Married couples from the United States and Australia addressed the Synod of Bishops on Monday and offered an intimate glimpse of how average Catholics view Church teaching on the subject of marriage and the family.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Bizarre Reproductive Technologies of the Future
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Laboratories around the world are working on strange new forms of assisted reproductive technologies aimed at treating infertility no matter what the cost to human dignity.
The Fatima Prayer
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Pornography Use Rampant Among Christian Men
A new national survey of Christian men reveals shocking statistics pertaining to high rates of pornography use and addiction, plus rampant sexual infidelity amongst married Christian men.
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
“Say the Rosary every day…Pray,
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SCOTUS Declines Same-Sex Marriage Cases
In a decision that shocked court-watchers and delighted same-sex marriage advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review lower court rulings arising from challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage which will clear the way for same-sex marriages in at least five more states.
Amidst Wild Speculation, Historic Synod Begins in Rome
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann,OCDS
Pope Francis convened the much-anticipated Extraordinary Synod on the Family in Rome yesterday and called upon attendees to keep their eyes on Christ and not use the Synod as a means “to discuss beautiful and clever ideas” – many of which are achieving enormous exposure in the secular press – but to follow the Spirit’s guidance in order to “better nurture and tend to the Lord’s vineyard.”
Can You Heal Yourself?
MF write: “Nowhere can I find a Catholic critique of The Healing Code by Alex Loyd. Highly suspicious, misleading, pseudo scientific quackery at the very least, and at worst, a dangerous New Age scam that exploits the vulnerable with strange techniques cloaked in quasi-religious terminology. . .
How Moms Teach Daughters to Dislike Their Bodies
A new study has found that girls as young as seven learn how to dislike their bodies by hearing their mothers complain about looking “fat” or “old”.
Stairway to Heaven
“Airplanes must have runways before they can fly.
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