March 12, 2010
Breaking News, Health Care Reform
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Leaders on Capitol Hill have decided to stop trying to negotiate with pro-life Democrats over abortion funding in health care reform with the hopes that they can garner enough votes to pass the bill without them.
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March 12, 2010
Breaking News
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was the scene of a panel hosted by the World Association of Girl Scouts where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a sexually graphic brochure entitled, “Healthy, Happy and Hot.”
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March 12, 2010
Breaking News, Cultural
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A decision by a Rome high school to install vending machines that dispense condoms has set off a firestorm in Italy. The Vatican says it will encourage youth to have sex and the mayor of Rome says it sends the wrong message.
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March 12, 2010
Breaking News, Pope
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Vatican officials fear that the investigation of sexual abuse claims in the Catholic Church in Germany could create a major crisis for the Pope who was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982.
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March 11, 2010
Breaking News
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two daycare workers in Ohio have been charged with giving children a dietary supplement in candy in order to make them sleep.
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