Mikayla Holmgren, 22. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Link Photography)
Mikayla Holmgren, 22, has earned the title of “trailblazer” after becoming the first person with Down syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota pageant this year.
Random acts of kindness are occurring all over the country during this Christmas season, from people giving away the shoes on their feet to the needy to anonymous donors buying entire toy sections to give away to needy children.
The story of the reunion of a Chinese couple with the baby girl they were forced to give up for adoption in 1995 proves that not even China’s tyrannical one-child policy can keep parents away from the children they love.
In a powerful op-ed appearing on the Women Speak for Themselves (WSFT) website, executive director Meg Johnson encourages women to seize the momentum behind the #MeToo movement to change a culture that is too willing to present sex as “no big deal.”
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A Christian math teacher from the UK who was suspended from his job after referring to a female student who was “transitioning” into a male as a girl is now suing the school for religious discrimination.
A federal court ruled against the Archdiocese of Washington DC in a suit involving the refusal by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to allow a Christmas-themed ad on its buses. The Archdiocese responded by filing an appeal.
(L/R) Women of Grace® members Tricia Boylan, Mary Ann Wheeler and her daugher, Patsy Ann Merrell with Pilgrim Virgin statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the Rosary rally.
Women of Grace®members who participated in a prayerful protest to prevent a satanic display from being erected in a public park in Florida are overjoyed to report that the display will NOT be erected this year!
A popular donut shop in Portland, Maine, was forced to apologize for working with The Salvation Army – which activists claim is “homophobic” – when providing Christmas to a needy family.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee could not have been happy when he heard about the vulgar criticism his daughter, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, received from comedian Chelsea Handler. But the way this Christian minister and father responded was one of the most effective take-downs I’ve ever heard.
Oral arguments took place yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the right of a baker to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. Court watchers found it difficult to discern which way the court might rule on what could be a landmark case for either LGBT rights or religious freedom.
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