federal monies for abortion in health care reform, a pro-abortion lawmaker is calling for an investigation of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to determine if they violated the terms of their tax exempt status.
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