In the eyes of the world, Ash Wednesday is the day when people with “dirty foreheads” appear in supermarkets and cafes and order fish instead of steak. But in the eyes of the faithful, this day is the beginning of a season designed to make the weak-kneed-but-willing into true champions.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Mothers who are concerned about the dark direction the Girl Scouts have been taking in recent years will be disappointed to learn that nothing much has changed. This once venerable institution is still aligning itself with radical feminist causes.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
As the public debate over the rise of extreme abortion policies reaches a feverish pitch in the U.S., more former Planned Parenthood employees are coming forward to tell a damning tale about the ghoulish work that goes on inside these clinics.
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Bishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City, has issued a clear statement condemning recent moves to promote expanded abortion laws and warns Catholic politicians who persist in supporting this moral evil that they will be expected to refrain from receiving communion.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A favorite talking point among pro-abortion politicians – particularly those who recently voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act – is that this law is not needed because current law already protects these infants. Is this true?
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A new online video series that will debut on March 27 aims at helping men to break out of the cycle of addiction to pornography through an intensive three-week experience.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
As shocking as Monday night’s vote on the Born Alive Abortion Survivor’s Protection Act was to the nation, it was even more appalling to Catholics who watched 10 Senators who claim to be Catholic vote against a bill that would protect babies who were born alive after an abortion.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
State legislatures continue to grapple with abortion law with Vermont being the latest to pass a gruesome bill allowing abortion at any stage in a pregnancy, and Arkansas passing a law that will ban abortion completely should Roe v. Wade ever be repealed.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday that they have produced a final rule that will restore Title X family planning regulations which prohibit funds from being used by clinics who are co-located with abortion facilities or who refer patients for abortions – a move which could impact Planned Parenthood facilities to the tune of $60 million a year.
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By a vote of 53-44, a bill to protect infants born alive after an abortion failed to pass with pro-abortion Democrats preventing the measure to receive the necessary 60 votes.
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