Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio announced this week that it is being forced to end their student health insurance program because of the Obama administration’s rule mandating coverage for contraception, and because of the added costs of other provisions in the Affordable Care Act.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
A Woman Commits Suicide Every 3 Minutes in China
During a gripping testimony in front of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, a human rights activist said China’s one-child policy has not only led to the “systematic elimination of girls” through forced abortion, but is causing an epidemic of suicide among women in China.
U.S. Bishops Submit Formal Comments on HHS Mandate
Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by the General Counsel of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on the controversial birth control mandate say the rules still force religious employers to provide services they find morally objectionable, and urge the administration to resolve “in favor of more, not less, religious freedom.”
Mother Risks Life for Unborn Baby
A 21 year-old Catholic woman in the UK who was diagnosed with lung cancer during her fifth month of pregnancy and who refused to have the recommended abortion, gave birth to a healthy baby and is now cancer free.
Seat of Wisdom (Sedes Sapientiae)
Our Lady has long been referred to as the “Seat of Wisdom” because she bore in her womb the Son of God, who St. Paul calls the “wisdom of God.” Read the rest…
Vatican Assists in Investigation into Kidnapped Girl
While digging up the grave of a Roman mobster, officials found boxes of unidentified bones that many hope will solve a decades-old mystery involving the daughter of a Vatican employee who disappeared in 1983.
Group Pays Drug Addicted Women to Get Sterilized
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A controversial program by a non-profit group dedicated to fighting drug addiction is causing outrage by offering cash to drug-addicted women to enable them to either be sterilized or to get long-term birth control.
New Polls Show Americans Aren’t Fooled by Presidential Politics
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A new New York Times/CBS News poll has found that Americans aren’t buying the spin about either the “war on women” or the idea that President Obama’s flip-flop on same-sex marriage was motivated by principle rather than politics.
Our Lady of Knock – Feast day August 21
When Our Lady appeared outside St. John the Baptist Church in Knock, Ireland on August 21,1879, she uttered not a single word, but the way she chose to appear spoke volumes. Read the rest…
Archdiocese Rebukes Georgetown for Sebelius Invite
Calling it “a disappointment but not a surprise,” the Archdiocese of Washington has published an editorial on the controversy raging at Georgetown University over the invitation of the pro-abortion head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, to speak at an awards ceremony.
