By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A leading anti-Catholic organization, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU), is threatening the U.S. Catholic Church with the loss of their tax-exempt status if they continue to warn their flocks against voting for pro-abortion politicians.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told a reporter last week that U.S. bishops will discuss whether voting for pro-abortion legislation entails automatic excommunication at their November meeting.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Comedian Bill Maher may have misrepresented his intentions in order to gain access to a Catholic church in New Jersey which he used in his virulent anti-God film, Religulous.
Good Day Everyone!
Other than yesterday’s post, it has been a number of days since I last blogged. It isn’t that I haven’t had anything to share, it’s just that I have been out of town, back in town, out of town again for the past couple of weeks.
At any rate, I was eager to get out the post yesterday because the topic has been burning in my heart. I have spoken on it at recent speaking engagements as well as on radio, and I wanted to get it out to you. Be sure to read the post, Are You Concerned?
Today I thought I’d give you a potpourri of thoughts and findings I have been collecting for you over the past few weeks. I am going to post them under a variety of subject headings. As you read, remember me, Living His Life Abundantly, and Women of Grace in your prayers. Read the rest…
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A team of researchers from the University of Washington say they have created a device that can re-route motor cortex control signals from the brain to paralyzed limbs and enable the muscles to move.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Judgment Day is on its way and according to one courageous U.S. bishop, that day may very well be November 4, 2008.
I don’t know about you, but I am concerned about the upcoming elections. Opportunity seems to be staring us in the face — a real chance to move forward to restore a culture of life — but yet many Catholics just don’t seem to get it. And this gets me frustrated — but not discouraged! God is in control, and He does have a plan. But that plan involves you and me. We have got to do our part. Read the rest…
By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
A new documentary based on the book by Pope John Paul II’s long-time personal secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, reveals much about the late pontiff’s life, including the time he was stabbed by a knife-wielding priest during a trip to Fatima.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Women seeking priestly ordination to the priesthood used the occasion of the meeting of the worldwide Synod of Bishops in Rome to bring attention to their cause by marching on the Vatican.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to a new poll comparing Catholic voters to the wider electorate, there isn’t much difference between the two when it comes to moral issues such as abortion and same sex marriage.
