From Olympic Skating to the Convent – An Uncommon Journey

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: February 18, 2010

LEEDS, England (LifeSiteNews.com) – As America’s team of Olympic women speed skaters compete in the Vancouver Winter Olympics this month, one prodigy once expected to shoot to stardom in the sport won’t even be watching the broadcast.
Twelve years ago, while only seventeen, Kirstin Holum placed sixth in the 3,000 meter race in the Nagano 1998 [...]

Gay Marriage Law Forces D.C. Archdiocese to End Foster Care

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: February 18, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has been forced to give up the foster care program it ran with the aid of public funds, after repeated warnings that there would be no other choice should the D.C. City Council insist that the archdiocese recognize gay “marriage” partners in its employment practices.
The Washington [...]

Ohio Speaker Reverses Decision, Will Allow Honor for Pro-Life Teen

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: February 11, 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ohio House Speaker Armond Budish (D-Beechwood) has reversed a decision to disallow the presentation on the House floor of a routine legislative honor to a local pro-life teen, and will make room in the Ohio General Assembly’s schedule for the honor, according to the speaker’s office.
Ohio teen Elizabeth Trisler had been [...]

Planned Parenthood Launches Pro-Choice Football Ad

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: February 6, 2010

(LifeSiteNews.com) – Striking back at the pro-life Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has issued its own abortion-themed football video, claiming that the true lesson of Tebow’s story is that society should “respect and trust women” to make the decision to abort their child. The Washington Post also added to [...]

Pink Ouija Board Toy Targeting Young Girls Sparks Boycott

By Kathleen Gilbert

Published: February 6, 2010

PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island (LifeSiteNews.com) – A boycott has been launched against toymaker giant Hasbro and Toys R Us for making and marketing a pink Ouija board targeting girls as young as eight years old.
The board’s Toys R Us webpage – which has evidently been recently removed – boasted: “It has always been mysterious. It has [...]

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