By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that children who spend more than two hours per day watching television or playing computer games are at greater risk for psychological problems.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
ACLU Planning Attack on Religious Hospitals
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching an effort to force religious hospitals to provide abortions by asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to strip them of their federal funding if they refuse to comply.
Priest Encourages Catholics to Vote Like Catholics
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Father Richard Perozich, a priest of the Diocese of San Diego, has published a hard-hitting letter to Catholics in which he explains what our role must be in the public square if we can ever hope to bring about real change to society.
Hazelden’s “Thoughts for the Day”
LS writes: “My friend receives a daily meditation from ‘Today’s Gift at Hazelden’. She is a member of Al Anon and I suppose her group suggested the readings. She sent me one of her meditations that particularly touched her. I thought it sounded very New Age. The piece was written by Maxwell Maltz. Is this websight considered to be New Age?”
France to Investigate Rash of Church Desecrations
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The French government has appointed a study to group to investigate an alarming increase in incidents of desecration aimed at Catholic churches and cemeteries.
Woman Destroys Blasphemous Art with Crowbar
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Montana woman armed with a crowbar entered a Loveland, Colorado museum and destroyed a controversial art exhibit that showed Jesus engaged in sex acts.
Stem Cell Agency Rewards Blasphemous Poem
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded the top prize to a blasphemous poem that mocks Jesus’ words “This is my body” in an October 6 “Stem Cell Awareness Day” poetry contest.
Judge Rules Health Care Mandate is Constitutional
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The first official ruling on the constitutionality of the individual mandate in ObamaCare that will force consumers to buy health care coverage came from a Detroit judge yesterday afternoon who determined that Congress does indeed have the power to do so.
Kinesiology
MT asks: “I am reading a little bit about kinesiology. My daughter, age 13, has mild scoliosis. It’s a large enough curve in her spine to be diagnosed by conventional doctors but too small for conventional treatment. She is in pain all the time, and I want to try some alternative methods to give her some relief. A mother of a friend from school is offering to work with her through kinesiology. I still don’t get what’s wrong with this approach from a Catholic standpoint. Are there limitations I should discuss with the mom that is willing to work with my daughter?”
Environmentalists Run from “Splattergate” Controversy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The fallout from a shockingly violent film depicting opponents of global warming being blown up – now dubbed “Splattergate” – is causing environmentalists around the world to run for cover.
