By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Parishioners at St. Rose of Lima parish in Carbondale, Pennsylvania are in shock after learning that someone broke into their church for the sole purpose of stealing a ciborium full of consecrated hosts.
Yearly Archives: 2010
US Bishops Decry Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, decried the August 4 decision of a federal judge to overturn a California voters’ 2008 initiative known as Proposition 8 that protected marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
New Film Warns Women about “Eggsploitation”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new documentary produced by the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network (CBCN) reveals the shocking secrets of the infertility industry and how they lure vulnerable young women into the so-called “safe” business of egg donation.
More “Christian” Yoga
CF writes: “I am shocked over the ‘A Different Kind of Yoga’ article published this week in the Arlington Catholic Herald! It even states that ‘because of its foundation in Hinduism, yoga can be a controversial topic in Catholic circles’! This article also quotes from Father John Hardon calling yoga ‘incompatible’ with Catholicism due to its pantheistic origins. Just what about the First Commandment “I am the LORD thy God – thou shalt have no strange gods before Me’ does our diocese not understand?”
Battle for the Soul of Poland Rages On
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The furor over a cross erected in the front of the presidential palace in memorial to the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski who was killed in a plane crash in April has ignited an already heated debate between liberals and conservatives about the role of Church and state in that country.
Government Runs Amuck: Shuts Down Child’s Lemonade Stand
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a startling example of what happens when government runs amuck, health inspectors from the Multnomah County Health Department in Oregon shut down a child’s lemonade stand because she failed to get a $120 temporary restaurant license.
Study: Women Who Miscarry Should Try Again Within Six Months
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New research from doctors in Scotland found that women who get pregnant within six months of a miscarriage have a higher percentage of healthy births than women who wait.
Elena Kagan Confirmed to Supreme Court
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of mounting opposition from conservative lawmakers as well as the public, the Senate confirmed the nomination of U. S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. She will be sworn in tomorrow.
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Archeologists May Have Found Bones of St. John the Baptist
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While conducting an excavation beneath a 5th century monastery on the Black Sea, Bulgarian archeologists unearthed an alabaster reliquary containing bones they believe may have belonged to St. John the Baptist.
Conservative Lawmakers Want Kagan Investigated
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the debate leading up to the almost certain nomination of U.S. Solictor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court gets underway, conservative lawmakers have announced that if they had the numbers, they would demand an investigation into Kagan’s role in doctoring a medical group’s statement that influenced the outcome of the 1997 partial birth abortion debate.
