By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an interview with Vatican Radio on Wednesday, Cardinal Franc Rode, admitted that the Apostolic Visition of American nuns was fueled by concerns that they have become overly secularized and influenced by feminism.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Tens of thousands of citizens, chanting “kill the bill” and “can you hear us now,” converged on Washington yesterday just as the U.S. House is planning to vote on a health care plan that includes abortion funding and death panels.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Italians are reacting with outrage to a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights which will require crucifixes to be removed from all public schools.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A healthy elderly British couple chose to commit suicide together on Sunday to protest UK laws concerning assisted suicide.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The nation’s premier pro-life group, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), is reporting that leaders in the U.S. House are attempting to bypass a rule that would force a vote on abortion funding in health care with a new rule that will insert phony pro-life language into the bill. This critical vote is expected to occur tomorrow or Saturday.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Yoga instructors in Missouri are fighting a move by the state to tax yoga classes, saying they’re not just exercise classes but are a spiritual practice and therefore should not be taxed.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Planned Parenthood is appealing to pro-abortion Catholics to counter the initiative launched law week by the U.S. Bishops to oppose the current health care reform bills because of their many anti-life provisions.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new poll conducted by the Independent Women’s Forum found that nearly two-thirds of America women would rather have private health-care insurance than a government-run plan and believe Congress should not rush to pass a health-care bill at this time.
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.
