
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann,OCDS
Pope Francis convened the much-anticipated Extraordinary Synod on the Family in Rome yesterday and called upon attendees to keep their eyes on Christ and not use the Synod as a means "to discuss beautiful and clever ideas" - many of which are achieving enormous exposure in the secular press - but to follow the Spirit's guidance in order to “better nurture and tend to the Lord’s vineyard.”
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MF write: "
Nowhere can I find a Catholic critique of The Healing Code by Alex Loyd. Highly suspicious, misleading, pseudo scientific quackery at the very least, and at worst, a dangerous New Age scam that exploits the vulnerable with strange techniques cloaked in quasi-religious terminology. . .
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A new study has found that girls as young as seven learn how to dislike their bodies by hearing their mothers complain about looking "fat" or "old".
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The Community of Franciscan Fiars of the Renewal (CFR) have announced that their co-founder, Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, beloved priest and preacher, died on October 3, 2014, the vigil of the Feast of St. Francis, after complications with an ongoing illness. He was 81.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Archbishop of Oklahoma City and a fellow priest performed "prayers of exorcism" inside the Oklahoma Civic Center Music Hall to rid the building of any evil spirits that may have infested it after the September 21 black mass.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A white lesbian couple is suing a sperm bank for giving them the "wrong" sperm which resulted in a mixed race baby daughter whom they love - BUT - she wasn't what they ordered.
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The
California Catholic Conference has filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after an August 22 directive to health care providers ordering them to cover abortion for any reason because it was "basic health care."
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Some of the teenage girls who were kidnapped by ISIS terrorists but managed to escape are opening the eyes of the world to the barbaric treatment they endured while in captivity.
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The first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the U.S. and even though we have the highest standard of medical care in the world, internal government reports show that we are not prepared to deal with a potential pandemic.
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In spite of a recent statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics which recommends IUD's to teens rather than birth control pills, at least one high-profile OB-GYN says he'd never allow his daughter to use this device.
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