By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary is planning a conference this week to discuss the five “ultimate crimes” committed by clergy, sins considered so deadly they require forgiveness from the Pope himself.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Palin Attacks Continue
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
With the election more than two months over, liberal activists are continuing to launch personal attacks on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her supporters. The latest attacks come in the form of infiltrating a popular pro-Palin website for the purpose of posting bigoted remarks for which the site could then be blamed.
States Fight to Keep God in Inauguration Ceremony
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General representing all 50 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands has taken legal action to defend the constitutionality of prayer during the upcoming presidential inauguration.
Hospital “Accidentally” Allows Man to Starve to Death
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
England’s National Health Service (NHS) is under fire again for allowing a 43 year old man with Downs Syndrome to accidentally starve to death because hospital staff failed to realize he wasn’t receiving food or water through the tube in his nose.
Putting Away Christmas
I just don’t like it — putting away Christmas, I mean. I must be the last person in our neighborhood to take down the tree, pack up the ornaments, and put away the garland and wreaths. I’ve pondered what it is I dislike about it, and it clearly is much more than the work of it all. It’s seems deeper than that. Certainly the memories of Christmas “play forward” as they say, so it can’t be that either. What is it? What could it be? Read the rest…
Beware of the Family Online Safety Institute!
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A report by Morality in Media has found that the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) is espousing to protect children from potentially harmful online material even while secretly shielding hard core pornographers.
This Year’s Flu Virus Resistant to Commonly Used Drugs
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Getting a flu shot is more important than ever this year as experts say virtually all the flu strains occurring in the United States this season are resistant to the leading antiviral drug Tamiflu. Scientists and health officials are trying to figure out why.
Vatican Official Under Fire for “Concentration Camp” Remark
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Israeli Foreign Ministry is accusing Vatican Cardinal Renato Martino of “Hamas propaganda” after the Cardinal referred to conditions in Gaza as resembling “a big concentration camp.”
Government Funding Pro-Condom Soaps
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are investing $2 million dollars in cell phone “soap operas” that promote condom use.
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus Dies at Age 72
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, one of the most influential religious leaders in the United States died at 10:00 a.m. this morning at the age of seventy-two.
