
IMPORTANT UPDATE AT END OF BLOG!
California’s Governor Jerry Brownhas until Wednesday of this week - the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary - to determine whether or not California will join the small group of states that allow physician assisted suicide by signing into law a bill that was passed during an extraordinary legislative process that has many crying foul.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Eyewitnesses to the killing of nine innocent people at a community college in rural Oregon say the gunman specifically targeted Christians and was known to be disdainful of organized religion which raises the question of just how much this killer was influenced by the politically correct "hate speech" routinely aimed at Christians in today's America.
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Women from all walks of life are signing on to a letter addressed to the Synod Fathers which affirms their support for Church teachings as being “a source of authentic freedom, equality, and happiness for women.”
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A new report issued by a House oversight committee has revealed that Planned Parenthood, which dips into the public coffer for more than a half billion dollars a year, spends exorbitant amounts of money on executive salaries, travel, and lavish parties.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Since news broke on Monday about the Pope meeting with Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis who chose jail rather than issue same-sex marriage licenses, the secular media is apoplectic over the destruction of the fairytales they created about the Holy Father’s supposed liberal bend.
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Just days after being elevated to sainthood by Pope Francis, vandals defaced a statue of St. Junipero Serra at the Carmel Mission in California where the missionary’s remains are buried.
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Pope Francis offered candid reflections about his five-day visit to the United States, saying that he was impressed by the warmth of the American people, and was especially touched by their piety.
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A movement is underway to have a new eating disorder that involves an obsessive desire to eat only organic, raw, or natural foods, known as orthorexia, added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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Standing before the birthplace of America, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pope Francis delivered a powerful address about the fundamental right of religious freedom while calling upon the immigrant population to “be responsible citizens.”
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Pope Francis made the most of his short visit to New York City, bringing the love of Christ into focus for those who struggle to find Him through the everyday hardships and complexities of life.
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