By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican Press Office released a communique yesterday announcing that it has begun a formal investigation of the alleged appearance of Our Lady at the shrine in Medjugorje.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of the trendy commercials encouraging women to keep a supply of emergency contraception on hand, a new study has found that ready availability of the pills does nothing to reduce pregnancy rates.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the rate of HIV among homosexually active men is 44 times higher than that of heterosexual men.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new survey published in the latest issue of the prestigious
New England Journal of Medicine found that nearly one-third of all practicing physicians would leave the medical profession if Obamacare is passed into law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
For those who think the passage of Obamacare is a “done deal,” Phyllis Schlafly, attorney and long-time conservative activist, calls upon the faithful to remember the key role prayer has played in political struggles in the past.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the event that they can’t garner enough votes to pass the Senate health care bill in the House, leader are now taking procedural steps to allow a “deem and pass” vote which would allow disaffected members in their house to pass the legislation without actually voting for the bill.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During these last crucial days before the vote on a pro-abortion health care reform bill, Father Frank Pavone has put together a short “to do” list for all pro-life citizens.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Message of the Holy Father for the twenty-fifth World Youth Day, which will be celebrated on Palm Sunday, March 28, has just been released.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The lesbian couple at the center of a controversy involving their two children’s attendance at a Catholic school in Boulder issued a statement saying they don’t believe “homosexuality and organized religion should be mutually exclusive.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The House of Bishops of the Canadian province of the Traditional Anglican Communion have sent an official request to William Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to request entrance into the Catholic Church.
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