By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of record wins for conservatives last week, pro-family groups are warning that liberals can still work "considerable mischief" in an upcoming lame-duck session as they seize a last chance to pass controversial legislation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With the Church of England on the verge of ordaining women priests for the first time, five bishops who oppose the move have become the first wave of defectors from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With a critical decision on the future of the controversial Don't Ask Don't Tell policy looming in the near future, the new commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps has broken ranks with the president and the Secretary of Defense to say he believes allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the armed forces would be "disastrous to combat effectiveness."
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Here's another great question from TA, this one on water awareness.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Following a deadly attack on Catholics in a Baghdad Cathedral last week, a Syrian Orthodox Archbishop in Britain is calling for all Christians to leave the country because the government is too weak to protect them against the on-going ethnic cleansing of all non-Muslim peoples in that country.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the dust continues to settle after last week's historic election, it is becoming clear that conservative pro-life women won big in states considered to be both "red" and "blue."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During his trip to Spain this weekend, Pope Benedict XVI warned about an aggressive anti-clericalism that is once again overtaking Europe and urged the faithful to open itself to God once again.
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I posted this story on our Breaking News site today and want to share it with our blog friends because it proves that Harry Potter is far more than just "harmless fiction" and that children do indeed emulate this famous "wizard" at great cost to both themselves and our world.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal-elect Gianfranco Ravasi, the Holy See's official "culture minister" believes people who rely on fast food chains for their meals are skipping a vital form of communication.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A shocking new report issued by the once revered UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is drawing fire for promoting sex ed guidelines that encourage children to experiment sexually from birth to age five.
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