
Inside the OK City Civic Center
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City is decrying a recent announcement by the Oklahoma City Civic Center stating their intent to host a "Black Mass performance" on September 21, 2014 which will be conducted by a local satanic church whose leader is a registered sex offender.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
First, complaints against the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to protect the religious liberty of Hobby Lobby and corporations like it set off a wave of hysteria among "reproductive rights" supporters - now it's the Catholic-basher's turn.
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The family of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death on false charges of apostasy, is still being detained in Sudan because her own relatives have brought new charges against her.
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is applauding the Supreme Court's decision to protect the religious liberty of Hobby Lobby and similar closely held for-profit corporations in the U.S.
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Less than a month after Israeli President Shimon Perez and Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas prayed together for peace in the Vatican gardens, the killing of three Israeli teens by the Palestinian-based terrorist group, Hamas, has ignited new tensions in the region.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The "war on women" crowd is out in full force after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor or Hobby Lobby, but their usual baseless claims are even more striking this time because they are such a blatant distortion of the actual facts in the case.
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Less than 24 hours before the
Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) would be forced to start paying crippling fines because of its refusal to comply with the controversial birth control mandate, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted the network temporary relief until its case is decided in court.
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In one of the most closely watched Supreme Court rulings since the decision regarding the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot force closely held corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties to provide birth control coverage if it violates their religious beliefs.
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An outcry from the local community caused organizers of the Sexy Schoolgirl 5K race to cancel the unseemly event which was scheduled to take place August 9 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Our Lord appearing to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
On this feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pope Francis focused this morning's homily on distinguishing Jesus from the other spiritual leaders of this time, saying that His message resonated with common people because his message "went to the heart" of people.
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