By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In the midst of too many politically correct “Happy Holidays” incidents, the story of an eleven year-old Mississippi boy whose school backed down after penalizing him for mentioning Jesus’ name in a Christmas poem, is a welcome change.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
With only a month left in office, the Bush administration has issued new rules designed to reinforce existing protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in medical practices that violate their religious or moral convictions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
While addressing ambassadors to the Holy See today, the Pope praised the world’s diversity as something to be admired, not feared.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The latest cabinet picks by president-elect Barack Obama signal the ushering in of a new era of pro-homosexual lawmakers on the Hill.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Less than a week after the Vatican issued a sweeping Instruction calling attention to the destructive nature of many new forms of reproductive technology, a leading stem cell researcher confirmed just how lethal this research can be.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new study released today by Family Research Council's Mapping America Project finds that children have fewer problems at home and at school when they live with both biological parents and frequently attend religious services.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Speaking on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, warned about creating “new” human rights based on self-serving ideologies rather than on nature and the common good.
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By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
The same group responsible for an undercover exposé of a Bloomington Planned Parenthood clinic's disregard for Indiana’s statutory rape laws has just released taped evidence of a nearly identical occurrence at an Indianapolis clinic. Indiana’s Attorney General has launched an investigation into the incidents.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new nationwide government study has found that approximately 38 percent of adults in the United States and nearly 12 percent of U.S. children under age 17 use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Obama transition team shocked a coalition of dozens of pro-abortion groups when it decided to publish the 55-page “wish list” they sent to the president-elect with the hopes he’ll try to achieve these goals over the next four years. Pro-life groups responded to the list by demanding "No abortion industry bailout!" while the abortion groups voiced their dismay over having their agenda revealed.
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