By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An amendment introduced by Mike Pence (R-IN) to defund Planned Parenthood could have passed with the votes of 84 Catholic representatives who voted against it.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The filming of a new movie based on the true story of a Catholic nun who rescued more than 100 kidnapped schoolchildren from a rebel army in Uganda is being planned for early next year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
After turning down 31 common-sense amendments to the proposed government-run health care plan, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill that includes radical new measures including mandated national ID cards, government restricted access to disabled citizens and mandatory end-of-life counseling sessions for seniors.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The controversy over the legitimacy of President Barack Obama’s citizenship continues to rage after CNN’s Lou Dobbs reported that Hawaiian officials destroyed the original birth certificate, a charge the state’s health director flatly denies. Congress has also become involved in the fray.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A New York school district is under fire for agreeing to provide students with free testing for sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy without their parent’s consent.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The priest who served as the spiritual director to six visionaries who claim to have been visited by the Blessed Virgin Mary nearly 40,000 times in Medjugorje has been officially laicized by Pope Benedict XVI.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new study has found that the loss of a spouse to death or divorce has a lingering detrimental impact on a person’s health, even if they remarry.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) says the Ryan-DeLauro bill, the Obama administration’s attempt at finding common ground in the abortion war, is so pro-contraception it might as well be called the “Planned Parenthood Economic Stimulus Package of 2009.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a recent interview, the head of the Vatican’s liturgical office, Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, reminded US bishops about their responsibility to pro-abortion Catholic politicians, saying that withholding Communion from those who are in a state of serious sin is an act of charity meant for the person’s spiritual salvation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
After the recent spate of deadly car bomb attacks on Iraq’s dwindling Christian community, security forces are digging trenches around towns, setting up armed gates and increasing intelligence services to foil any future attacks.
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