By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what many are describing as police enforcement of Shari’a law at a Muslim festival last weekend, the Thomas More Law Center has agreed to represent four Christians who were arrested for peacefully proselytizing at the event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An Italian priest and Vatican consultant is launching a free iPad app in July that will contain the entire Roman missal, thus enabling priests who travel frequently to use it on the altar.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a June 18 interview with
CNN’s Larry King, convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian admitted to not only to killing the man for whom he spent eight years in prison, but also to a woman years earlier.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A recently released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that revealed $2.3 billion in taxpayer funds going to groups that fund abortion, has inadvertently shone a light on a large cache of federal money that remains unaccounted for in Planned Parenthood records.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney is taking on children’s clothing manufacturers who contribute to the cultural sexualization of young girls by marketing inappropriate clothing such as padded bras and other “Tweenage” underwear to girls as young as eight.
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THIS BLOG WAS REVIEWED AND UPDATED IN DECEMBER, 2019.
SL: "For fourteen years I have had hot flashes from menopause. Recently, I reached the end of my rope. In SC where I live there is a Dr. Susan Stegall on the radio. Her practice is called Integrative Health. I went to her office last week. She is not an MD but has studied alternative medicine. She uses a pressure method to determine where you need healing. The protocol (as she calls it) is then worked up and consists of homeopathic and herbs.When I went to her I had no idea of the technique she uses. While talking to me I saw her eyes focus on the crucifix around my neck. She made a point of telling me she is also a Christian. I use the protocol with my eyes fixed on Jesus and remain close to him. Am I in any kind of danger by seeing this doctor?"
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After attending the First Holy Communion of her sons, popular Australian broadcaster, comedian and confirmed atheist Wendy Harmer wrote in her latest column that she felt humbled by the faith of the congregation and praised the blessings weekly services provide that aren’t found anywhere else in secular society.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities voiced “grave concern” to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its move toward approving a new drug that may induce early abortions as an “emergency contraceptive.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
For the first time ever, a U.S. president has recognized “two father” families in the official Father’s Day Proclamation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The first step in a process that will lead to more federal oversight of the Internet began last Thursday when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to begin the process of reclassifying the Web as a “telecommunications service” rather than an “information service” in order to broaden its authority over it.
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