By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In response to new and serious threats parental rights being posed by a U.N. treaty that President Barack Obama intends to sign, two pro-family legislators have introduced a Parental Rights Amendment (PRA) that will raise the rights of parents to a Constitutional level.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new prayer campaign has been launched by a Catholic organization to enable the faithful to spiritually “adopt” a Catholic politician who supports abortion to pray for their conversion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though the popular video site, YouTube, says it wants to become more family friendly, a new report says the site remains full of soft-core pornography, obscenity and links to outside porn sites that a child could easily access while surfing the site.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI is said to have severely criticized the Austrian Bishops who were summoned to Rome last week for a private meeting with him, accusing them of timidity and inaction in the face of widespread dissension in their dioceses.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Vatican investigator is expected to arrive in Colwyn, Kansas this Friday to investigate the miraculous recovery of a 20 year-old man who suffered catastrophic head injuries during a pole-vault accident in October. The family prayed to a fellow Kansan, Rev. Emil Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain from Pilsen, Kansas, who died in a Korean prison camp and whose cause for sainthood is currently under investigation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
During a pastoral visit yesterday to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace in San Giovanni Rotondo in Pietrelcina, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI entrusted the Year of Priests to Our Lady and St. Pio.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A 29 year old Haitian immigrant has been charged with setting her six year-old daughter on fire while performing a bizarre voodoo ritual meant to drive out evil spirits.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to two key bishops at the biannual meeting of U.S. Bishops this week, the University of Notre Dame will receive no sanctions for honoring pro-abortion President Barack Obama at its May 17 commencement ceremony this year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Another development at the U.S. Bishops biannual meeting in San Antonio, Texas this week is the near unanimous approval of a new “Mass in Thanksgiving for the Gift of Human Life."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Meeting in San Antonio, Texas this week for their biannual meeting, U.S. Bishops are planning to launch a series of professionally designed programs to help educate the public on the necessity of maintaining traditional marriage.
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