By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Friday, September 16 will be an historic day in the lives of Catholics in England and Wales – it is the day that the traditional Friday fast will be re-established.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Cardinal to Mafia: No More Church Funerals!
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe of Naples, Italy announced on Saturday that unrepentant members of the mafia in that city will no longer be entitled to a church funeral, or to serve as godfathers at baptisms.
“House of Horrors” Prompts New Safety Standards for PA Abortion Clinics
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Discovery of a grisly abortion business in West Philadelphia, now known as the “House of Horrors,” has prompted state lawmakers to pass a bill that will hold abortion clinics to the same safety standards that outpatient surgical centers must meet.
“Botox Mom” Loses Custody of Daughter
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A woman who admitted to injecting her eight year-old daughter with Botox on Good Morning America (GMA) last week has lost custody of her child.
Blessed Mother
“Mary acquired a very special relation with God. The blood of Jesus, the heart of Jesus and the body of Jesus are formed by the blood of Mary. By adoring the blood, the sacred wounds and the heart of Jesus, we adore something proceeding from Mary which was assumed by the Son of God.”
Blessed James Alberione
For Reflection:
Jesus is in Mary. And Mary is in Jesus. How blessed is this Mother! How blessed am I that she is my spiritual mother! How holy are you, O Woman of Grace. Draw me by cords of love to your Immaculate Heart, and with those cords chain me to the Sacred Heart of your Son, my Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Is the World Going to End on May 21?
As difficult as this is to believe, Family Radio Worldwide founder Harold Camping’s prediction that the worldwide “rapture” will strike on May 21, 2011 has struck fear into the hearts of millions around the globe.
New Blood Test Can Predict How Long You Will Live
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new blood test that measures the length of a person’s telomeres, which are structures on the tips of our chromosomes that reveal how quickly a person is aging, may soon be used by the general public to determine how long they will live.
Catholic Schools Stands Firm: Lesbian Must Find Male Date for Prom
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The principal at a private Catholic school on Long Island has told a lesbian student that if she wants to go to the prom, she will have to take a male date.
Why the News Black-Out on Recent Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The past month has seen major breakthroughs in adult stem cell research and yet we barely heard a word about it in the press. Why not?
Facebook Fad Blamed for Man’s Death
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A growing Facebook trend known as “planking” is being blamed for the death of a 20 year-old Australian man and has prompted calls from officials to put an end to the bizarre fad.
