By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Mehmet Ali Agca, the gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II nearly 30 years ago, will be released next month from a Turkish prison. After moving to Italy, he plans to ask the Vatican to baptise him for all the world to see.
Lou asks: “My grand kids were talking about using a Wii game on their television to do yoga. Is this version proper exercise or a combination of physical positioning with spiritual roots?”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A California woman is collecting signatures for a proposed ballot initiative that would require public schools across the state to provide opportunities for pupils to listen to or perform Christmas carols.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Two prominent Senators have received public rebukes from their bishops for voting against the Nelson-Hatch Amendment which would have prohibited the use of public funds for abortion in the Senate’s health care reform bill.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A prominent liberal Canadian journalist has published an op-ed saying human reproduction is the real “inconvenient truth” in the global warming debate and the only way to stop the inevitable destruction of the world is for China’s one-child policy to be imposed around the world.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New Jersey lawmakers in the state Senate decided to call off a much-anticipated vote on a bill legalizing same-sex “marriage” after realizing that they lacked the votes to pass it.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that many Americans like to “mix and match” their spirituality, often blending Christianity with Eastern religions and New Age beliefs.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Roman Catholic nun who was reprimanded by her order last month for her support of abortion rights, used the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary to applaud the defeat of the pro-life Nelson-Hatch Amendment and make the outrageous claim that Mary’s decision to bear Jesus made her the first women in the New Testament to “express Choice.”
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Controversy is once again swirling around Kevin Jennings, President Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar,” who founded a pro-homosexual educational organization that recommended books to children as young as kindergarten age that include graphic depictions of deviant sexual activity.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pro-life groups are warning that pro-abortion lawmakers are attempting to use a year-end omnibus funding bill to remove three longstanding bans on government-funded abortion.
