By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A teacher in Taunton, Massachusetts Elementary School sent a second-grader home with a recommendation that he undergo psychological evaluation after drawing a stick figure of Jesus on the cross.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Vatican Releases Pope’s World Day of Peace Message
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the 43rd World Day of Peace, to be celebrated January 1, 2010, encourages lifestyles marked by “sobriety and solidarity,” warns about eco-fanaticism opening up a “new pantheism tinged with neopaganism” and calls for an acknowledgement of the “indivisible relationship between God, human beings and the whole of creation.”
Couple Arrested for Hiding Aborted Baby Under Christmas Tree
Raunchy Christmas Plays Abound This Year
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights says there are more raunchy Christmas plays this year than ever before.
Actor Blames Church for Cancellation of Sequels to The Golden Compass
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Church is being blamed for a decision by New Line Cinema to cancel plans to film the final two installments in the controversial His Dark Materials trilogy in spite of the success of the first film, The Golden Compass.
Judge Bars Father from Taking Daughter to Church
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An Illinois judge has issued a restraining order barring a father from taking his daughter to any church other than a Jewish synagogue.
UK Bill Could Punish Church for Refusing to Ordain Women and Homosexuals
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new law under consideration in the UK could put the Church at risk for refusing to accept women, homosexuals and transsexuals as candidates for the priesthood.
Clinic Pays Woman $1.9 Million After Botched Abortion
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of the largest abortion clinics in New Jersey has agreed to pay $1.9 million to a woman who sustained life-threatening injuries after undergoing a botched second-trimester abortion several years ago.
Pope Calls Manger “A School of Life”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just before blessing statues of the Infant Jesus in St. Peter’s Square yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI said the Nativity scene is not just a tradition, but is “a school of life where we can learn the secret of true joy.”
History Channel and Communist Historian to Promote Socialist History in Classrooms
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Last night, the History Channel aired the controversial “The People Speak” program which was written by a communist professor and American historian and is said to be destined for America’s classrooms.
