by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 18, 2008) The same student run newspaper at the University of Virginia that will not publish cartoons mocking Mohammed, homosexuals or blacks, chose the week before Holy Week to run two offensive cartoons mocking Christianity
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 17, 2008) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new study indicating one in four teenage girls between the ages of 14 and 19 are infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 17, 2008) In order to protect his flock from being led astray, Archbishop Raymond Burke of the Archdiocese of St. Louis has excommunicated three women who took part in an ordination of women to the priesthood.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 14, 2008) A new study released by Ellison Research finds that a vast majority of Americans (87%) believe in the concept of sin, but differ widely on what constitutes a sin.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 14, 2008) The high cost of travel to Sydney, Australia for World Youth Day this summer has caused the number of pilgrims from the U.S. to drop from the expected 37,000 to 20,000. This may mean the Church will have to revise its estimate of 125,000 international pilgrims who will attend the events.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 14, 2008) A board certified psychiatrist from Hawthorne, New York has published an account of his experience treating a woman who he has determined to be a case of authentic demonic possession.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 14, 2008) The 88 year old foundress of the Focolare Movement, Chiara Lubich, passed away in her home in Rocca di Papa (Rome) in the early morning hours of March 14 from a severe respiratory ailment.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 13, 2008) Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, who was found dead today near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. His body was discovered not far from the church where he was kidnapped after conducting the Stations of the Cross on Feb. 29 in a deadly ambush that left three others dead.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 12, 2008) The Rainbow Sash Movement (RSM), a homosexual advocacy group best known for its Pentecost Sunday protests, is planning to throw ashes and blow whistles at the Pope during several scheduled events on his April itinerary.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 12, 2008) Families concerned about having to vaccinate their children with vaccines made from aborted fetuses will soon have an alternative. Researchers at AVM Biotechnology LLC have announced plans to use existing technology to develop morally acceptable vaccines.
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