Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
According to the latest edition of the terrorist group’s propaganda publication, fighters in The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are permitted to make sex slaves out of captive “pagan” women because it prevents them from being tempted into sinful sexual conduct with Muslim women.
Nine-year-old Lucia dos Santos looked into the angry face of her mother and wondered if this was what the Beautiful Lady meant when she said Lucia would suffer. Little Lucia had never experienced such fury from her mother, nor had her mother ever called her a liar before. Indeed, her heart was deeply saddened. Yet a warm glow filled her whenever she thought about the Lady from Heaven who had visited her and her younger cousins, Jacinta and Francisco.
The three children had been tending their sheep the day before in the Cova da Iria, a portion of the land owned by Antonio dos Santos, Lucia’s father. Suddenly, something like lightning flashed in the blue sky and frightened them. The children ran for cover. Another flash, very close, and they ran again. When they stopped, there on top of a small evergreen tree was a large ball of light engulfing a beautiful woman, “a Lady of all white, more brilliant than the sun dispensing light…” Read the rest…
The Synod of Bishops entered its critical second phase on Friday when the bishops formed into small groups to arrive at decisions about what should be in included in a document known as the “relatio” which will be the basis of discussion at the Ordinary Synod on the Family to be convene in October, 2015.
Dr. Thomas Hilgers
Dr. Thomas Hilgers and his wife, Sue, founders of the Pope Paul Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction – which has brought hope and healing to countless women and couples struggling with infertility – will be in attendance on Sunday when Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI.
A UK-based research team has conducted the largest-ever medical study on the possibility of life after death and has confirmed that there is scientific evidence to suggest that life can continue after death.
“In a word, by focusing our eyes on
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“To rediscover the Rosary means to immerse
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“For myself, I know of no better way of
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Jenna kisses the hand of newborn Shane
A devout Catholic couple from Pennsylvania chose a unique way to celebrate the short life of their baby boy, Shane, who lived just four hours after being born with a rare fatal birth defect. Knowing he wouldn’t live long, they created a “bucket list” of all the places he would have enjoyed and visited each one while he was still in utero.
The fifth, sixth and seventh sessions of the historic Synod on the Family continued to discuss “difficult pastoral situations” such as same-sex marriages, cohabitation, the divorce, and polygamy.
