In a recent speech, Bishop Thomas Paprocki said the woman who once worked as his secretary and who was beaten to death by a homosexual man in 2002 "died as a martyr for her faith" and yet received little or no attention from the media.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A national petition campaign has been launched by the Catholic faithful who have grown weary with Sister Carol Keehan of the Catholic Health Association (CHA) who has once again defied Church authority by siding with the Obama Administration and accepting the final version of the controversial birth control mandate.
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A new study has found that when a young couple decides to move in together, the woman thinks this means the relationship is getting more serious, but a majority of young men say they don't see it quite the same way.
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A priest from a Gainesville, Virginia parish was faced with the challenge of a lifetime when he decided to avert a couple's plan to abort their child after it was diagnosed with Down Syndrome by promising to find a home for their baby.
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It has been less than a month since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act and gay activists are already heading to court to challenge traditional marriage laws in several states.
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Lawmakers in the state of Texas were able to pass a bill prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks even though they did so amidst death threats and profanities from pro-abortion groups.
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Prayers are still need for 10 year-old Sarah Murnaghan, the girl who is struggling to recover from two lung transplants and an infected right lung.
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PC writes: "
What do you know about the 'Women can have it all' conference, by Susan Sly that was in Toronto. This appears to be a self empowerment movement, and they are very evangelistic. Ones career is to 'travel, and spread the good news' that you can have it all, and the evidence that they have it all , is that they travel around telling everyone 'look at me, how fantastic I am'. Is it New Age? Is all self empowerment fall into New Age? It does seem to be contrary to Christ's call to pick up our cross daily and follow him, or to be humble and meek of heart."
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The three victims of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro have produced a video thanking their family and friends for supporting them and giving them hope to face their new life of freedom.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
House Republicans are not about to let the IRS get away with their outrageously partisan conduct over the past few years and are proposing a slew of new laws designed to check the agency's power and give more protection to citizens against this kind of abuse.
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