Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an article appearing on the liberal Center for American Progress website, abortion proponents lay out a long and impressive list of the amount of pro-life legislation that has been introduced in states as a result of the passage of ObamaCare.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A leading pro-life leader, priest and exorcist explains how Satan is manifesting himself in today’s world and why the rite of exorcism is needed now more than ever.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Culture and Media Institute (CMI) is warning parents who think the Nickelodeon website is kid-friendly to think again because its homepage links to a sister site that features a variety of racy, sex-focused video games.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Friends and family are grieving the loss of a twenty-five year old recent college graduate with a serious heart condition who died two weeks after giving birth to the baby she refused to abort.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Muslim rights groups in Cordoba, Spain are pressuring the local bishop for a “joint use” agreement that will entitle them to share usage of the Cordoba Cathedral in order to alleviate the need among the growing Muslim immigrant population in that country for worship space.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new lawsuit filed on behalf of five U.S. citizens is charging that the insurance mandate included in the new health care reform bill violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 by forcing them to buy insurance from companies whose tenets violate their religious beliefs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an attempt to appeal to fanatical soccer fans around the world, World Cup sponsor Hyundai ran an ad in the U.S. during the England-USA matchup on Saturday that shows a soccer ball crowned with thorns being processed into a Catholic church where worshipers kneel to receive bites of pizza instead of communion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Modern x-ray techniques have helped researchers to analyze the incorrupt body of St. Rose of Viterbo and determine that she died of a heart ailment rather than the tuberculosis that historical records indicate.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that children conceived by in vitro fertilization who do not know their biological fathers struggle with questions of identity and suffer from higher rates of depression, isolation, delinquency and substance abuse compared to children raised by two parents.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New government data for 2009 has found that dozens of UK teens aged 17 or younger who terminated a pregnancy last year already had at least two previous abortions.
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