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Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano Praises Potter Film

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Contrary to earlier reviews in which Harry Potter was called the wrong image of a hero," a review of the latest Harry Potter film in the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano says that while the movie may be too scary for young viewers, the story champions the values of friendship and sacrifice.

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ObamaCare Death Panels on the "Hot Seat"

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A hearing was held yesterday in which Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was brought before the House Budget Committee where she was grilled on the controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) - also known as the death panel - that was created as a part of ObamaCare.

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Public Outrage Builds After Tulsa Police Captain Punished for Refusing to Participate in Islamic Event

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A nationwide grassroots organization has collected tens of thousands of signatures from Americans who are outraged over the suspension of a Tulsa Police Captain who refused to order his officers to attend an Islamic event sponsored by a group associated with the radical Muslim Brotherhood.

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Ohio Bishop Instructs Parishes Not to Fundraise for Susan G. Komen Foundation

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Bishop Leonard Blair of the Diocese of Toledo has issued a letter to all parishes instructing them to direct their fundraising efforts to local breast cancer centers rather than contribute to the Susan G. Komen Foundation because of its affiliation with Planned Parenthood and the possibility that it could become involved in embryonic stem cell research.

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NY Senator "Takes Catholic Out" of Himself In Order to Vote for Same-Sex Marriage

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

New York State Senator Mark Grisanti, a Republican who ran for office in 2010 as an opponent of same-sex "marriage" is under fire for telling a local newspaper that "If I take the Catholic out of me, which is hard to do, then absolutely they should have these rights."

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Illinois Court Rules in Favor of Catholic Charities

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A judge in Springfield, Illinois has granted an injunction to three Catholic Charities groups that will enable them to continue serving the 2,000 foster children under their care after the state refused to renew their contracts because of their religious objections to allowing unmarried cohabiting couples to adopt.

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Reality TV Stars to Challenge Criminalization of Polygamy

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

New York Archbishop Dolan's fears that same-sex marriage laws will lead to the acceptance of polygamy will come one step closer to reality tomorrow when lawyers representing the polygamist stars of "Sister Wives" file a lawsuit challenging Utah's bigamy law - a case believed to be the “strongest factual and legal basis for a challenge to the criminalization of polygamy” ever filed in the federal courts.

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Anonymous Vigilante Terrorizing Diocese of Little Rock

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist An unidentified man is threatening to do bodily harm to an Arkansas priest who he claims abused his child, prompting the bishop of Little Rock to issue an urgent appeal to all parishes to help find this man and the victim of the alleged crime.

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