By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A tour guide at Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall made the mistake of playing down the religious beliefs of the Founding Fathers to a tour group that included several experts on the subject.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of the Pope's last official acts during his state visit to England last week was to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A furor is erupting over a newly released video showing sixth grade students from a Massachusetts middle school prostrating themselves alongside Muslim men in a prayer to Allah while on a public school field trip to a local mosque.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At a time when none of the 17 women currently serving in the U.S. Senate considers herself to be pro-life, a rash of feisty new pro-life women may soon be reshaping both the makeup of Congress and the abortion debate this November.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of months of papal-bashing preceding the Pope's historic visit to the UK, his arrival in Scotland was greeted by thousands of cheering Catholics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Massachusetts abortionist was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 22 year-old woman who died from complications during an abortion.
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The false prophets of the New Age come in all shapes and sizes. Here is a breaking news report on a traditionalist fringe group that is involved in a messy legal battle with a former monk who left after learning their monastery has no affiliation with the Catholic Church.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though physician assisted suicide has been legal in Oregon for more than a decade, a new survey has found that most hospices decline to become involved in the procedure, citing legal and moral reasons.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Buffalo man who turned over $1.6 million to a monastery of monks he believed to be part of the Benedictine Order is now suing for his money back after realizing they were not part of the official Church order.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One child in 10 in the United States lives with a grandparent, a share that increased slowly and steadily over the past decade before rising sharply from 2007-08, the first year of the Great Recession, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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