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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Archeologists in Turkey believe they have unearthed the tomb of St. Philip the Apostle who is thought to have died in that country in 80 A.D.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A federal judge ruled this week that taxpayer dollars can be used to fund embryonic stem cell research, a decision that has renewed the debate over the morality of research that involves the intentional destruction of a human life.

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"For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research. To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting. Pope John Paul II For Reflection: According to this quote, how does God use patience as an instrument to work His greatest wonders? How does this help me to appreciate the time between a prayer and its answer? A desire and its manifestation? A vision and its realization?

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Not everyone is pleased with recent marketing strategies aimed at cashing in on the deeper pockets of the childless by banning children from airlines, restaurants, and even grocery stores.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) said today a federal lawsuit filed by an atheist group challenging the placement of a cross at the World Trade Center Memorial and Museum in New York City is deeply flawed and without merit.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Shortly after receiving a threatening note that was signed, "Your friend, Satan," a priest from Tuscany, Italy was beaten in the parish rectory and required hospitalization.

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"For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research. To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting. Pope John Paul II For Reflection: According to this quote, how does God use patience as an instrument to work His greatest wonders? How does this help me to appreciate the time between a prayer and its answer? A desire and its manifestation? A vision and its realization?

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Proponents of same-sex marriage are planning to use the momentum they gained by the passage of New York's Marriage Equality Act to launch a bus tour that will take them into 11 states that have banned the unions with the hopes of educating locals on other ways to secure equal recognition under the law.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist An investigative report by the Chicago Tribune has uncovered evidence of sexual abuse by Buddhist monks in Theravada temples throughout the U.S. 

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Alleging "flagrant violations" of New York State constitutional and legal procedures in the recent passage of the Marriage Equality Act, a lawsuit has been filed in the New York Supreme Court on behalf of several plaintiffs which could put a halt to same-sex marriages in the state as well as invalidate those that have taken place since the law went into effect on Sunday.

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