By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a newly released report by the FBI, the violent crime rate in the U.S. dropped in 2009 for the third straight year, and the property crime rate fell for the seventh consecutive year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As of today, only 44 percent of Americans approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance, which is the lowest approval rating tracked thus far.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After discovering the remains of the once condemned 16th century astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, church authorities in Poland have reburied him with honors.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A rise in the number of pool-related illnesses has prompted the largest report ever done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the safety of public swimming pools.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Scientists around the globe are expressing alarm after news broke that a U.S. biologist has created a new life form, nicknamed “Synthia,” in his laboratory.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of the Archdiocese of Boston is standing behind the pastor of a Catholic elementary school in his diocese who made a controversial decision not to accept the child of a same-sex couple.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though the ranks of the priesthood have been declining in many parts of the world, the number of permanent deacons has been expanding almost 30 times faster than the priesthood since the year 2000, resulting in an estimated 40 percent of U.S. parishes now being run by a deacon rather than an ordained priest.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A top official for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has apologized to the Salvation Army after one of its videographers asked volunteers to change their t-shirts for on-camera interviews because they sported the logo of a faith-based organization.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A woman who was excommunicated last month after being ordained a “priest” has died and the Archdiocese of Chicago will not permit her to receive a Catholic burial.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Members of the Rainbow Sash Movement, a national homosexual activist group, are planning to wear their sashes to Mass throughout the country this weekend and challenge priests and bishops to give them Communion.
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