by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A 12 year-old Toronto girl stunned her teachers and has become an instant celebrity on Youtube after delivering a five-minute pro-life speech for a school competition. Even though teachers threatened to disqualify her, and one judge actually left the room during the speech, in the end, the girl was awarded first prize for her “controversial” message.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A priest in California is demanding that a novelty shop near San Francisco stop selling votive candles that depict President Obama as a saint with a halo and sporting the robes of a friar.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican announced today that it plans to host an academic conference to explore the ethical, legal and social implications of new discoveries in genetics, and how some of these processes might be used to practice eugenics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The owner of Bridges TV, a station launched to help portray Muslims in a more positive light, has been charged with second-degree murder in the beheading death of his estranged wife.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A self-proclaimed white supremacist and Satan worshiper has pled guilty in a Muncie, Indiana courtroom to a felony charge involving the biting of a nine year-old boy 13 times on the arms and legs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On February 15, women around the world celebrated the 189th birthday of feminist Susan B. Anthony, but there’s one thing about this heroine of women's rights that pro-abortion feminists would rather not recall – she was vehemently pro-life.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
When the Catholic pro-abortion Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi meets with Pope Benedict XVI this week, insiders say they will be sure the pope has been briefed on her long career of public support for abortion before the meeting takes place.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A 13 year-old British boy named Alfie Patten became a father four days ago when his 15 year old girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A retired economist says capitalism not only has Catholic roots, but Catholicism is its only hope for survival.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
More evidence supporting the link between abortion and preterm birth has been found after a massive German study revealed that women who had one or more abortions increased their risk by 30 to 90 percent of delivering a very premature infant in the future.
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