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Traditional Religious Orders Continue to Thrive

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A new report on religious life in America released this month by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has once again confirmed that the thriving orders are those that espouse the habit and adherence to the Magisterium while those that do not are dwindling.

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Lawmaker Delivers Impassioned Speech on House Floor in Defense of Life

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN) delivered an impassioned and hard-hitting speech on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last night in which he outlined all of the reasons why Planned Parenthood does not deserve taxpayer funding and why his colleagues should vote in favor of the Pence Amendment, which will strip the organization of all federal funds.

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Woman Reports Bizarre Side Effects After Wearing New Age Energy Pendant

LW wrote to us months ago to inquire about a New Age gimmick known as a Scalar Energy Pendant that she bought from "devout Catholic ladies" during a recent pilgrimage. The pendant alleges protects the wearer from electromagnetic radiation emitting from things like cell phones and computers.Shortly after she began wearing it, she began to experience restlessness, weepiness and anxiety. But things apparently got much worse. I'll let her explain the rest in her own words.

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Protestors Jam Halls as Wisconsin Legislature Takes on Unions

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Hundreds of protestors, called into the streets and halls of the Wisconsin state Capitol today by union bosses, are trying to halt what appears to be almost certain passage of a bill intended to help the cash-strapped state by forcing drastic cutbacks in union workers' exorbitant pension and health care plans.

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New Documents Released From Church's Birth Control Commission

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Newly released documents from a member of the commission tasked with discerning whether the Church would allow the use of artificial contraception show that Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae in spite of the fact that a majority of the members were in favor of changing Church policy.

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Non-Catholics Using Best-Selling New Confession App

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The new iPhone app, Confession: A Roman Catholic App, has not only risen to the number one spot on Apple's "Lifestyle" app chart, but it's drawing people back to Confession for the first time in years and is even being used by non-Catholics as a useful examination of conscience.

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