Blessed Andre Bessette to be Canonized October 17

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Brother André Bessette, C.S.C, a doorkeeper whose ministry to the sick led him to be called the “Miracle Man of Montreal” will become the first saint of the Congregation of Holy Cross when Pope Benedict XVI canonizes him in St. Peter’s Square on October 17, 2010.

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Three States Offer Anti-ObamaCare Ballot Initiatives

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Voters in the states of Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma will be able to voice their discontent with the President’s health care reform law on November 2 with ballot initiatives that will approve proposed constitutional amendments allowing them to opt-out of key provisions of the plan.

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Three Abortion Clinics Barely Reprimanded After Violating Patient Record Laws

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

After a two-year investigation by the Chicago Office for Civil Rights (OCR), three Michigan abortion that violated federal HIPAA laws by throwing confidential patient records into clinic dumpsters, got off with little more than a reprimand.

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Church Official Calls Nobel Prize for IVF “Out of Line”

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

While the world celebrates the awarding of a Nobel prize to a British pioneer of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life called the award “completely out of line” and reminded the public about the dark side of this process.

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