By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rather than engage in peaceful dialogue about ways to stem the rising tide of anti-Christian violence in Egypt, that country's highest Islamic authority, al-Azhar, announced yesterday that it is freezing all dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church over what it considers to be the Pope's repeated "insults toward Islam."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Bezpala Brown Gallery of Toronto is set to unveil a new exhibit that includes a bullet-ridden portrait of Pope Benedict XVI as part of a line-up of some of modern history's most evil men.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just days before the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, lawmakers have introduced two new pro-life bills that will permanently prohibit taxpayer funding in all federal programs.
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Feast of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
"I will be his who first chose me for himself."
St. Agnes at her martyrdom
For Reflection:
God has chosen me for Himself just as He chose St. Agnes. Am I willing to choose Him first in all things? What one choice is He asking me to make today? What is my response?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Media watchdogs are warning parents that a new MTV show, Skins, which features teen actors as young as 15 in extremely explicit scenes involving sex and drugs, is "the most dangerous program ever" for children.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Now that the newly elected members of the U.S. House have voted to repeal ObamaCare, lawmakers will now focus on fulfilling the second part of their "repeal and replace" pledge.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An abortionist whose practice catered to poor minorities has been charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of one woman and seven babies who were born alive and then killed by severing their spinal cords with a scissor.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The country's leading pro-family organization is warning citizens that White House cyber security and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke are drawing up a plan known as "ObamaNet" that will mandate a national ID card for all Internet users.
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Feast of St. Sebastian, Martyr
"If there are many persecutions, there are many testings; where there are many crowns of victory, there are many trials of strength. It is then to your advantage if there are many persecutors; among many persecutions you may more easily find a path to victory."
St. Ambrose on Martyrdom
For Reflection:
What "path to victory" have I found in past persecutions? How does this help me seek the path to victory in my current trial?
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I must admit, it struck me as downright shocking that a memorial service held at a public university for the Judeo-Christian victims of the Tucson massacre would offer a pantheistic pagan blessing by a Native American rather than a blessing from a representative of the faiths of the victims. This becomes even more perplexing when you consider that the Yacqi Indian who gave the blessing is Catholic.
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