By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to a local bishop, the area most seriously affected by the tsunami that hit the islands of Mentawai on Monday are Catholic villages where more than 8,000 faithful kept their homes.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During an interview with a group of bloggers on Wednesday, President Barack Obama intimated that his opposition to same-sex marriage may change in the future.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With the midterm elections less than a week away, conservative lawmakers are putting out the word that they have no intention of compromising when it comes to repealing President Obama's vastly unpopular health care reform law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report by fertility experts has found that less than eight percent of all embryos produced in IVF labs result in a live birth.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a recent radio interview, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards said the government should make the public funding of birth control a priority because fewer children saves money in the long run.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A critical shortage of priests in Baltimore, the first Catholic diocese to be established in America, is forcing parishes to reduce daily and Sunday Mass schedules.
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I can't resist posting this follow up to a news story I posted on Breaking News the other day about the man who tried to kill the Catholic Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia because it involves both the release of "energy" and wanting to drink blood - two New Age occult practices that are all the rage these days.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only a day after the release of a major study that found alarming levels of sexually risky behavior among New York City teens, another study has found that half of all U.S. high schools have engaged in bullying or have been bullied themselves.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New York City's Archbishop Timothy Dolan is once again publicly rebuking
The New York Times for its blatant anti-Catholic bias, this time over its gushing reviews of an offensive art exhibit and play that profane Catholicism.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A weeks-long investigation by
FoxNews.com has found that the world's largest social network is allowing pedophiles and child predators on its website, creating an "underworld" of content that clearly violates not only Facebook's terms of use, but also may include visual depictions of child sexual abuse.
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