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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an attempt to be trendy, UK Catholic bishops have published what is being called a "cringe-worthy" guide to the upcoming papal masses in which they refer to the Masses as "gigs" and to the Pope as a "headline act."
Pope Asks for Prayer for UK Trip
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI is calling upon the faithful to pray for his upcoming trip to the UK.
Psychics Facing Increased Regulation
A rash of psychic swindlers in the U.S. has many towns deciding it's time to beef up laws aimed at protecting the public from being hoodwinked out of hundreds of thousands of dollars every year by unsavory clairvoyants.
Gainesville Pastor Halts Protest, but More Burnings Planned
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Florida has agreed to suspend plans to burn the Koran tomorrow pending a planned meeting with the imam in charge of the building of the mosque near Ground Zero in New York, but other burnings are now being planned by fringe groups around the country.
U.S. Catholic Accused of Supporting "Read the Koran" Day
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only a month after publishing a controversial article encouraging Catholics to practice yoga, U.S. Catholic magazine is now appearing to support a proposed "Read the Koran" day as a way to dispel mounting tensions over the New York City mosque controversy.
Appeals Court Rules Embryonic Stem Cell Research Can Continue
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled yesterday to allow the Obama administration to continue funding embryonic stem cell research while the Department of Justice appeals Judge Royce Lamberth's decision preventing it.
Religious Order Dismissed from Ave Maria University
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Inappropriate conduct by the superior of the Home of the Mother religious order that has been serving students at Ave Maria University (AMU) for several years has caused the administration and local diocese to dismiss the order from the campus.
New Bill Incorporates Agenda 21 Principles
Anyone who read the blog I posted on Tuesday about the UN's Agenda 21 who thinks "it can't happen here" needs to read the following news story posted today on our Breaking News site.
New Law Being Called a "Socialist Trap"
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Retiring Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) has introduced a new piece of legislation that will result in pressuring local communities into implementing "sustainable development" programs that will result in a massive redistribution of wealth and loss of private land rights.
UN Leaders Meet Behind Closed Doors to Discuss How to Take Charge of Global Agenda
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban ki-Moon and about 60 of the organization's top leaders spent the Labor Day weekend in a remote Austrian Alpine retreat discussing how the UN can take charge of the world's agenda.