by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Voters in Maine exercised their right to a People’s Veto and chose to repeal a law passed by the state legislature that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry. Gay marriage has now lost in every single state – 31 in all – where the issue has been put to a popular vote.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In response to continuing questions about the reasons behind the Vatican’s Visitation of U.S. women’s religious communities, Cardinal Franc Rode, prefect for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life said it was launched in response to “many years” of listening to concerns from American Catholics about the welfare of religious women.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report by the Parents Television Council (PTC) has found that depictions of violence against women has increased by 120 percent on the nation’s airwaves in the last five years, with portrayals of violence against teenage girls increasing by a staggering 400 percent.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Sister Marguerite Bartz, 64, a sister of the Blessed Sacrament, was found dead in her convent on Sunday morning. The circumstances surrounding her death are under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a vote this week on the new House health care reform bill, dubbed Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962), even though lawmakers are planning to tack on an extra 800-pages to the already mammoth bill at the last minute.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Anyone who is still wondering about whether or not abortion funding is included in the latest health care bill unveiled by the House, need only glance through the invitation-only audience who attended Speaker Pelosi’s press conference last week where the infamous late-term abortionist, LeRoy Carhart was spotted in the crowd.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas resigned after watching an ultra-sound procedure.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The New York Times declined to publish a blistering op-ed by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York calling the paper to task for its strong anti-Catholic bias, so the Archbishop decided to publish it himself on his new blog.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities will present a new document on ethical infertility treatments for debate and a vote by the full body of the Conference during their Nov. 16-19 meeting in Baltimore.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The same gay couple who displayed a mannequin of Gov. Sarah Palin hanging from a noose last Halloween decided to up-the-ante this year by displaying crude effigies of traditional marriage supporters Maggie Gallagher, Carrie Prejean, and a Mormon missionary.
