Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As if Americans don't have enough to worry about in the wake of the historic credit downgrade by Standard & Poor, Time Magazine used the occasion to besmirch Catholics.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Catholic physician says that if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is permitted to mandate birth control and other forms of artificial contraception, it should also be allowed to demand coverage for natural family planning (NFP) methods.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a story that received little or no attention by the politically correct mainstream media, a new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that an average of 50,000 people a year become infected with HIV, with the majority of these new cases occurring in homosexual and bisexual men.
Charges of hypocrisy are flying in the wake of a decision by a University of Tennessee bookstore to stop selling breath mints mocking Obama after a Democratic lawmaker complained.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only days after the U.S. Department of Justice busted a huge international pedophile ring, French Vogue is once again tempting potential molesters by featuring minor girls in provocative poses in their magazine - this time using a heavily made-up 10 year-old in stiletto heels and a bodice cut to the waist.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Young people who want to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation at World Youth Day will be able to do so in ultra-modern portable confessionals that resemble a sailing ship and will sport the pope's logo.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Eleven year-old Jake Finkbonner, who nearly died five years ago from a flesh-eating infection, says he went to heaven during his ordeal and talked to God.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The typical bullying tactics of homosexual activists appears to be backfiring in the state of Florida where even a secular newspaper is decrying the way activists bullied a business association into disinviting a Congressional speaker simply because he supported traditional marriage.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study of Catholic parish life has found that even though the number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. has decreased, the number of Catholics has grown, making existing parishes larger and more complex.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The largest-ever investigation of international child porn networks resulted in charging 72 people with the crime of disseminating graphic images and videos of child sexual abuse.