by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 28, 2008) A Texas teen became the second female soldier since World War II to be awarded the nation’s third highest medal of valor, the Silver Star, for her gallant actions during combat in Afghanistan last year.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 27, 2008) A Pakistani nun barely survived a slashed throat during a knife attack in her convent near Lahore. The attack, which occurred on International Women’s Day, drove home the terrifying reality of the plight of women in that country.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 27, 2008) Christians are used to seeing their faith portrayed negatively in the major media, but that wasn’t case for atheists last year. The publication of several best-selling books on the subject in 2007 launched atheism into a year of glowing press coverage that lacked even a hint of the kind of criticism usually aimed at Christianity.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 27, 2008) When Pope Benedict lands in Washington, DC on April 15, he will find himself in a country where the majority of the people view him in a favorable light.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 26, 2008) The family of 21 year old Zach Dunlap, who came back to life only minutes before a transplant team was to remove his organs, attributes his sudden and miraculous recovery to divine intervention.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 26, 2008) The tragic death of a Florida teen during breast implant surgery is calling attention to the growing trend among teens to undergo this and other risky procedures in order to achieve the “perfect body.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 25, 2008) With his life now in danger, a former Muslim baptized by Pope Benedict XVI at the Easter Vigil at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome says he will confront his fate “with my head high, with my back straight and the interior strength of one who is certain about his faith.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 25, 2008) When Bela Milne was only 20 weeks old, doctors discovered she had such severe congenital heart disease, they weren’t sure if she would live or die. They suggested abortion, but her mother refused. Born on February 29, Bela not only survived, but successfully underwent a rare hybrid surgery at the tender age of seven days.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 25, 2008) In early March, with his country on the brink of war, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe ordered the recitation of the Rosary at the Presidential Palace. Only two days later, at a summit in the Dominican Republic, the world watched in amazement as the presidents of Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia shook hands to end the conflict.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer.
(March 24, 2008) Since its passage 10 years ago, 341 people have chosen to die by physician assisted suicide under Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act. However, experts cite a variety of problems with the law that make it almost impossible to know the real numbers.
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