By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At the insistence of Democratic challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, the votes from a monastery of 18 Cistercian nuns have been tossed out in the Wisconsin Supreme Court recount because they lacked witness signatures, even though votes are rarely if ever discounted for this reason.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Muslim scholars are saying that the controversial burial of Osama bin Laden at sea, which many critics say the Obama Administration ordered out of a desire to appear “politically correct”, was done incorrectly and actually breached sharia law.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Massachusetts Conference of Bishops has issued a statement demanding that the state defund a new website that promotes sex to minors, describes abortion in misleading terms and emphasizes ways for teens to get an abortion without their parent’s knowledge.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The White House is involved in yet another attempt to “control the message,” this time strong-arming a small California newspaper whose report on Marine One, President Obama’s helicopter, made the First Lady look too snooty.
“The knot of Eve’s disobedience was untied by Mary’s obedience: what the virgin Eve bound through her disbelief, Mary loosened by her faith.”
St. Irenaeus
For Reflection:
Do I stand more in the footprints of Eve or the Blessed Mother? How do I show my obedience through faith even when it may be difficult? What is one example from my life that points to this?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Members of the small Catholic parish in the city where Osama bin Laden was slain on Monday are holding their breath in fear of reprisals.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During an appearance at an Orlando church this past weekend, Jim Caviezel, the actor who so famously played the role of Jesus Christ in the blockbuster hit, The Passion of the Christ, spoke about how his faith helps him to cope with a role that continues to haunt his career.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just two weeks after the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a constitutional challenge to the National Day of Prayer, President Barack Obama issued an official proclamation declaring Thursday, May 5, as a day for “all people of faith” to join the presidnet “in asking God for guidance, mercy, and protection for our Nation.”
“Death came through Eve; life has come through Mary.”
St. Jerome
For Reflection:
One of Mary’s titles is the “New Eve.” Why do you think this title is appropriate? How has “life” come through Mary?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The shareholders of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s largest providers of birth control pills, have rejected a request by Human Life International to stop selling the pills because of their link to breast cancer.
