By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A blockbuster new study by Oxford University has found that religion comes naturally, even instinctively, to human beings, a finding that could have a profound implications for religious freedom worldwide.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Amendment Introduced to Ban Same-Sex Marriage from Military Bases
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the wake of the Navy’s aborted to attempt to authorize their chaplains to perform same-sex marriages, the chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower has introduced a new amendment that will prohibit the unions from taking place on military bases.
Philippine Government Threatens Catholics
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Philippine government has announced that any Catholic who refuses to pay their taxes in support of a radical reproductive health bill being debatedin Congress will be charged for civil disobedience.
Blessed Mother
“As sailors are guided by a star to the port, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.”
St. Thomas Aquinas
For Reflection:
How does Mary guide us to heaven? How is this in keeping with her spiritual motherhood? How is this in keeping with her role as Queen Mother?Â
Pope Gives Guidance on Prayer
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In yesterday’s general audience celebrated in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope reflected on “how prayer and religious feeling are a part of humans throughout their lives.”
Judge Refuses to Block Indiana Law Defunding Planned Parenthood
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just hours after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed a law that cuts off all taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider filed for a temporary restraining order to block implementation, but a federal judge has refused to grant it.
“Hopeless Case” Awakes from Coma
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An Australian woman diagnosed as being hopelessly “brain dead” after suffering a massive stroke unexpectedly awoke, prompting doctors to call her case a “miracle.”
Support for Marriage Costs Gold Medalist His Job
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Homosexual activists forced Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar to resign his position as the U.S. chef de mission for the 2012 Olympic Games after it was discovered that he donated $2,000 to Proposition 8, California’s ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage.
Blessed Mother
“No angel, no saint, can equal [Mary] in the multitude and accumulation of heavenly good things.”
St. Bonaventure
For Reflection:
Why is Mary’s intercession so efficacious? Consider her freedom from sin. How does this enhance her intercessory mediation? What does this tell me about the relationship between a life of grace and power in prayer?
Navy Suspends Decision to Allow Same-Sex Marriages
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Late yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Navy responded to pressure from dozens of House members by abruptly suspending implementation of a decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions when the Pentagon approves the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy later this year.
