By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new Nebraska law that is the first to allow women to sue for psychological injuries related to abortion went into effect yesterday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Spanish Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellin of Burgos is instructing his flock that because no one has the right to kill an innocent human being, there is no obligation to obey the country's new abortion law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Parental rights advocates, anti-pornography activists and at least one current member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are condemning as "anti-family" a decision by a federal appeals court that declared the FCC's ban on "fleeting obscenities"during prime-time hours as unconstitutional.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago is praising the Catholic media for calling for prayer for well-known atheist, Christopher Hitchens, who was recently diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A well-known dissenting theologian is mocking plans by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to sponsor a special conference on the Liturgical and Pastoral Practice of Exorcism in Baltimore this November just before the bishops' semiannual meeting.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journal
A school board meeting in Helena, Montana was filled to capacity Tuesday night with parents concerned about a new sex education program aimed at children as young as kindergarten.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI has chosen religious freedom as the theme for the celebration of the 2011 World Day of Peace.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New polls are showing that American voters are rapidly losing faith in the Obama Administration with solid majorities now saying they will vote for the opposing party this November just to put a check on the power of both Congress and the President.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Conservative members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have managed to delay the vote on the confirmation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns about her lack of judicial experience and several controversial positions she took regarding military recruiting at Harvard and the partial birth abortion debate.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Anyone needing proof that ObamaCare will use taxpayer money to fund abortion can now look to the state of Pennsylvania where the Obama Administration has just agreed to give the state $160 million to set up a new "high-risk" insurance program that will cover any abortion that is legal in Pennsylvania.
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