By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A renowned neuroscientist and Catholic priest told a bioethics news conference in New York that there is widespread ignorance about the moral implications of in vitro fertilization (IVF), even among Catholics.
Yearly Archives: 2008
Pro-Life Democrats Win More Seats in Congress
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In spite of many pro-abortion victories in the last election, pro-life Democrats have been quietly increasing their numbers in Congress, adding five more seats to their existing 26.
Catholic Hospitals in Washington Won’t Allow Assisted Suicide
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Catholic health care organizations in the state of Washington are already reacting to the passage of the state’s new assisted suicide bill by refusing to participate in the program.
Link Found Between Sex on TV and Teen Pregnancy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new study has found that adolescents who watch high levels of television programming containing sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy as peers who did not watch as many of these shows.
Mexican Bishops Condemn Superstitious Devotions
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Archdiocese of Mexico issued a statement last week saying that the increasingly popular devotion to “Saint Death” is not compatible with the Catholic faith, and added that St. Jude Thaddeus, known worldwide as the patron saint of lost causes, is not the patron saint of criminals or drug lords.
Vatican Not Revealing Contents of Pope Benedict’s Message to President-Elect Obama
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram to president-elect Barack Obama congratulating him on winning the presidency and addressing other issues that are not being made public.
Election Brings Defeat for Life and Victories for Marriage Issues
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Wiith one of the most pro-abortion politicians in history about to ascend to the presidency at a time when liberal Democrats control of both houses of Congress, the pro-life community in the U.S. is reacting with defiant confidence.
Barack Obama Wins the Presidency
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Senator Barack Obama will be become the first black president – and one of the most liberal – in U.S. history.
Beware of Exit Polls!
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A professional pollster is warning voters to remember the exit polling fiasco of the 2004 election which grossly over-stated Sen. John Kerry’s lead, saying the same misinformation will probably surface again this year.
Voting Problems Occurring in Various States
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Polls had barely opened this morning before voting irregularities began to appear across the nation, from wet ballot forms in Virginia to voter survey forms scattered across a Florida highway to Republican poll watchers being booted from inner city polling stations in Philadelphia.
