By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Authorities in Beijing are considering a relaxation of the country's controversial one-child-only policy, not because they've seen the light, but because officials are beginning to realize that the population has become dangerously imbalanced.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Less than two months after the horrifying shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona prompted nationwide calls for civility in public discourse, mobs of angry union workers in Wisconsin have thrown all sense of decency to the wind and are turning to violence in revenge for the passage of a bill that will restrict their collective bargaining rights.
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It's a catchy title that is sure to make it fly off the shelves, but Christians beware! Author Rob Bell, pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a leader in the equally heretical Emerging Church movement, has filled this book with a false doctrine known as universalism which teaches that everyone goes to heaven because there's no such thing as hell.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The head of the Anglican Church of Canada has confirmed that they will hold discussions this spring about whether or not to waive a 2,000 year-old requirement that only a baptized Christian can receive Communion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI is set to make history on Good Friday when he takes part in a question and answer session on Italian TV, a show that is expected to be rebroadcast by television stations around the world.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is considered one of the largest and most in-depth federal report on sexual behavior of its kind, has found that a growing number of teens and young adults are choosing to remain chaste.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The plight of Baby Joseph Maraachli, whose family wants to bring the terminally ill child home to die, remains in limbo as the family's new lawyer plans to appeal the case to Canada's highest court, and the hospital is refusing to release medical records to doctors in Michigan who are willing to help.
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By Susan Brinkkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In his general audience today, Pope Benedict XVI said the ashes we receive today are a sign reminding us of our status as created beings, and inviting us to penance and to a deeper commitment to conversion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The release of an undercover video in which National Public Radio's (NPR) top fundraising executive is caught denigrating Christians, Jews, and tea party members, while espousing the Muslim Brotherhood, has prompted outrage and renewed calls for an end of the organization's taxpayer funding. It has also resulted in the resignation of controverial NPR CEO, Vivian Schiller.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a recent filming of a documentary on premature babies, a prominent UK health official said she believes babies born at or before 23 weeks should be left to die.
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