New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that record numbers of U.S. women are still childless by the age of 44, but not always due to their own choice.
During today’s General Audience, Pope Francis said children are never a mistake and called them “the greatest blessing which God has bestowed on man and woman.”
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSSupported by thousands of well-wishes, the owners of a pizza parlor in the tiny town of Walkerton, Indiana have decided to open after a firestorm of hate-mail and death threats erupted over their refusal to service same-sex weddings.
Bishop Kevin W. Vann of the Diocese of Orange, California not only knows how to handle all those “gotcha” questions from secular reporters, he has apparently caused at least one reporter to walk away wondering if it was time to “re-evaluate” his relationship with the Church.
Just a day after delivering a powerful Urbi Et Orbi message calling upon the world to embrace humility and peace, Pope Francis expressed hope that the world community will not be “silent and inactive” in the fact of the unspeakable crimes being committed against Christians around the world.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSA new survey has found that the decrease in religious affiliation among college students has been met by record levels of depression on U.S. campuses - and yet liberal ideologues on college campuses are continuing their assault on Christianity.
LL writes: "My Aunt Kathy sent me a magnet of St. Gertrude of Nivelles, the patron saint of cats. I had never heard of her before. Is she a Catholic saint?"
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSIn an effort to destigmatize the destruction of the unborn, a new DIY abortion clinic is set to open in an upscale Maryland neighborhood and will offer clients abortion pills in a “spa like” atmosphere.
Indiana Governor Mike PenceCommentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Indiana Governor Mike Pence says he has no intention of changing a law that protects the religious freedom of its citizens in spite of an intensive, media-fueled backlash from gay activists.
An outrageous new e-book teaches children that 
when their parent aborts a sibling, it’s for the best, and that these murdered children are “happy ghosts”.
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