By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist
In an effort to cut climate change emissions, the European Commission has unveiled a draconian new plan that is aimed at enforcing "a profound shift in transport patterns for passengers" by 2050 that includes banning all cars and trucks from cities and restricting air travel.
In spite of its aggressive campaign to convince lawmakers who want to defund them that they provide health services to low income women, a new report on Planned Parenthood facilities in the U.S. has found that they have actually cut back these services in the past year.
Researchers at the American Academy of Pediatrics have issued a new set of guidelines in which they refer to "Facebook depression" which may affect troubled teens who become too obsessive about the site.
The first session of the Vatican's new initiative to encourage dialogue with non-believers took place on Friday at the Sorbonne in France and included a video-taped message from the Pope to youth in which he encouraged them to put God back into the public debate in order to seek more justice and solidarity in a cold utilitarian world.
The ongoing nuclear power plant crisis in Japan has prompted a Vatican official to warn that even though nuclear power is an immense resource, its risks must not be overlooked.
Authorities are crying foul after it was learned that the judge who issued a temporary restraining order preventing the implementation of Wisconsin's new law governing public-sector unions is the mother of a union activist.
Fr. John Corapi's superior and bishop have both issued statements expressing regret that one of America's most popular priests has been put on administrative leave after a former employee accused him of misconduct.
In a press conference on Friday, the head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture announced the launching of a new initiative aimed at introducing nonbelievers to God.
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