By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life said he does not expect the results of the ongoing Visitation of U.S. women’s religious communities to cause any dramatic changes in the life of U.S. women religious.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Dozens of unions are now on a growing list of more than 222 businesses that have been granted waivers by the Obama Administration from a provision in the new healthcare reform plan that would phase out existing coverage limits on their medical plans.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Fans of C. S. Lewis’ classic tale, the Chronicles of Narnia, are furious after actor Liam Neeson claimed the tale’s hero, the lion Aslan, who is a symbol of Christ, can also symbolize other religious leaders such as Mohammed and Buddha.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After a two year investigation by some of the world’s top Marian theologians, Bishop David L. Ricken of the diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin has approved Marian apparitions seen by Adele Brise in 1859. 
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Vatican investigation has declared Passionist Father Ignatius Spencer, the great, great, great uncle of Diana, Princess of Wales, to have lived a life of heroic virtue, thus paving the way for his eventual canonization.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though many believe he should be tried for treason, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is currently in British custody for crimes allegedly committed in a lifestyle of one-night-stands and reckless promiscuity.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A 20-member group of doctors, ethicists and parents of disabled children has come to the conclusion that deliberately stunting the growth of disabled children to make them easier to care for is “morally permissible” under certain conditions.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of massive public education reform programs in the past decade, U.S. students are still only achieving “average” scores in reading and science compared to the rest of the world, and below average scores in math.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the wake of the Baghdad bombing of a cathedral that left dozens dead, news has surfaced from Somalia about a teenage girl who, after being repeatedly tortured by her own parents for embracing Christianity, was found shot to death in a neighboring community.
