Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An abortionist whose practice catered to poor minorities has been charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of one woman and seven babies who were born alive and then killed by severing their spinal cords with a scissor.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The country's leading pro-family organization is warning citizens that White House cyber security and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke are drawing up a plan known as "ObamaNet" that will mandate a national ID card for all Internet users.
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Feast of St. Sebastian, Martyr
"If there are many persecutions, there are many testings; where there are many crowns of victory, there are many trials of strength. It is then to your advantage if there are many persecutors; among many persecutions you may more easily find a path to victory."
St. Ambrose on Martyrdom
For Reflection:
What "path to victory" have I found in past persecutions? How does this help me seek the path to victory in my current trial?
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I must admit, it struck me as downright shocking that a memorial service held at a public university for the Judeo-Christian victims of the Tucson massacre would offer a pantheistic pagan blessing by a Native American rather than a blessing from a representative of the faiths of the victims. This becomes even more perplexing when you consider that the Yacqi Indian who gave the blessing is Catholic.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the vote to repeal the vastly unpopular health care reform law gets underway in the House today, the U.S. Bishops have sent a letter to all members of Congress saying they do not intend to join efforts to either support or oppose repeal of ObamaCare, but will "devote our efforts to correcting serious moral problems in the current law."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the latest of a series of crimes against Catholic churches in California, vandals spray-painted the words "Kill the Cathlics" on the walls of St. Thomas More parish in Irvine.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The newly elected pro-life House of Representatives and growing anti-Christian bigotry in Europe are included on a list compiled by the World Congress of Families (WCF) to draw attention to the 10 best and worst events for families in 2010.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the long-time aide of Pope John Paul II, is in possession of a vial of blood that will become the primary relic of the late Pontiff when he is beatified on May 1.
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"Let us not look too far or too high, but right in front of ourselves, right next to ourselves. The good to be done is perhaps there."
Elisabeth Leseur
For Reflection:
What "good to be done" today is right in front of me, right next to me? I commit to getting on with it.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The city of Berkeley is expected to agree tonight to set aside $20,000 a year to pay for city workers who want "gender-reassignment surgery."
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