Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSIn what some are calling a “stunning show of political indecorum”, President Barack Obama has invited several individuals who publicly flout Catholic teaching to greet Pope Francis when he visits the White House next week.
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After suffering some of the worst persecution in modern history, Iraqi Christians who resettled in and around the Detroit, Michigan area breathed a sigh of relief when the local planning commission voted 9-0 to reject the building a huge mosque in the middle of their neighborhood.
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A professor’s attempt to prohibit students from saying “God bless you” whenever someone sneezes in class has caused such an uproar he has been forced to remove the ban from his class syllabus.
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Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear (D)
Kim Davis, the Christian clerk who made global headlines for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky, returns to work today but only after asking an appeals court to allow her to continue to refuse issuing the licenses until her case is settled.
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A 21 year-old woman born with Pfeiffer syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the growth of facial bones, has a strong message for young women about what constitutes real beauty.
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The Kentucky court clerk who faced down the government and its same-sex marriage edict was released from jail yesterday amidst a sea of jubilant supporters but the fight is far from over.
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Parents of seventh-grade students at Spring Hill Middle School in Spring Hill, Tennessee are furious after their children came home from school with a world-history assignment focusing on the Five Pillars of Islam while Christianity is not being taught.
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Yesterday marked a sad milestone in American history – the first Christian has been sent to jail for defying a court order to issue same-sex marriage licenses in a rural Kentucky county.
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Nearly 200 students at a Missouri high school staged a two-hour walk-out earlier this week to protest against allowing a transgender to use the girl’s locker room during gym classes.
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When it comes to polling Catholics about their views on social issues, the faithful need to look behind the numbers before drawing any conclusions.
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