Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe Obama Administration's latest foray into their favorite construct - the phony war on women - appears to be backfiring as their push to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act has done little more than reveal the pay discrepancies between men and women in the president's own administration.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The faithful are reacting with dismay and fury over news that Sister Jane Dominic Laurel, the orthodox nun whose presentation at Charlotte Catholic High School in North Carolina caused an uproar in the community, was sent on sabbatical and may even be receiving threats to her safety.
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A new study has found that in spite of a dramatic increase in the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on public school education, student achievement remains mediocre.
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The Huguenins, owners of Elane Photography
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of Christian photographer Elaine Huguenin who was sued for refusing to photograph the commitment ceremony of two lesbians.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe theologian whose presentation about human sexuality at a North Carolina high school sparked a furious backlash from parents and students has announced that she has withdrawn from all speaking engagements and is taking a sabbatical from teaching at Aquinas College.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The "scorched earth" policy of same-sex marriage supporters who drove Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich out of his job last week has even prominent gay leaders condemning these tactics.
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Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law late last week which was passed overwhelmingly by the state legislature in order to protect the rights of Christians and other people of faith from any law that violates their right to the free exercise of their religion.
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Thanks to a mother's GPS that kept guiding her to pro-life pregnancy centers rather than abortoin clinics, a healthy baby girl named Bethany was brought to life.
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The Vatican's Congregation for Education is supporting local Catholics who believe an annual drag show held at the Catholic University of San Diego is scandalous and damaging.
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An international team believes that the bloodstains on the left arm of the man depicted on the Shroud of Turin indicate that he was crucified in a Y rather than a T position, which would have been a much more cruel and painful death.
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