By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An article appearing in the Sept. 24 edition of the Vatican newspaper,
L’Ossservatore Romano, blamed the current U.S. financial meltdown on greed and a lack of regulation and said the proposed bailout by the U.S. government might ward off a catastrophe but it won’t fix the underlying cause of the problem.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A parish priest in Rome was seriously injured after being stabbed by a man who admitted to having watched the movie, The Da Vinci Code, the night before.
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By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
A new movie based on the successful struggles of a firefighter and his wife to save their failing marriage is set to open on Friday, Sept. 26 in 850 theaters across the country.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Buying poinsettias is a beloved tradition at Christmas, but with the nation’s largest supplier giving much of its profits to Planned Parenthood, pro-life Americans are being urged to continue an ongoing boycott of these plants that has already had a substantial impact on the company’s sales.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In the first comprehensive analysis since 1974 of demographic characteristics of women who have abortions, researchers found that women who already have children account for more than half all abortions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Groundbreaking legislation marking the most sweeping Congressional reform of the U.S. foster care system in more than a decade has passed the House of Representatives and is on its way to the Senate where it is expected to pass.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Powerful new television ads encouraging Catholics to return to the Church are being run in major cities across the United States with astonishing results.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as Senator John McCain’s vice presidential running mate is being cited as the reason for a dramatic increase in the Senator’s popularity among Catholic voters who attend church weekly.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Seventeen centuries after his death, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples has confirmed that the blood of martyred St. Januarius once again turned to liquid on his Sept. 19 feast day.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The world’s first license to created cloned human embryos for research has been granted by the Australian government to an in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Sydney.
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