Brazilian Convicted of Killing American Nun Set Free
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 9, 2008) The man convicted of ordering the murder of an American-born nun in Brazil in 2005 has been acquitted of all charges and set free.
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Town Issues Right to Die Cards
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 9, 2008) A British town is providing people of all ages with a “right to die” card instructing doctors not to treat them if they become incapacitated due to accident or illness. Pro-life groups are protesting the cards, calling them a move toward legal suicide.
Pro-Abstinence T-Shirts Cause Stir in VA School
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 9, 2008) Attorneys have come to the defense of several high school students in Virginia who were warned by school officials to stop wearing t-shirts proclaiming the abstinence message “Virginity Rocks!”
Rising Food Prices Causing Global Suffering
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 8, 2008) While most Americans are just beginning to feel the pinch of rising food prices, the problem is already causing long lines, personal hardship and even riots and violence in some parts of the world.
NY Lets Stand Foreign Same-Sex “Marriage” Recognition
by Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
(May 8, 2008) Same-sex marriage may have come one step closer to reality in New York when a New York Court of Appeals declined to hear a challenge to a case that required the state to recognize a same-sex “marriage” contracted outside the state.
Mothers Who Make the Ultimate Sacrifice
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 7, 2008) Although we don’t often hear about it, women are still willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save the life of their unborn children. In the past year, two such cases have made headlines.
Single Motherhood: Conquering the Odds with Love
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 7, 2008) A young single mother and her daughter are seated in the front row of the theater, watching a tragic scene unfold on the screen above. In the movie, a little girl, the only child of a single mother, is struck by a car and killed. Instinctively, the young mother and her child grip one another and huddle close in their seats. No words are necessary. Their body language says it all - “Don’t let this happen to us!”
Family-Friendly Films Top Box Office in 2007
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 6, 2008) Americans made their movie preferences known at the box office in 2007 and chose family-friendly films such as Ratatouille and Enchanted over atheistic and occult films such as The Golden Compass and Harry Potter by sometimes huge margins.
Marian Apparition Receives Church Approval
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 6, 2008) The first Marian apparitions to be approved in the 21st century took place in France on Sunday, May 4, when Bishop Jean-Michel de Falco announced the official Church approval of apparitions that occurred to a French girl named Benoite (Benedicta) Rencurel between 1664 and 1718.
The Rosary is Experiencing a New Springtime
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 5, 2008) Pope Benedict XVI said the rosary is a powerful form of prayer that does not belong to the past but to the present where it can bring peace, reconciliation and all the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus to mankind.
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