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Understanding the Pope’s New Apostolic Exhortation

family sunsetCommentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

Even though some of the passages in the Pope’s new exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), are somewhat unclear and area already being distorted by the mainstream media, Catholics should read the document for themselves with the understanding that no Church teaching has been changed.

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The Pill is NOT the Answer - It's the Problem!

During a recent visit to Dallas, PA to speak about authentic femininity, I shared my evolution from a birth control pill-popping feminist to a woman who no longer needed to play the part of an "object" for men's pleasure. After the talk, Jessica Nickel, a 32 year old wife and mother of a toddler shared her own story about how the pill is too often prescribed for women as a panacea rather than what it is - a problem.

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PayPal Hypocrisy Exposed in North Carolina

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

Paypal’s hypocrisy is on full display this week after the company made a big show out of abandoning plans to open a new global operations center in North Carolina after the legislature passed a bill they claim discriminates against the LGBT community – but the company had no reservations about opening an office in Malaysia where homosexuals are routinely punished.

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Discerning Good Medicine from Quackery

39479110_sAn estimated 5 out of 10 questions directed to our blog are about alternatives, which is why we decided to post information that answers the most common questions we receive about these treatments. Are they Catholic? How can you tell if the proponents' literature is based on fact or hype? How do we know if the studies they cite are biased or bona fide? 

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