Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A recent
New York Times article documents a decline in the number of people attending yoga classes along with a rise in the number of people who are rebelling against the high-priced “yoga machine” that has overtaken the country in recent years.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the wake of the recent ruling by a Wisconsin judge that the National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional, eight out of ten Americans told pollster Rasmussen that faith is at least somewhat important in their daily lives with 64 percent saying they believe the ruling of judges is more anti-religious than the Founding Fathers intended.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Officials of the British government have issued a formal apology to Pope Benedict XVI after an internal memo was leaked to the press in which the UK Foreign Office joked about things the pope might do during his September trip – such as open an abortion clinic, set up a hotline for abused children, or bless a gay marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI may use the occasion of the June climax of the International Year for Priests as the time to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors by Roman Catholic priests.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has agreed to provide financial support to help establish the International Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium, a project that will investigate the potential use of some of the most unique stem cells found in the human body.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a memo released last night by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the government agency in charge of overseeing the country’s financial institutions, officials report that senior staffers were spending hours viewing porn during office hours.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Complaints about comments made about Islam by evangelist Franklin Graham in the wake of Sept. 11 have caused the Pentagon to rescind its invitation to the preacher to attend its May 6 National Day of Prayer event.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The head of a statue of Our Lady that survived the horrific bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 is making its way to the U.N. in New York on a “pilgrimage of peace.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The head of the embattled community organizing group, ACORN, told a group of young people that they should be proud to call themselves socialists and used the rise of the Tea Party movement to warn about increased racial persecution in the days ahead.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle joined together yesterday to denounce the recent decision by a federal judge declaring the National Day of Prayer to be unconstitutional and announced plans to call on Attorney General Eric H. Holder to appeal the ruling.
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