By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though President Barack Obama insisted that Georgetown University cover all symbols of Christ during a recent speech, when he receives an honorary law degree from Notre Dame on May 17 he will be wearing a robe emblazoned with a cross and a prayer to Our Lady.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Only weeks after offending Catholics by covering symbols of Christ from the stage where President Obama spoke, Georgetown University is adding insult to injury by presenting an award to pro-abortion Catholic Vice President Joe Biden tomorrow.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
One of the world’s most controversial fertility doctors claims he cloned 14 human embryos and transferred 11 of them into the wombs of four women while having the entire procedure recorded on film by an independent documentary film-maker.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Senate Finance Committee was sharply divided in its vote to approve the controversial Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services, signaling serious concerns among congressional conservatives about her ties to late-term abortionist George Tiller.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An Italian newspaper has published a recently discovered booklet written by then Cardinal Karol Wojtyla in 1968 to help couples implement Pope Paul VI's encyclical
Humanae Vitae.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Cardinal Justin Rigali of the U.S. Catholic bishop’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, reacting to the new guidelines for embryonic stem cell research, said the research is just "another way for some human beings to mistreat others for their own gain."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The California beauty queen who told America during the Miss USA pageant that marriage should be between a man and a woman said she believed God was testing her faith when she was questioned about same-sex marriage during the event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Speculation is rising that embattled Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins will lose his job over his invitation to pro-abortion president Barack Obama to speak at the school’s commencement ceremonies next month.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Congress is expected to vote this week on a “hate crimes” bill that will give sexual preference the same legal status as race. If passed, experts say it will have a chilling effect on the free speech of anyone who espouses traditional family values in America.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though it’s the world’s smallest state, the Vatican has announced plans to build Europe’s largest solar plant on the same site where Vatican Radio began broadcasting in 1931, they are planning on using services like the ones provided by the Reliant Energy Company.
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