By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In his 2009 Lenten Message, Pope Benedict XVI says that the ultimate goal of fasting is not only to strengthen us in our efforts to avoid sin but to help us make the complete gift of self to God.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff WriterOne of the nation’s top Christian lawyers says a provision in President Obama’s economic stimulus plan discriminates against religious activity.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pro family groups are criticizing President Barack Obama for selecting David Ogden as the next Deputy Attorney General. Ogden has represented Playboy, Penthouse and the ACLU as well as fought against filters on library computers and successfully defended the right of pornographers to produce material with underage children.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In response to continuing accusations of anti-Semitism directed toward Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church as a result of his reinstatement of a former schismatic bishop who denies the holocaust, the Vatican has issued a strong statement detailing the Pope’s long-standing position on this tragic event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new Gallup poll found that a majority of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s decision to overturn the Mexico City Policy that forbids the use of taxpayer money to fund overseas abortion providers.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In his 2009 Lenten Message, Pope Benedict XVI says that the ultimate goal of fasting is not only to strengthen us in our efforts to avoid sin but to help us make the complete gift of self to God.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A group of conservative academics from around the country have joined forces with Princeton politics professor Robert George to launch a new website that will hold Obama as well as anti-abortion Obama supporters accountable by intelligently presenting the facts about the President’s anti-life policy decisions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI addressed the faithful before praying the Angelus yesterday on the meaning of suffering, saying we must not resort to practices such as euthanasia, but to bearing witness to Christ’s love which helps us face pain and agony in a human way.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The birth of octuplets to a 33 year old single woman in Los Angeles on Jan. 26 is raising serious questions about the way in vitro fertilization (IVF) is being used. The mother, Nadya Suleman, already has six other children, all conceived through IVF.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life has begun an immediate Apostolic Visitation to conduct a comprehensive study of institutes of women religious in the United States.
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