By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Concerns are rising on Capitol Hill that the upcoming televised health care summit proposed by President Obama is more of a publicity stunt rather than a sincere effort to a forge real bipartisan health care plan.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The girlfriend of Costa Rican presidential candidate Otto Guevara caused outrage among Catholics in that country after a video caught her breaking off a piece of the Eucharist and putting it in her boyfriend’s pocket.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The bishops of North Carolina are protesting a draft of a new textbook on Civics and Economics in which opposition to Roe v. Wade is presented as wrong.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy and an eight-term Congressman, has decided not to seek re-election this year, making this the first time in nearly a half century that a Kennedy will not be serving in Congress.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Lawyers from the Department of Justice will appear in court today to argue in favor of warrantless tracking of cellphone, saying that Americans enjoy no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in the cellphone’s whereabouts.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
State health officials in Alabama have put a Planned Parenthood clinic on probation after an undercover probe revealed clinic employees violating state laws requiring them to report potential cases of sexual abuse of minors.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The religious attitudes of young Catholics, holds both promise and challenges for the Catholic Church according to the results of a new Knights of Columbus/Marist Poll.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Irania President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered its much anticipated “punch” to the West this morning by declaring that Iran is now a “nuclear state.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Due to enormous pressure from the pro life community, an Ohio legislator who prevented a teen from receiving an award because of her pro-life stance has reversed himself and will now allow the award to be presented.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report, prepared for the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia, says the Anglican Church in Canada may be only one generation away from extinction.
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