Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A young parish priest in Texas is making national headlines after writing an article for his local newspaper that defends Church teaching on same-sex marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the same agency in charge of enacting ObamaCare, is not allowing behavioral scientists to view the data in a study that found the majority of parents and adolescents think sex belongs in marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The latest survey of the nation's public schools has found that more 5.7 million American youth are now attending schools that are considered to be drug and gang dominated.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new poll by the Pew Research Center has found that after nearly two years in office, the majority of Americans are more confused than ever about what religion President Barack Obama is following.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
"Eat Pray Love", the new movie featuring a soul-searching Julia Roberts, is not something faithful Catholics will find inspiring, says the U.S. Bishops news service, and might explain why the star decided to become Hindu after making the film.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During his homily on the Feast of the Assumption, Bishop Ignacio Munilla of San Sebastian, Spain, called this dogma "an antidote to beliefs in reincarnation."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a long-time supporter of "women's reproductive health," announced a new $63 billion plan to bring a more "woman- and girl-centered approach" to global health care services that will include a dramatic increase in "family planning and reproductive health" care.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new Rasmussen poll has found that nearly half (48%) of U.S. voters believe it is too easy to get an abortion in America.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
People wanting to lose weight fast who took part in an online "free trial" of acai berry pills ended up being bilked out of up to $100 million before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stepped in to put a halt to the scam.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Religious leaders across the country are speaking out about a certain section in a California judge's decision to uphold same-sex marriage that call the Christian position on homosexuality harmful to gays because it could result in curtailing the free speech rights of Christians.
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