By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Speaking just days before today’s feast of the Most Holy Rosary, Pope Benedict XVI advised the faithful to pray the rosary daily and use it to meditate on the mysteries of Christ “in union with Mary, the Virgin at prayer” which “strengthens us all in faith, hope and charity.”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a Mass at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul Archbishop John C. Nienstadt denied Communion to members of a gay and lesbian student group. However, a priest from St. John’s University said a special Mass for the students later that same evening in which all were given Communion.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archdiocese of Omaha has announced that the founder of the contemplative group known as the Intercessors of the Lamb has resigned her position as leader of the order.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A British television pundit is causing shockwaves around the world after saying that any “good mother” would prefer to smother a disabled child with a pillow rather than see it suffer.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A nationally known women’s health specialist and healthcare activist is warning people over the age of 50 about how severely the rationing built into ObamaCare will affect their medical treatment options in the future.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new Gallup poll issued yesterday is being called a “stunner” by political experts because it found at least a 13 point edge for conservatives among those likely to turn out on November 2.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A press conference was held yesterday in the Holy See Press Office to present the next World Youth Day (WYD), which is due to be held in the Spanish capital city of Madrid in August 2011.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Brother André Bessette, C.S.C, a doorkeeper whose ministry to the sick led him to be called the “Miracle Man of Montreal” will become the first saint of the Congregation of Holy Cross when Pope Benedict XVI canonizes him in St. Peter’s Square on October 17, 2010.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Voters in the states of Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma will be able to voice their discontent with the President’s health care reform law on November 2 with ballot initiatives that will approve proposed constitutional amendments allowing them to opt-out of key provisions of the plan.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After a two-year investigation by the Chicago Office for Civil Rights (OCR), three Michigan abortion that violated federal HIPAA laws by throwing confidential patient records into clinic dumpsters, got off with little more than a reprimand.
