By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A grave fear of witchcraft in Nigeria has led to an alarming new trend of children being accused of being witches who are then either cast out or murdered by their families.
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The peace that the world cannot give does not appear to be reigning in the life of Paul Young, author of the controversial best-seller,
The Shack, who is suing his two long-time friends and business partners, alleging that they bilked him out of $8 million in royalties. While a federal judge mulls over the case, he's busy writing a screenplay with the hopes of bringing the book's flawed portrayal of Christianity to a wider audience.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With the prospects of a pro-life majority in the U.S. House and possibly the Senate appearing increasingly likely this fall, liberal lawmakers plan to push through legislation that will make taxpayer funded embryonic stem cell (ESC) research legal.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new audio tape has surfaced on which the Imam of the proposed Ground Zero Mosque reveals that he provided President Barack Obama with the so-called "blueprint" of a solution to the Islamic-American divide which served as the basis for the president's 2009 Cairo speech.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While addressing the first session of the 15th symposium for the Canon Law Association of Slovakia this week, Denver's Archbishop Charles Chaput called upon Christians to fight against the "civil religion" of relativism and the rise of a "state-encouraged atheism" that seeks to reduce religion to "an individual lifestyle accessory."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The peace that the world cannot give does not appear to be reigning in the life of Paul Young, author of the controversial best-seller,
The Shack, who is suing his two long-time friends and business partners, alleging that they bilked him out of $8 million in royalties. While a federal judge mulls over the case, he's busy writing a screenplay with the hopes of bringing the book's flawed portrayal of Christianity to a wider audience.
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U.S. Catholic has published an article encouraging Catholics who wish to improve their prayer life to try yoga.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
U.S. Catholic magazine has published an article encouraging Catholics who wish to improve their prayer life to try yoga.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Experts in the dangers of pornography are reacting to a story published by an
Associated Press (AP) writer who describes the increasing presence of pornography in Iraq as a sign that things have "improved."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After intense criticism, the U.S. Department of Health of Human Services (HHS) has decided to release the full results of a government study that found an overwhelming number of parents and teens favored abstinence before marriage, a finding that does not support the Obama Administration's desire to cut all abstinence education funding in favor of "safe sex" programs.
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