By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Ron Howard, director of the new Dan Brown movie, Angels & Demons, is accusing the Vatican of interfering with the production company’s effort to obtain permits to shoot certain scenes during filming. The Vatican is calling these claims a publicity stunt.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An alumna of the University of Notre Dame, who received no help in 1999 when she experienced an unplanned pregnancy just months before graduating, says the Obama invitation encourages Catholics to reduce the abortion issue to nothing more than “dining-room talk.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The recent defection of Sen. Arlen Specter from the Republican to the Democratic party could inadvertently help pro-life advocates during the upcoming battle to replace Supreme Court justice David Souter.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to new national poll numbers, support for abortion among the general public has dropped to its lowest levels ever, putting the radically pro-abortion Obama administration at odds with mainstream America on this issue.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
US dioceses are beginning to introduce measures aimed at preventing swine flu outbreaks such as temporarily banning the cup at Communion, discouraging reception of Communion on the tongue, and eliminating the sign of peace during Mass.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Citizens wishing to express their opinion about the new guidelines for embryonic stem cell research published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are being asked to make those comments on or before May 26, 2009.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new Pew poll found Catholics to be deeply divided Barack Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame later this month. It also found that disapproval of the President’s job performance has almost doubled among practicing Catholics in the last two months.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The battle for the Supreme Court is beginning sooner than expected with the sudden announcement by Justice David Souter that he is planning to retire when the court finishes its work this summer. His departure is unlikely to change the current conservative-liberal split in the Court.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Rhode Island bishop is calling upon Catholics to shirk their “abysmal” apathy because much can be done to check the advance of those who are “fiercely determined” to impose homosexual marriage on America.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A front page editorial in the Vatican’s official newspaper,
L’Osservatore Romano, under the headline, “The 100 Days That Did Not Shake the World” said the new president has operated with more caution than predicted in most areas, including economics and international relations.
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