After a four year investigation, an Australian coroner
ruled that participation in an intense four-day self-help program designed to take people on a "journey to the core of the human spirit" led to the suicide of a 34 year-old woman.
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The past two days mark the feasts of two great saints of the Church, a mother and a son, whose lives give testimony to a sure-fired method of evangelizing those we love.
St. Monica (August 27) is the mother of St. Augustine (August 28), though Augustine was no saint when Monica began her earnest intercession. At that time he was a pagan and a member of the heretical Manichean sect. He was known to be a carouser who lived with a woman to whom he had fathered a child. A brilliant mind, he was "devoted" to his views and his lifestyle, and had no intention of converting to the Catholic faith.
St. Monica was distraught about her son's dissolute ways and decided to do something about it. She prayed. And in the end, her prayers won the soul of her son.
What was it that made St. Monica's prayers so effective? I think five strategies are primarily responsible. Perhaps you can implement them as you seek to evangelize those you love.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Distrubing details have emerged about the parenets of Rifqa Bary, the Ohio girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and fled in fear of being murdered in an “honor killing.”
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Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
While reaction to the Aug. 25 death of Sen. Edward Kennedy is ranging from hero-worship to condemnation, it is also proving to be a divisive event in the lives of Americans.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A judge in a New Hampshire court has determined that a 10 year-old homeschooled girl has become too religious and has ordered her mother to enroll the child in a public school.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Scientists in Oregon have produced the first creature with genetic material from three parents, a technique they hope to use one day to prevent children from inheriting servere genetic diseases from their parents.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
ABC is coming under fire once again for refusing to air ads that oppose government run health care.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut on Tuesday after the diocese sought to keep sealed thousands of legal documents pertaining to six priests accused of sexual abuse.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A 50 year-old Italian woman afflicted with a fatal nerve disease claims that she has been able to ditch her wheelchair and walk ever since bathing in the healing waters at Lourdes earlier this month.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new report issued by the U.N. is calling for sex education to be taught to children over the age of five in all countries and claims that international law requires this to be done.
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