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.”
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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.
Nationwide Cell Phone Alert System Launched
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Citizens will soon be able to receive critical alerts about terrorist threats on their cell phones as a new national alert system called “Personal Localized Alerting Network” (PLAN) officially kicked off yesterday in New York City and Washington DC.
Appeals Court Judges Appear to Favor ObamaCare
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal appeals court panel consisting of three Democratically appointed judges heard arguments yesterday for and against ObamaCare, with court watchers saying the judges all appeared to favor the government’s position.
Situation is Critical for Christians in Egypt
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Christian leaders in Egypt are calling on the international community for help after a group of Islamist extremists killed twelve and wounded hundreds during a 14-hour assault on Christian churches in Cairo on Saturday evening.
Blessed Mother
“Far be it that anyone should try to defraud Mary of her privileges of divine grace and of her special glory. For by a certain singular favor of our Lord and God, and of her Son, she must be confessed to be the most true and most blessed Mother of God.”
St. Vincent of Lerins
For Reflection:
Read Paragraphs 508-511 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. What are the “privileges of divine grace” and the “special glory” of Mary as outlined in them?
Socialist Mayor Forbids Singing of Our Father during Celebration of Reims Cathedral
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Socialist mayor of Reims, France, refused to allow the Our Father to be sung during a celebration marking the 800th anniversary of Reims Cathedral.
Study: Homosexual Men Twice as Likely to Be Diagnosed with Cancer
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study of homosexual men in California has found that this population is twice as likely to report a cancer diagnosis that heterosexual men.
