Lesbians Launch Hate Campaign Against Bridal Shop Owner

Same sex marriageCommentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

The owner of a bridal shop in Pennsylvania has been forced to close her doors after a lesbian couple launched a social-media bullying campaign in retaliation for the owner’s refusal to service their same-sex wedding.

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U.S. Bishops: Pray for Peace in Iraq on August 17!

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Iraq, His Beatitude Louis Rafael Sako

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Iraq, His Beatitude Louis Rafael Sako

At the request of the chairman of the Committee of International Justice and Peace, Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is asking the people in all U.S. dioceses to pray for peace in Iraq on Sunday, August 17. Read the rest…

Vatican Official Calls for More Intervention in Iraq

Archbishop Silvani Tomasi

Archbishop Silvani Tomasi

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, is signaling approval for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq aimed at checking the  encroachment of the brutal Islamic State in Iraq and to protect targeted ethnic minorities.

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