By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) confirms that combination hormone therapy increases the risk of heart disease in healthy postmenopausal women.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Conservatives Issue Declaration of War Today Against Big Government
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Conservative leaders from around the nation will gather at the site of George Washington’s River Farm in Alexandria, Virginia today to sign the “Mount Vernon Statement,” a document designed to declare philosophical war against the big government and moral relativism being advanced by the nation’s liberal elite.
Pope Benedict XVI Message for Lent 2010
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
To follow is the complete reflection for Lent 2010 given by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.
Hitler and Abortion
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Polish arm of the Center of Bio-Ethical Reform in Poland may soon launch a billboard compaign to inform the public that abortion for Polish women was introduced by Adolf Hitler in 1943.
Vatican Official Warns About Veneration of Relics
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
To mark the day when the remains of St. Anthony of Padua went on display for one week at the Basilica in Padua, a Vatican theologian warned about allowing the veneration of relics to devolve into the realm of superstition.
Two Women “Priests” Ordained in Florida
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two more women were ordained “priests” in Sarasota, Florida last week, which has resulted in the automatic excommunication of the women and anyone attending the ceremony.
Is Health Care Summit “Political Gamesmanship?”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Concerns are rising on Capitol Hill that the upcoming televised health care summit proposed by President Obama is more of a publicity stunt rather than a sincere effort to a forge real bipartisan health care plan.
Costa Ricans Outraged by Disrespect to Eucharist
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The girlfriend of Costa Rican presidential candidate Otto Guevara caused outrage among Catholics in that country after a video caught her breaking off a piece of the Eucharist and putting it in her boyfriend’s pocket.
NC Bishops Protest Textbook that Says Opposition to Abortion is Wrong
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The bishops of North Carolina are protesting a draft of a new textbook on Civics and Economics in which opposition to Roe v. Wade is presented as wrong.
Patrick Kennedy Decides Not to Run in 2010
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy and an eight-term Congressman, has decided not to seek re-election this year, making this the first time in nearly a half century that a Kennedy will not be serving in Congress.
