Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In the wake of the bombing of the Boston Marathon, very human stories are emerging of horrific injuries and death as well as extraordinary heroism in the face of an unspeakable crime.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
As so many have forewarned, opening the door to "alternative family" arrangements such as same-sex marriage is bound to give way to calls for the legalization of other arrangements, such as a recently published argument in a major online magazine claiming polygamy is good for women and children.
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Fifty Shades of Grey made the American Library Association's (ALA) most recent list of the top 10 most complained-about books, but it's only in fourth place!
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In their haste to discredit the Church for relieving an actively homosexual man of his duties at a parish on Long Island, the media never bothered to question the three boxes of petitions for reinstatement that the man claimed to be delivering to diocesan offices last week - two of which were found to be completely empty.
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The trend toward alienating the faithful who support traditional marriage took an ominous turn this week when a florist in Washington State was sued for refusing to provide flowers for the wedding of a homosexual patron who was a frequent customer of her shop.
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In a case that is expected to cause headaches for proponents of same-sex adoption, a married same-sex couple living in Glastonbury, Connecticut will go to trial after several of their adopted children accused the men of sexually abusing them.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
National outrage is growing over a MSNBC host who, during a live broadcast, coached her daughter on how she could grow up and marry a girl if she lived in New York.
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The Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) has confronted the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) over a U.S. Army Reserve training brief that lists Catholicism and "Christian identity" as examples of "religious extremism" alongside groups such as Al Qaeda and the KKK.
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An attempt by two homosexual students at George Washington University to have a Catholic chaplain removed from his post in the University's Newman Center because he teaches the faith appears to be backfiring as a counter movement in favor of the priest continues to gain steam.
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A new report from the National Center for Health Statistics has found that more women are now opting for cohabitation rather than marriage as a "first union" with these relationships lasting slightly longer than before.
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