For those of you who have been following the controversy surrounding the orthodoxy of the wildly popular best seller
The Shack,
World Net Daily has announced the publication of a new book written by a seminary professor and former colleague/neighbor of
Shack author William Paul Young who says the book wasn’t written to be a creative way of dealing with God but to teach an unorthodox philosophy.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Parents of students at an Iowa high school are expressing outrage over a graphic sex ed program produced by Planned Parenthood that was shown to their children.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Anyone wondering why Comedy Central seems to be so anti-Christian need only listen to a strange interview on National Public Radio (NPR) with one of the show’s correspondents who who reveals it was like to be raised by a Wiccan and atheist while attending a “progressive” Catholic school and calls mocking the Church “pure joy.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal judge in New Orleans delivered a stunning blow to the Obama Administration yesterday when he overturned the President’s offshore drilling moratorium, saying the government failed to prove that the ban was necessary.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a recent interview on Vatican television, the director of the Vatican Press Office cited the “impotence and slowness” of both BP and the U.S. government to plug the blown oil well in the Gulf, saying the disastrous episode should serve as a lesson in humility to all of us.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what many are describing as police enforcement of Shari’a law at a Muslim festival last weekend, the Thomas More Law Center has agreed to represent four Christians who were arrested for peacefully proselytizing at the event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An Italian priest and Vatican consultant is launching a free iPad app in July that will contain the entire Roman missal, thus enabling priests who travel frequently to use it on the altar.
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Dr. Fitzgibbons has been a regular guest of The Abundant Life and we are thrilled to have him back this week on our new daily television program,
Women of Grace.
Married couples face many challenges together with raising children, managing a home and finances, and just day to day living. In some cases, couples face additional challenges when one or both spouses have major emotional and character conflicts which limit their ability to give and receive love, resulting in marital unhappiness. Dr. Fitzgibbons addresses some of these issues on each of this weeks program and gives practical advice on what may be done to resolve them. You can watch each day on
EWTN at 11:00 a.m. and the encore at 11:30 p.m.
You can also check out his website on the
Insitute for Marital Healing where you will find much valuable information. They are offering a free webinar for those who may be or know someone struggling with pornography:
The Healing of Pornography Conflicts Webinar
Join us for a Webinar on June 26 - space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/242775347
This marital educational webinar will focus on the damaging impact of pornography upon Catholic marriages and families, the origins of this conflict and its healing.
The recommended readings are:
Title: The Healing of Pornography Conflicts
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a June 18 interview with
CNN’s Larry King, convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian admitted to not only to killing the man for whom he spent eight years in prison, but also to a woman years earlier.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A recently released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that revealed $2.3 billion in taxpayer funds going to groups that fund abortion, has inadvertently shone a light on a large cache of federal money that remains unaccounted for in Planned Parenthood records.
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