By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Anyone wondering why Comedy Central seems to be so anti-Christian need only listen to a strange interview on National Public Radio (NPR) with one of the show’s correspondents who who reveals it was like to be raised by a Wiccan and atheist while attending a “progressive” Catholic school and calls mocking the Church “pure joy.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal judge in New Orleans delivered a stunning blow to the Obama Administration yesterday when he overturned the President’s offshore drilling moratorium, saying the government failed to prove that the ban was necessary.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a recent interview on Vatican television, the director of the Vatican Press Office cited the “impotence and slowness” of both BP and the U.S. government to plug the blown oil well in the Gulf, saying the disastrous episode should serve as a lesson in humility to all of us.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what many are describing as police enforcement of Shari’a law at a Muslim festival last weekend, the Thomas More Law Center has agreed to represent four Christians who were arrested for peacefully proselytizing at the event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An Italian priest and Vatican consultant is launching a free iPad app in July that will contain the entire Roman missal, thus enabling priests who travel frequently to use it on the altar.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a June 18 interview with
CNN’s Larry King, convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian admitted to not only to killing the man for whom he spent eight years in prison, but also to a woman years earlier.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A recently released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that revealed $2.3 billion in taxpayer funds going to groups that fund abortion, has inadvertently shone a light on a large cache of federal money that remains unaccounted for in Planned Parenthood records.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney is taking on children’s clothing manufacturers who contribute to the cultural sexualization of young girls by marketing inappropriate clothing such as padded bras and other “Tweenage” underwear to girls as young as eight.
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THIS BLOG WAS REVIEWED AND UPDATED IN DECEMBER, 2019.
SL: "For fourteen years I have had hot flashes from menopause. Recently, I reached the end of my rope. In SC where I live there is a Dr. Susan Stegall on the radio. Her practice is called Integrative Health. I went to her office last week. She is not an MD but has studied alternative medicine. She uses a pressure method to determine where you need healing. The protocol (as she calls it) is then worked up and consists of homeopathic and herbs.When I went to her I had no idea of the technique she uses. While talking to me I saw her eyes focus on the crucifix around my neck. She made a point of telling me she is also a Christian. I use the protocol with my eyes fixed on Jesus and remain close to him. Am I in any kind of danger by seeing this doctor?"
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After attending the First Holy Communion of her sons, popular Australian broadcaster, comedian and confirmed atheist Wendy Harmer wrote in her latest column that she felt humbled by the faith of the congregation and praised the blessings weekly services provide that aren’t found anywhere else in secular society.
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