Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A new study from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has found that for the first time in U.S. history, the number of people claiming no religious affiliation has stripped the nation of its long-standing Protestant majority.
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Voters in the state of Massachusetts will be given an opportunity to vote November 6 on whether or not to become the third U.S. state to legalize assisted suicide.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
After last week's presidential debate, women proved that they intend to vote with more than their reproductive organs as Gov. Romney's expertise on economic matters impressed women so much it erased the entire 18-point "gender gap" the President has enjoyed throughout the campaign.
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This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to a pair of scientists who developed a technique known as cellular reprogramming, which enables scientists to create human embryonic stem cells without destroying human life.
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In an effort to bolster their case for forcing taxpayers to provide free birth control to women, the White House is touting a new study that says birth control lowers both abortion and teen pregnancy rates, even though these results directly conflict with a host of larger studies.
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure is continuing to experience fallout from their decision to continue to provide grants to Planned Parenthood, with the Archdiocese of Atlanta now asking its parishes, schools and other organizations to cut ties with the charity.
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A woman who was left in a coma after a horrific car accident awoke to find out she was four-weeks pregnant, and when doctors suggested she have an abortion, she refused, giving birth months later to a healthy baby boy.
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Pope Benedict XVI chose October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, to open the 25th Synod of Bishops in Rome which will address ways to counter the rise of secularism around the world.
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A Planned Parenthood sex ed program that is being presented to parents as focused on healthy relationship strategies and risk reduction strategies that have been proven to delay sexual behavior turns out to be a curriculum that does little more than encourage sexual activity.
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According to a decree issued today, which is the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the Church will grant the faithful a Plenary Indulgence for the Year of Faith which will be valid from the opening of the Year on October 11 until its end on November 24, 2013.
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