
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
We’ve all heard the sad statistics – that women who have had abortions are six times more likely to commit suicide – but the recent case of a 21 year-old British woman who hung herself after an abortion reveals the true tragedy behind the numbers.
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Decapitated Statue at St. Margaret's Parish in Burlington, MA
Over the past week, several acts of vandalism have occurred in Catholic parishes in Massachusetts, prompting calls to the state’s Attorney General to investigate these actions as hate crimes.
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On the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis asked for dioceses around the world to establish memorials that will serve as “a living memory” of the Year of Mercy.
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Melissa Joan Hart, the actress who stars in
God’s Not Dead 2 says she is “getting grief” for playing the role of a good Christian woman in the film.
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Picture from Archdiocese of Boston
Police are investigating an incident of vandalism that occurred in a parish in Norwood, Massachusetts where what appears to be the symbol for “Allah” and black paint was sprayed across a statue of the Blessed Mother.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In spite of its long record of debilitating side effects for women and deadly consequences for the unborn, the FDA has relaxed guidelines for the use of the abortion drug, RU486, allowing it to be used further into pregnancy and with fewer doctor visits.
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While blessing a portrait of Mother Angelica during a general audience yesterday, Pope Francis said he believes Mother Angelica is already in heaven.
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Church of St. Anne in the Vatican
A special Mass for Mother Mary Angelica will be held at the Church of St. Anne in the Vatican on Friday to coincide with her funeral Mass taking place in Alabama.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The American College of Pediatricians has issued a sobering statement in which they detail the medical reasons why the encouragement of transgenderism in children is the equivalent of child abuse.
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Photo courtesy of The Becket Fund
The U.S. Supreme Court took an unusual step yesterday when they asked lawyers on both sides of the birth control mandate case involving the Little Sisters to submit proposals for how to provide the disputed drugs without violating the consciences of the faithful.
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