By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The furor over a cross erected in the front of the presidential palace in memorial to the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski who was killed in a plane crash in April has ignited an already heated debate between liberals and conservatives about the role of Church and state in that country.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a startling example of what happens when government runs amuck, health inspectors from the Multnomah County Health Department in Oregon shut down a child's lemonade stand because she failed to get a $120 temporary restaurant license.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New research from doctors in Scotland found that women who get pregnant within six months of a miscarriage have a higher percentage of healthy births than women who wait.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of mounting opposition from conservative lawmakers as well as the public, the Senate confirmed the nomination of U. S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. She will be sworn in tomorrow.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While conducting an excavation beneath a 5th century monastery on the Black Sea, Bulgarian archeologists unearthed an alabaster reliquary containing bones they believe may have belonged to St. John the Baptist.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the debate leading up to the almost certain nomination of U.S. Solictor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court gets underway, conservative lawmakers have announced that if they had the numbers, they would demand an investigation into Kagan's role in doctoring a medical group's statement that influenced the outcome of the 1997 partial birth abortion debate.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), a pro-abortion Catholic who claimed earlier this year that she had a duty to pursue policies "in keeping with the values" of Jesus Christ, recently refused to answer a reporter who asked when she thought Jesus received the right to life.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a ruling that few found surprising, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is openly homosexual, has ruled that California's voter-approved constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, popularly known as Proposition 8, is unconstitutional.
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A new report published today found that many popular dietary supplements contain ingredients that may cause cancer, heart problems, liver or kidney damage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After months of debate and ever-growing controversy, New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 9-0 yesterday that a building near Ground Zero does not qualify for landmark status and can be used to construct an Islamic community center.
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