Commentary by Susan Brinkmann
The passage of a law in the U.S. House yesterday that will prevent all coverage of abortion in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has drawn the usual histrionics from pro-abortion lawmakers and the promise of a veto from President Obama.
I received this post from a reader who quit Alcoholics Anonymous because he got so tired of all the Church-bashing at the meetings. But I’ll let him tell you for himself . . .
After the senseless slaughter of dozens of peaceful Christian protestors in Cairo last weekend, President Barack Obama is causing outrage among the world’s Christian community by calling upon that country’s battered minority to show restraint.
The leaders of 20 national Catholic organizations have published a joint statement protesting the “preventive services” mandate issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in two major Capitol Hill newspapers.
By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to two unmarried men who tried unsuccessfully to force the state of Louisiana to change their adopted son’s birth certificate to show that he had two fathers.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a case that is causing international outrage, the Swedish government is now seeking to terminate the parental rights of a Swedish couple to their nine year-old son, who has been in state custody for 24 months simply because local officials objected to the fact that he was homeschooled.
“In a word, by focusing our eyes on Christ, the Rosary also makes us peacemakers in the world. By its nature as an insistent choral petition in harmony with Christ’s invitation to ‘pray ceaselessly’ (Lk. 18:1), the Rosary allows us to hope that, even today, the difficult ‘battle’ for peace can be won.”
Pope John Paul II
For Reflection:
Do I truly believe that my prayer of the Rosary can be used by God to bring peace to the world? Why or why not? Am I willing to give it a try, in conjunction with so many others, so that this culture might be reclaimed for Christ Jesus? I will pray for generosity of heart.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt is claiming that the army and police “used” a mob of street fighters to carry out an attack on thousands of peaceful Christian demonstrators in Cairo this past weekend that left more than 25 dead and 200 injured.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even though the mainstream media loves to make comparisons between Tea Party rallies and the new Occupy Wall Street protests, a closer look reveals that these two movements could not be more opposite.
In the wake of the tragic death of Apple founder Steve Jobs from pancreatic cancer last week, questions are being raised about what role his use of alternatives rather than conventional medicine may have played in his early demise.
