By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A priest facing excommunication for his participation in an ordination rite for women has announced plans to travel to the Vatican to appeal the decision “with a contingent of fellow priests and a bishop.”
Yearly Archives: 2008
Catholic College Under Fire for Selling Skimpy Clothing
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Jesuit-run Boston College is under fire for a merchandising deal struck with risqué lingerie giant, Victoria’s Secret which will provide coeds with skimpy tank tops and short-shorts bearing the school’s logo.
Catholics Voters Getting Mixed Messages About Obama
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Just days after a South Carolina priest instructed parishioners who voted for Obama to go to confession before receiving Communion, his diocese issued a letter repudiating the order. At the same time, a Vatican official, speaking at Catholic University, equated America’s future under an Obama presidency with Christ’s agony in the garden.
Pastors Tells Pro-Obama Parishioners to Confess Before Receiving Eucharist
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The pastor of a Catholic church in South Carolina has asked parishioners who voted for Barack Obama to refrain from taking communion until they have made a full confession and done penance.
Pepsi Continues to Back Homosexual Agenda
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pepsi has decided to continue its tradition of promoting the homosexual agenda in the workplace. The company recently donated a half million dollars to a homosexual advocacy group that supports radical political causes such as same-sex marriage, hate-crime laws and gay adoption.
World Leaders Meet to Discuss Religious Tolerance
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The leaders of more than 80 nations convened at the United Nations this week to begin talks on fostering religious tolerance; however, differences are already hampering progress.
Great Week at EWTN
Last week Father Edmund Sylvia, C.S.C. and I were at EWTN taping the next ten programs for The Abundant Life television program. It was a great week filled with great guests and great program topics.
We explored some new topic selections as well as revisiting some that we have explored in the past. Topics include Spiritual Warfare: Engaging the Battle; Bread of Life: The Eucharist and You; Working Out: Building, Strength, Exercising Faith; Don’t you remember? — Exercising the Memory the Christian Way; The Rosary and Healing the Heart; The Mystery of Faith in Signs and Symbols; Perinatal Death: A Special Kind of Sadness; Barren and Blessed: The Plight of Infertility; Pope Paul VI: The Man and His Legacy.
These new programs will begin to air in early February. A “thank you” to the crew and staff of EWTN, the staff of LHLA, Father Ed, and our guests for making this a truly smooth and great week!
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Paper Publishes Shocking Conversion Story of Serbian Abortionist
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Spanish newspaper has published the incredible story of a Serbian abortionist who became pro-life after suffering from recurring dreams about the more than 48,000 children he murdered in the Yugoslavian abortuaries.
Bishops Call FOCA Attack on Religious Freedom
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released their official statement regarding the election of Barack Obama. While promising to support and pray for him, the statement also a issued bold warning that any attempt by the Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress to pass radical new anti-life laws would be seen as an attack on religious freedom.
Connecticut To Allow Same Sex “Marriage”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On Nov. 12, Connecticut officially became the second state in the union where same sex couples can “marry.”
