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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist It has recently been discovered that U.S. Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, President Obama’s pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, helped craft President Clinton’s political strategy for sustaining his veto of the partial birth abortion in 1997, an effort that prevented the ban from becoming law until 2003.

Poll: Younger Americans Now as Pro Life as Seniors

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new Gallup poll has found that the abortion industry is losing ground among the next generation of Americans with people in the 18 to 29 age bracket now more likely than their elders to believe abortion should be illegal in all circumstances.

Vatican Launches Defense Against Lawsuits

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Facing challenges on several fronts, the Vatican has launched its most detailed defense to date against claims that it should be held liable for U.S. bishops who did not report priests who abused minors, and that a 1962 Vatican document required bishops to remain silent about these cases.

Study: Infants Capable of Learning While Asleep

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that infants are capable of learning while asleep, a finding that may one day provide a means to screen for developmental conditions very early in life.

Synchronicity: "Tuning in" to the Universe

A new book by a prominent New Age writer is promising to change your life by introducing you to the greatest guiding light of all time – an alignment of universal forces or “falling together” of physical and psychical events known as synchronicity.

Supreme Court Hands Down Two Important Decisions Today

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Supreme Court has handed down two long-awaited decisions today; one ruling will not allow teens to serve life sentences without parole unless they have been convicted of murder; a second ruling allows federal officials to hold indefinitely inmates considered "sexually dangerous", even after their prison terms are complete.

Nun Excommunicated for Allowing Abortion

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A nun serving as the administrator of a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been excommunicated after allowing an abortion to be performed on a patient.

Controversial Speakers at Catholic Colleges Declines in 2010

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Since the months-long scandal that surrounded the commencement address by President Barack Obama at the University of Notre Dame last spring, the number of controversial speakers at U.S. Catholic colleges and universities declined this year.

Poll: Obama Supporters Mostly Non-Churchgoers

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new Gallup poll has found that President Obama is drawing most of his support from among those people who seldom or never attend church.

Police Foil Plot to Kill Pope

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Italian authorities have deported two Moroccan students who were plotting to kill Pope Benedict XVI during his recent visit to Turin.