By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rather than engage in peaceful dialogue about ways to stem the rising tide of anti-Christian violence in Egypt, that country's highest Islamic authority, al-Azhar, announced yesterday that it is freezing all dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church over what it considers to be the Pope's repeated "insults toward Islam."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Bezpala Brown Gallery of Toronto is set to unveil a new exhibit that includes a bullet-ridden portrait of Pope Benedict XVI as part of a line-up of some of modern history's most evil men.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just days before the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, lawmakers have introduced two new pro-life bills that will permanently prohibit taxpayer funding in all federal programs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Media watchdogs are warning parents that a new MTV show, Skins, which features teen actors as young as 15 in extremely explicit scenes involving sex and drugs, is "the most dangerous program ever" for children.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Now that the newly elected members of the U.S. House have voted to repeal ObamaCare, lawmakers will now focus on fulfilling the second part of their "repeal and replace" pledge.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An abortionist whose practice catered to poor minorities has been charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of one woman and seven babies who were born alive and then killed by severing their spinal cords with a scissor.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The country's leading pro-family organization is warning citizens that White House cyber security and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke are drawing up a plan known as "ObamaNet" that will mandate a national ID card for all Internet users.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the vote to repeal the vastly unpopular health care reform law gets underway in the House today, the U.S. Bishops have sent a letter to all members of Congress saying they do not intend to join efforts to either support or oppose repeal of ObamaCare, but will "devote our efforts to correcting serious moral problems in the current law."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the latest of a series of crimes against Catholic churches in California, vandals spray-painted the words "Kill the Cathlics" on the walls of St. Thomas More parish in Irvine.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The newly elected pro-life House of Representatives and growing anti-Christian bigotry in Europe are included on a list compiled by the World Congress of Families (WCF) to draw attention to the 10 best and worst events for families in 2010.
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