By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With the president’s approval rating at an all time low – 44 percent – a new poll has found that a majority of Americans believe the federal government poses a threat to their freedom.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Obama Administration Meets With Atheist Group Today
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Representatives of the Secular Coalition of America, whose board members include atheist activists such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, are scheduled to meet with officials from the Obama administration at the White House today.
6000 Feminists Converge on UN Next Week
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thousands of radical feminists are expected to arrive in New York next week to attend the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) where they will push their pro-abortion agendas on government delegations.
Obama Dismisses Abortion Issue at Health Care Summit
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
When the subject of abortion coverage in health care reform was raised at yesterday’s summit, President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stuck to their talking points and insisted that abortion is not covered in their plans.
Fr. Pavone Calls for Burial of Fetuses Found in Freezer
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, said today that the 24 bodies of dead babies found in the freezer of a Philadelphia abortion clinic should be given a reverent burial as soon as possible, and that this should be a public event in which people can mourn the loss of these lives.
New UK Bill Forces Catholic Schools to Promote Abortion/Homosexuality
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new bill proposed by Britain’s Labor government will force Catholic and other faith-based schools to promote homosexuality and abortion.
Report Warns of “God Gap” in US Foreign Policy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report issued by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs warns of a serious “capabilities gap” in American foreign policy due to an “uncompromising Western secularism” that feeds religious extremism, threatens traditional cultures and fails to encourage religious groups that promote peace and human rights.
IVF Babies May be at Risk for Stillbirth
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New research has found that that women who conceive through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have a four-fold risk of stillbirth compared to women who conceive naturally.
Haitian Seminarians Struggle to Recover
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Papal Nuncio of Haiti is pleading for help in resurrecting the crumbled remains of the major seminaries in Port-au-Prince.
Offensive Facebook Page Targets Down Syndrome Children
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
International outrage is growing over an Italian Facebook group that is calling for children with Down Syndrome to be gotten rid of by using them as targets at shooting ranges.
