Blog
Blog Posts
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the event that they can’t garner enough votes to pass the Senate health care bill in the House, leader are now taking procedural steps to allow a “deem and pass” vote which would allow disaffected members in their house to pass the legislation without actually voting for the bill.
Priests For Life Mobilizes Citizens on Health Care
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During these last crucial days before the vote on a pro-abortion health care reform bill, Father Frank Pavone has put together a short “to do” list for all pro-life citizens.
Vatican Releases Message for 25th World Youth Day
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Message of the Holy Father for the twenty-fifth World Youth Day, which will be celebrated on Palm Sunday, March 28, has just been released.
Lesbian Couple Denounces Catholic School’s Decision
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The lesbian couple at the center of a controversy involving their two children’s attendance at a Catholic school in Boulder issued a statement saying they don’t believe “homosexuality and organized religion should be mutually exclusive.”
Anglican Church of Canada Requests Union with Catholic Church
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The House of Bishops of the Canadian province of the Traditional Anglican Communion have sent an official request to William Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to request entrance into the Catholic Church.
Next Supreme Court Justice Battle Looming
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The oldest member of the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, has indicated in a recent interview that he will decide in the next month if he will quit the bench at the end of this term.
U.S. Bishops Say Current Health Care Reform Bill Must be Stopped
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Bishops are calling on the faithful to oppose the current version of health care reform because its fundamental flaws, such as abortion funding and a lack of conscience protections, “vitiate the good the bill intends to promote.”
Vatican Rebuffs Attempts to Link Pope with Scandal
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has denounced “aggressive attempts” to link Pope Benedict XVI to sex abuse cases that occurred during his tenure as Archbishop of Munich, saying that all attempts to “personally involve the Holy Father in the question of the abuses” have failed.
Pro-Life Posters Blanket New York City
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An abortion survivor intent on reaching out to women who are hurting after their abortion has posted 2,000 posters throughout the nation’s “abortion capital” - New York City – in order to lead them to a “safe place” for healing.
Lawmakers Admit They Want to Change Existing Law on Abortion-Funding
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Congressman responsible for forcing the U.S. House to withdraw abortion funding form its health care reform package last year says Democratic leaders have admitted to wanting to change the “status quo” by allowing taxpayer funding of abortion.