Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (Wikicommons)Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Social media is abuzz this morning over last night’s Met Gala which was themed “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and drew stars dressed in costumes that many found to be downright offensive to Catholics.
All life should be respected from beginning to natural end, even when doctors think it’s all over for a patient, because the Author of Life can choose to intervene at any point - which is exactly what happened last week when a 13 year-old “brain dead” boy suddenly regained consciousness.
Ten employees of the Long Island-based United Health Programs of America were awarded $5.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages by a jury who ruled that the company forced employees to practice rituals associated with a cult-like organization that relies on a cartoon character known as “Onionhead” to teach “emotional awareness” to followers.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSBoy Scouts of America has hammered the last nail in its coffin by officially removing the “Boy” from its name, a decision that has left at least one mother very disappointed.
Even before the ink was dry on a new Iowa abortion law that will ban all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, the abortion industry announced plans to challenge the law – but confident supporters say “See you in court!”
Just as the country of Ireland is preparing to vote on repealing its' abortion ban, an autopsy report on the senseless death of a 32-year-old Irish woman who died after a botched abortion in a UK clinic should give the nation a stark reality check about the so-called “safety” of today’s legal abortion clinics.
President Donald J. Trump used the occasion of the National Day of Prayer to sign an executive order establishing a new faith-based office charged with insuring that religious and community organizations have the full support of the government - and he used a powerful conversion story to highlight what a difference faith can make!
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other faith leaders across the country are calling upon U.S. lawmakers to support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act which will prevent the government from discriminating against faith-based adoption agencies because of their religious or moral beliefs.
FacebookJust when you thought the world couldn’t get any worse, along comes this heartwarming story of a little girl’s love for her deceased mother – and the community who made sure that her very special birthday wish could come true.
Coverage of a recent dust-up between parents of students in a Maryland elementary school who voiced concern over the introduction of yoga and mindfulness is the perfect example of how the media uses hyperbole and biased reporting to promote non-Christian practices.
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