
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In an outrageous over-reaction to a first-grader reading Bible verses aloud during lunch hour, a public school in Palmdale, California actually sent the local sheriff to the child’s house to warn the boy’s parents to stop encouraging him to do so.
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The Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
In a rare sign of unity, the three branches of Christianity who oversee one of the Holy Land’s most precious sites – the Church of the Holy Sepulchre – have put aside their differences to join together in critically needed renovations of the site.
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Highly discriminatory legislation aimed at extending the statute of limitation for filing civil lawsuits alleging childhood sexual abuse that occurred only in private and nonprofit institutions are making their way through the state legislatures in Pennsylvania and New York.
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A cloth with a drop of blood from St. John Paul II has been reported stolen from the Cologne Cathedral.
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A major new study has found that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from severe stress and anxiety which is likely due to the pressures of managing work and family.
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A new study has found that the Natural Cycles fertility monitor, which helps women determine when they are fertile, is almost as effective as the pill in preventing unwanted pregnancy.
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Pete Shilaimon, executive producer of the movie,
Risen, recently opened up about his family’s flight from Iraq and how they left the country with little more than the clothes on their backs and the crosses they wore around their necks.
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A movement is growing around the world to boycott the film, Me Before You, opening tonight in the USA, which calls itself a “romance” about a quadriplegic who falls in love with his care giver but eventually opts to kill himself rather than live as a quadriplegic.
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In a recent address, Baltimore’s Archbishop William Lori warned that the “polite persecution” of Christians which is eroding religious freedom in the U.S. is creating a “merciless society.”
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The Select Congressional Panel investigating Planned Parenthood has filed a
complaint against the abortion giant, citing "serious and systematic violations of the HIPAA privacy rule” and is requesting a "swift and full investigation” by the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services.
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