By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In an article appearing in the National Catholic Reporter, Fr. Richard P. McBrien of the University of Notre Dame said that in earlier times when Catholics were less educated in the faith, Eucharistic adoration had its place. But continuing this practice today is “is a doctrinal, theological, and spiritual step backward.”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A leading researcher who co-authored a study of American and Russian women found that 64 percent of American women who had abortions said they felt pressured to abort by others.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
For the first time, the United Nations is joining in the call for a new world currency which will replace the current system of currencies and capital rules which bind the world’s economy.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though negative reaction to President Obama’s speech to school students today is being largely dismissed by liberal media and politicians, a similar speech by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 prompted an extensive investigation on the Hill and media reports accusing him of producing “paid political advertising.”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In his most recent column, Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin explains why some Catholics may have sinned in their reaction to the funeral of Sen. Edward Kennedy.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A nun who refuses to recant her support for womens ordination has been barred from teaching or speaking in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Homosexual activists have revealed their plans to harass and intimidate people who are supporting a pro-marriage ballot initiative that will be voted upon in Maine this November.
At the Women of Grace Leadership Institute, Martha Nicolli (Boca Raton, Florida, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church) shared the following poem.
It had been printed in her parish bulletin. Today, I pass it along to you to consider.
Do you trust God? To what extent are you willing to risk to do the will of God? What is He asking you to do now and will you say “yes”? Read the rest…
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
When Cherie Blair, wife of the former UK prime minister Tony Blair, publicly called for the Catholic Church to allow birth control so women could pursue careers, the Church of Scotland promptly corrected her erroneous opinions.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In an op-ed appearing in various publications, the president of the largest grassroots pro-life organization in the country says the funeral for Senator Edward M. Kennedy was beyond anything she had seen in her more than 65 years of life.
