Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The purveyors of the rapidly sinking Affordable Care Act have sunk to new levels of desperation in a new ad campaign targeting young women with invitations to have sex without worry because Obamacare covers birth control.
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As the death toll continues to mount in the Philippines, stunned survivors of the world's strongest hurricane to ever hit land are pleading for food, shelter and clean water.
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The U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has approved the drafting of a formal statement on pornography to be issued from the entire body of bishops.
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MO writes: "
I have just become aware of a preacher and author: Louie Giglio. What can you tell me about him? And what about the molecule 'laminin' in the shape of a cross?"
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The U.S. bishops, meeting this week in Baltimore, have elected Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky to serve as the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), replacing outgoing president Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
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We're all sinners, Pope Francis said in a recent homily, but those people who boast about being Christian while not leading a Christian life are corrupt.
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Two men have finally been arrested after engaging in a four-year campaign to intimidate a Chicago-area priest by robbing him and threatening to tell the press that he "touched" them if anyone found out.
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Countries around the world are scrambling to respond to the needs of millions of Filipinos who were left displaced by Typhoon Haiyan which is reported to be the worst hurricane ever to hit land, leaving an expected 10,000 dead and more than 610,000 displaced.
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Two sisters from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin say the Gardasil vaccine caused their ovaries to stop producing eggs and threw them into premature menopause, leaving them unable to get pregnant.
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TC asks: "
Can Catholics read Vassula Rydens books? I bought “Heaven is Real but so is Hell” at a Catholic bookstore. I asked the clerk if this book was approved by the Catholic Church and he said yes. I looked up info on the internet and became very confused if the Church warned us not to read her books. Please let me know if I should return the book. I don’t want to read anything that is dangerous to my faith."
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