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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, one of the most influential religious leaders in the United States died at 10:00 a.m. this morning at the age of seventy-two.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer A co-inventor of the birth control pill, Austrian chemist Carl Djerassi, now says his creation has led to a “demographic catastrophe.”

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Pope Benedict XVI used the occasion of "The World Day of Missionary Childhood," which is celebrated on the Feast of the Epiphany, to speak out against the deplorable surge of child kidnappings in the Democratic Republic of Congo that have seen scores of children stolen from their homes and forced to become child soldiers.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate have introduced the Broadcaster’s Freedom Act, a bill intended to strip the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of its authority to reinstitute the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” by codifying the status quo and protecting free speech.

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By Susan Brinkmann Staff Writer Healthcare workers at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics (UWHC) have alerted attorneys to secret plans by the organization to open a late-term abortion facility in which they would be forced to participate.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer A baby born in England at 23 weeks has survived and finally come home from the hospital. Her mother is now calling British abortion laws “outdated” because they are based on the notion that children born at less than 24 weeks cannot survive outside the womb.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer As part of a government drive to cut teenage pregnancy, sexual health clinics in secondary schools in England are now dispensing the “morning after pill” without parental permission to girls as young as 11 years old.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer In 2008, at least twenty Catholics were killed while in the service of Christ. The list includes Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mossul for Chaldeans (Iraq), 16 priests, 1 religious and 2 lay volunteers.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer   If President-elect Barack Obama’s plans to push the pro-abortion agenda to new heights in the coming years, he will be doing so against the will of the American people. Yet another survey, this one commissioned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), found that only nine percent of the population believes abortion should be legal for any reason at any time during pregnancy.

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            Today on our radio radio program Halley from Buffalo called in to talk about FOCA – the Freedom of Choice Act – promised to be passed by our president-elect. She told us that someone had listed in her parish’s Sunday bulletin the contact information for all of the senators and congressmen in her state so that parishioners could voice their concerns about all that FOCA entails.             Halley then made reference to a Blog article I had posted on November 3, 2008 just prior to our national election. In it, I talk about FOCA and what it proposes. Halley suggested that copies of this blog article be reproduced and shared with others to alert them to FOCA’s dangers.

I agreed and to that end I am offering you the article again. Please use it to help inform others. Simply make certain that you use the permission notice at its end. May we continue to work together to make certain FOCA does not become law.

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