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.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The so-called religious exemption that was crafted into new rules by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandating free birth control coverage in all ObamaCare health insurance exchanges is little more than smoke and mirrors.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During an address to a high-level UN meeting on youth last week, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt reminded the international body that parents have a right to teach sexuality to their children and that their policies should respect those rights.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Conservative lawmakers are beginning to sound a warning about the powerful new "Super Congress" that was created in the debt ceiling agreement, saying it will be used to fast-track tax increases and give the Washington elite more power over the nation's purse strings.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that couples are not only shunning marriage these days, but even cohabitation is requiring too much commitment with many of them now opting for more casual "stayover relationships" instead.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a bizarre rant in which he claimed God would soon take the life of the judge who is presiding over his sexual assault case, polygamist leader Warren Jeffs failed in his third attempt to have the judge removed from the case.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI is pleading for help for more than 11.8 million people in the Horn of Africa where tens of thousands have already died as a result of a severe drought, civil wars and ethnic clashes.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to announce today its decision to require all health insurance plans to cover birth control and sterilization for women, with little more than what are some are calling a toothless exemption for religious institutions.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thousands of youth who descend upon Madrid for World Youth Day later this month will have a new iPhone app, named after Blessed John Paul II, to help them keep up with events and fuel their devotions.
