Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A Vatican spokesman has clarified that Pope Francis was speaking about the possible use of contraception to avoid pregnancy during the Zika outbreak, but was only saying that it could be possible "in particular cases of emergency or gravity and could be the object of discernment in a serious case of conscience."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A documentary was aired last night on the British television station BBC One about the friendship between St. John Paul II and a female philosopher named Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, erroneously implying that although the pope never “broke his vow of celibacy”, the relationship was much closer than it should have been.
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Curvy Barbie
Barbie has undergone the most dramatic change in her 57 year history – she now has three new looks – petite, curvy and tall – which Mattel hopes will make the doll more relevant to the girls who will own them.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Big surprise. The mainstream media’s annual snubbing of the March for Life was in full swing again this year, only this time they had an excuse (hint: it wasn’t the Blizzard of 2016) – it was the debut of the Smithsonian Zoo’s latest giant panda cub, Bei Bei.
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A review of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” which appears in the Dec. 18 edition of the Vatican’s newspaper,
L’Osservatore Romano, gives the film a thumbs-down because of evil characters who failed “spectacularly” in representing evil.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
As if it's possible, the media have found new levels to stoop to in their haste to make Christianity look bad. Now they’re either refusing to cover – or sympathizing with – Satanic retaliation against the followers of Jesus Christ.
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The rumor about an alleged breakup between NFL player Tim Tebow and former Miss Universe, Olivia Culpo, due to Tebow’s refusal to engage in premarital sex is apparently just that – a rumor.
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Even though
The Good Dinosaur opened to rave reviews and scored an impressive $68.7 million at the box office over the Thanksgiving holiday, parents are lambasting Disney for producing a children’s film so full of violence and death that it left their little ones in tears.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Since news broke on Monday about the Pope meeting with Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis who chose jail rather than issue same-sex marriage licenses, the secular media is apoplectic over the destruction of the fairytales they created about the Holy Father’s supposed liberal bend.
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In a perfect example of how the secular media distorts the Pope’s words in order to make them fit their own agenda,
TIME Magazine has been caught deliberately misquoting Francis' comments about abortion.
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A Vatican spokesman has clarified that Pope Francis was speaking about the possible use of contraception to avoid pregnancy during the Zika outbreak, but was only saying that it could be possible "in particular cases of emergency or gravity and could be the object of discernment in a serious case of conscience."
