Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Instead of doing an authentic remake of the beloved 1930's comedy hit, The Three Stooges, Hollywood has used the new version to promote its anti-religion ideology by mocking the Catholic Church.
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A powerful new YouTube video created by Catholics Called to Witness is urging Catholics to remember the non-negotiables of life, marriage and freedom on election day.
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Well-known psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow applied his professional skills to the dust-up between lesbian Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and the wife of GOP presidential candidate and stay-at-home-mom Ann Romney, and made some fascinating observations about the hostility liberal women direct toward their conservative peers.
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A Swedish study has found that a chemical commonly used in cosmetics and plastics could increase the likelihood of Type 2 diabetes.
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In yet another example of the growing trend of sexualizing children in television,
HBO is now airing
Angry Boys, an Australian "mockumentary" that showed a young girl drinking out of a pink penis-shaped cup on a recent episode.
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The U.S. bishops have issued a call to action to defend religious liberty and are urging laity to work to protect the First Freedom of the Bill of Rights as well as participate in a "Fortnight for Freedom" from June 21, the feast day of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, and ending on Independence Day to focus “all the energies the Catholic community can muster” on this issue.
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In what is surely the paradox of the century, Six Rivers Planned Parenthood of Eureka, California, has launched a campaign designed by Faith Aloud to mimic the successful
40 Days for Life campaign by calling for 40 days of prayer for those committing abortions: the mothers, the escorts, the abortionists, and everyone involved - except the unborn children.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
It's been more than 40 years since Philip Morris snookered women into smoking with their catchy "You've come a long way, baby" ad campaign, but today's counterpart is surely the latest catchy slogan aimed at the female gender by another group of savvy male operators - the so-called "war on women."
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During a recent appearing on
CBS's Face the Nation, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, advised the faithful not to let Mitt Romney's Mormon faith stop them from voting for him.
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A former New York woman was so desperate to have the wedding of her dreams that she feigned cancer in order to scam people - including her own groom - into providing her with a lavish wedding and exotic honeymoon.
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