Being Overweight in Middle Age Reduces Women’s Life Expectancy
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Researchers have found that being overweight at age 50 can cut a woman’s chance of being healthy in her golden years by almost 80 percent.
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Judge in “ND 88" Case Asked to Recuse Herself
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The controversy surrounding the prosecution of 88 pro-life demonstrators who were arrested on the campus of Notre Dame (ND) last spring intensified when it was discovered that the judge assigned to the case is married to a prominent pro-abortion ND professor.
Vatican Official Sets the Record Straight on Abuse Scandal
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In answer to criticism about the Church’s handling of the sex abuse scandal, the Vatican’s UN Observer, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, said the scandal involves homosexuality much more than pedophilia and that similar abuse is going on in other denominations at a much higher rate than in the Catholic Church.
UK Teen Dies After Receiving Cervical Cancer Vaccine
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
British health officials have called a temporary halt to a national vaccination program after a 14 year-old collapsed and died a few hours after receiving the controversial cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix.
Pro-Life Congressman Finally Hears from White House
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
At long last, the White House finally contacted a prominent pro-life Democrat who has been trying to speak with the president about stripping abortion funding from health care reform.
Group Names Sept. 30 as International Blasphemy Day
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A secular humanist organization is sponsoring the first annual International Blasphemy Day on Sept. 30 as a “free speech event” in which participants are encouraged to blaspheme God and mock religion.
Pope Says Legal Divorce “Demolishing the Family”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A day before making an impassioned plea for families at the shrine of the Infant of Prague in Czechoslovakia, the Pope discussed the modern crisis of divorce, saying legal divorce seemed “bent on demolishing” the family.
Obama Family Day Proclamation Recognizes Same-Sex Parents
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
President Barack Obama’s declaration of Family Day for 2009 included an historic reference. For the first time in the nation’s history, it recognized same-sex parents.
Kennedy Replaced by Another Pro-Abortion Catholic
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s longtime confidant, Paul Kirk, has been named as Kennedy’s interim replacement until a special election scheduled for January, 2010.
Boy in Bikini Film Distributed to California Schools
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A San Francisco media group billing itself as “the best in LGBT media” claims that hundreds of public schools in California have signed up to use its educational materials which include a film featuring a boy who “comes out” by wearing his mother’s bikini.
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