By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A second grader from Massachusetts is heading to Rome with the hopes that a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI will heal her of a malignant brain tumor.
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Vatican Cardinal Says Banks Should Apologize
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Vatican Cardinal James Francis Stafford is calling on bankers to assume responsibility for causing the current global economic downturn and to apologize for causing it.
Dissenting Religious Protests Vatican Visitations
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A leader from the 1970’s movement of dissent among women religious is calling for sisters to engage in “non-violent” resistance to the upcoming Vatican visitation of their communities.
Lawmakers Withdraw Bill Granting Control of Parishes to Laity
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
National outrage has caused the proponents of a bill granting lay people financial control of Catholic parishes in Connecticut to withdraw the draft legislation citing constitutional difficulties.
Christian World Denounces Obama’s Stem Cell Move
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
President Barack Obama’s decision to lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research in the U.S. has drawn swift condemnation from the Vatican and the Christian community throughout the world.
New Book Says Reagan Onced Tried to Convert Gorbachev
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Recently declassified documents reveal that former President Ronald Reagan tried to convert Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Christianity as the two worked toward ending the Cold War.
Student Textbooks Present Biased View of Islam
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A new investigation by Fox News is uncovering major problems in U.S. textbooks that are presenting a biased view of Islam and sugarcoating the facts about Islamic terrorism.
Patients Struggle to Afford Adult Stem Cell Therapies
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
While the Obama administration prepares to dump billions of taxpayer dollars into the controversial and now obsolete embryonic stem cell research, people who have been helped with adult stem cell technology are struggling to pay the bills because of insufficient funding.
Catholic Mom Creates “Creeper-free” Social Network for Youth
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Catholic mom posing as a teen on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook discovered these sites to be a “cultural wasteland” full of sexual inuendo and pornography where thousands of registered sex offenders freely roam. In an effort to offer kids a safer place to socialize on line, this tech savvy mother of five decided to create one herself.
Pope Calls for Full Respect for the Dignity of Women
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI recognized International Women’s Day by calling on the world to renew their commitment to treat women with “complete respect for their dignity.”
