By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rachel Maddow, a controversial lesbian talk-show host at MSNBC has been served with a multi-million dollar lawsuit alleging defamation for comments she made about a Christian ministry.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Activists Pressure PBS To Let Bert & Ernie Get Married
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Facebook campaign has been mounted by homosexual activists to pressure PBS into allowing the two most famous Sesame Street characters, Bert and Ernie, to get married as a way of showing children that same-sex marriage is normal.
Police Grapple With The Dark Side of Social Media
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The role social media played in the deadly riots in London and violent flash mobs in the U.S. in the past week are behind moves by law enforcement on both sides of the Atlantic to establish special crime units dedicated to policing Twitter and Facebook for evidence of crimes in the making.
Humility
“Humility does not consist in ignorance of truth. If a man is above the average height of men, he cannot help knowing it.”
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning
For Reflection:
Why would it be a lack of humility to deny we have a gift God has given to us? How can we acknowledge the gift without falling into pride?
Archbishop and Governor Spar Over MD Same-Sex Marriage Bill
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of Baltimore is accusing the Catholic governor of Maryland of acting out of “mere political expediency” in his plans to sponsor a same-sex marriage bill.
Blood Test to Determine Baby’s Gender Sparks Controversy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A blood test that allows parents to know the sex of their unborn child as early as seven weeks into a pregnancy is causing concern over how the test could be used.
London Churches Pray for End of Violence
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the city of London experienced yet another night of deadly violence, Christian churches of all denominations are banding together to pray for an end to the riots and to bring comfort to the victims.
Humility
“Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other; on the contrary, they are twin sisters.”
Jean-Baptiste Lacordaire, O.P.
For Reflection:
What do I think is the relationship between “real excellence” and “humility?” Why are they “twin sisters?
Young Woman Blows the Whistle on Terrifying Polygamy Cult
The testimony of a courageous young woman has brought an end to a bizarre cult in Jerusalem where women were routinely abused by their polygamist husband who punished them by shaving their heads, making them stand naked outside in subzero temperatures and beating them with rods.
SNAP Caught Defending Doctor Convicted on Child Porn Charges
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), which aggressively pursues any priest accused of the sexual abuse of minors, is now taking fire for their public defense of a psychiatrist who worked with the organization until he was convicted on child pornography charges.
