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.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
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.
Crucial Battleground State Bishop Warns Flock About Obama
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Catholic voters in the crucial battleground state of Missouri heard the Church’s stance on voting for pro-abortion candidates in unequivocal terms when a Kansas City bishop took to the airwaves to warn his flock.
Catholic Bishops Condemn Bigoted TV Commercial
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The California Catholic Conference is condemning a blatantly bigoted television commercial that will air today by opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. The commercial depicts supposed missionaries invading a gay couples home and ripping up their marriage license.
No Time Left — Get Off the Fence!
National Election Day, 2008 is tomorrow. Perhaps at no other time in our national history has the fate of our nation hung in the balance so precipitously. And, perhaps at no other time in our national history has the moral fiber of our culture been so seriously threatened. Read the rest…
