Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Mass media giant Viacom is looking to the Church to rescue its flagging sales by launching a new outdoor ad campaign in New York City that features the heads of characters from the Comedy Central show on images of Sacred Heart votive candles.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
ABC has just released the pilot for a new sitcom based on the early life of notorious gay bully and sex columnist, Dan Savage, which is filled with anti-Catholic bigotry and vulgarity.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
An Italian journalist looking for a “gotcha moment” is receiving reprimands from authorities in both the Church and the Italian media for pretending to be a penitent seeking absolution for sins such as cohabitation and being a lesbian mother, then publishing the priests’ responses.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Because only a handful of students turned out for the March 12 protest against San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s new teacher’s contract, the media used footage from an earlier protest to make it look as if even the students are against the idea of preserving the Catholic identity in Catholic high schools.
A new study, published in the prestigious British Medical Journal, warns that all those innocent looking cartoons kids love to watch actually contain more violence than some adult films.
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Thanks to a combination of irresponsible reporting and the vague language contained in the first document released by the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, the Vatican was forced to issue a statement yesterday reminding the public that this is just a “working document” and reflects no doctrinal changes in Church teaching.
The Cinemax series, The Knick, in under fire from American Catholics who featuring a nun performing an abortion on an episode that appeared on one of the holiest days of the year – the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.
Catholics are furious about a new FX sitcom, Partners, which debuted on August 4 and featured an all-out attack on Catholic priests.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The mainstream media seems intent on tossing aside its mandate to educate and inform the public by consistently ignoring major news stories that impact negatively on liberal ideologies – including how the IRS is now targeting Christian churches as well as conservative groups.
St. Mary’s home for mothers and babies
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Just weeks after publishing a sensational story about a Catholic-run orphanage where hundreds of so-called unbaptized children were allegedly buried in a septic tank, the Associated Press (AP) has published a correction of many key details in the story that have since been proven false.
