By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Obama Administration has signed on to a United Nations (UN) declaration calling for global “decriminalization of homosexuality,” a measure opposed by the Vatican as well as former President George W. Bush because it is a step toward outlawing religious opposition to the homosexual agenda.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The European Union has instructed its Parliamentary staff to begin using gender-neutral language and cease using terms such as Mr. and Mrs., Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein, Senora and Senorita.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The year 2007 is destined for the history books. According to federal researchers, more babies were born in the U.S. in 2007 than in any year in the nation’s history, easily topping the peak during the baby boom years.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Politics may soon force the hand of pro-abortion Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to sign a bill that will require abortion clinics to provide patients with an ultrasound image and enable them to hear the heart beat of their fetus before undergoing an abortion. Supporters say the tactic convinces 90 percent of women to forego abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As he embarked on the first leg of his historic trip to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI took the time to speak with reporters about a variety of issues ranging from his private life to the Church’s approach to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The 73 year-old Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he kept confined in a basement “dungeon” pleaded guilty Wednesday to all charges against him.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Anyone wishing to voice their opinion about President Barack Obama’s decision to dump the Provider Conscience Clause – the regulations put in place by President Bush to protect doctors and medical facilities from having to perform medical procedures that violate their conscience – has until April 9 to do so.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A meeting between the White House Faith-Based Office and representatives of leading pro-life organizations will meet on March 31 to discuss abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
President Barack Obama may have lifted the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, but the U.S. appropriations bill he signed two days later contained an amendment that prohibits “research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
While addressing members of the Congregation for the Clergy this morning, Pope Benedict XVI announced the Year of the Priest to run from June 19, 2009 to June, 2010.
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