By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The newly elected pro-life House of Representatives and growing anti-Christian bigotry in Europe are included on a list compiled by the World Congress of Families (WCF) to draw attention to the 10 best and worst events for families in 2010.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the long-time aide of Pope John Paul II, is in possession of a vial of blood that will become the primary relic of the late Pontiff when he is beatified on May 1.
“Let us not look too far or too high, but right in front of ourselves, right next to ourselves. The good to be done is perhaps there.”
Elisabeth Leseur
For Reflection:
What “good to be done” today is right in front of me, right next to me? I commit to getting on with it.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The city of Berkeley is expected to agree tonight to set aside $20,000 a year to pay for city workers who want “gender-reassignment surgery.”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Chinese Leader, Hu Jintao, who was refused a formal state dinner by President George W. Bush in 2006 because of the communist nation’s human rights record, will receive the country’s highest honors when the Obama’s play host to a four-day state visit beginning tomorrow.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After decades of his own involvement, Father Bill Kneemiller, a Catholic priest and former teacher of transcendental meditation, is issuing a strong warning to the faithful about the dangers of dabbling in Eastern meditation techniques.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Now that that finger-pointing and politics of the Tucson shooting have been laid aside, the Congressional Mental Health Caucus is calling on Congress to study the real problem – the state of mental healthcare in the United States.
“Just as a woman’s body is designed for mothering and nourishing, so a woman’s soul and mind will be drawn to work demanding spiritual maternity, even if she never bears a child.”
Anne Roche Muggeridge
For Reflection:
To what is my soul and mind drawn and how does it reflect my natural feminine instinct of spiritual maternity? To whom can I be spiritual mother today?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The pro-abortion group, NARAL Pro-Choice America, has released its annual report card which grades the states on their recognition of abortion rights.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though the odds remained stacked against them, a new study has found that more and more premature babies who are born weighing little more than a large potato are managing to survive.
