By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The House of Bishops of the Canadian province of the Traditional Anglican Communion have sent an official request to William Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to request entrance into the Catholic Church.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The oldest member of the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, has indicated in a recent interview that he will decide in the next month if he will quit the bench at the end of this term.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Bishops are calling on the faithful to oppose the current version of health care reform because its fundamental flaws, such as abortion funding and a lack of conscience protections, “vitiate the good the bill intends to promote.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has denounced “aggressive attempts” to link Pope Benedict XVI to sex abuse cases that occurred during his tenure as Archbishop of Munich, saying that all attempts to “personally involve the Holy Father in the question of the abuses” have failed.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An abortion survivor intent on reaching out to women who are hurting after their abortion has posted 2,000 posters throughout the nation’s “abortion capital” - New York City – in order to lead them to a “safe place” for healing.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Congressman responsible for forcing the U.S. House to withdraw abortion funding form its health care reform package last year says Democratic leaders have admitted to wanting to change the “status quo” by allowing taxpayer funding of abortion.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Leaders on Capitol Hill have decided to stop trying to negotiate with pro-life Democrats over abortion funding in health care reform with the hopes that they can garner enough votes to pass the bill without them.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was the scene of a panel hosted by the World Association of Girl Scouts where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a sexually graphic brochure entitled, “Healthy, Happy and Hot.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A decision by a Rome high school to install vending machines that dispense condoms has set off a firestorm in Italy. The Vatican says it will encourage youth to have sex and the mayor of Rome says it sends the wrong message.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Vatican officials fear that the investigation of sexual abuse claims in the Catholic Church in Germany could create a major crisis for the Pope who was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982.
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