by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to newly obtained documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there have now been as many as 20 deaths of young girls who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine known as GARDASIL.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Minnesota judge has concurred with a local Catholic pastor that an autistic boy can be excluded from services because of his repeatedly “disruptive conduct.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On June 29, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Benedict XVI officially inaugurated the Pauline Year, a year for Christians to listen and learn anew from St. Paul, who he called a great “teacher, apostle and herald” to the world today.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Spain may soon become the first country on earth to grant the equivalent of human rights to apes, chimpanzees, and orangutans.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(June 27, 2008) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan to auction off an unused portion of the wireless spectrum to anyone willing to provide free Internet service without pornography may be derailed by critics crying “censorship!”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(June 27, 2008) African-American pastors gathered in Washington yesterday to demand that candidates from both parties reject campaign contributions from Planned Parenthood because of its racist agenda.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(June 27, 2008) A British researcher has found that after several decades of the feminist revolution and its relaxed rules of sexual conduct, the “one-night stand”still leaves women feeling more “used” than “liberated.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(June 26, 2008) After 18 years of prayer, the Catholic Pro-Life Committee of the Diocese of Dallas will mark the closing of the eighth abortion clinic in the city since retired Bishop Charles Grahmann began leading a monthly “Second Saturday Rosary” campaign outside Dallas area clinics in 1990.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(June 26, 2008) One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical research companies, Pfizer, has announced plans to fund a new adult stem-cell treatment that could treat diabetes-induced retinal damage, a leading cause of blindness.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(June 26, 2008) When planning your summer vacation this year, think green, says the Vatican. Pack less luggage, eat eco-friendly meals, and choose locations that are close to nature such as what this christian tours to israel company offers.
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