By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Parental rights advocates, anti-pornography activists and at least one current member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are condemning as “anti-family” a decision by a federal appeals court that declared the FCC’s ban on “fleeting obscenities”during prime-time hours as unconstitutional.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago is praising the Catholic media for calling for prayer for well-known atheist, Christopher Hitchens, who was recently diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A well-known dissenting theologian is mocking plans by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to sponsor a special conference on the Liturgical and Pastoral Practice of Exorcism in Baltimore this November just before the bishops’ semiannual meeting.