By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sent a strongly worded letter to members of the U.S. Senate on Friday in which they called the Senate health care bill “completely unacceptable.”
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Vatican Calls Twilight Saga A Deviant “Moral Vacuum”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Vatican official is calling the latest movie in the popular vampire saga, Twilight, a “moral vacuum with a deviant message.”
Kennedy Reveals Bishop Tobin’s 2007 Request to Refrain from Communion
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The feud between Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) is continuing after the Congressman revealed to the press on Friday the contents of a confidential letter he received three years ago from the Bishop asking him to refrain from taking Communion due to his consistent pro-abortion voting record.
Senate to Cast Crucial Vote on Health Care Reform This Weekend
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only days after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled the health care reform bill that he and other Senate leaders have been crafting in secret for weeks, the full Senate will be asked on Saturday to vote on whether or not the bill should be brought to the floor for debate.
Church Launches New Investigation into Filipino Apparition Site
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of the Filipino Archdiocese of Lipa has formed a new commission to revisit the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary that allegedly occurred in a Carmelite monastery in Lipa in 1948.
Christian Leaders Unveil “Manhattan Declaration” Today
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An ecumenical group of clergy and scholars concerned about government policies that undermine the sanctity of human life, redefine the institution of marriage and encroach upon religious liberties in the United States, are releasing a statement today informing civil authorities that the signers will not “under any circumstance” abandon their Christian consciences.
Pray for Children Today!
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Today is the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, an event sponsored by the United Nations (UN) every year on Nov. 20. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child in 1989.
Harvard Med School Dean Gives Health Care Reform Bills a Failing Grade
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an op-ed appearing in the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Jeffrey S. Flier, the dean of Harvard’s Medical School, gives the current health care reform process a failing grade and says the people who favor the legislation are engaged in “collective denial.”
Senate Health Reform Bill to Include Abortion Coverage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to the nation’s largest pro-life organization, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has rejected the Stupak-Pitts Amendment which stripped abortion coverage from the House health care reform bill and has decided to include abortion coverage in the Senate version of health care reform. Read the rest…
John Paul II’s Beatification Process Moves Forward
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has confirmed that the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints has given its approval for the beatification process of Pope John Paul II to proceed.
