by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 17, 2008) The Pope’s comments to U.S. bishops regarding the sex abuse crisis received most of the headlines but this was only one of several challenges Pope Benedict XVI posed to them during an address at the National Basilica on April 16.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 17, 2008) During a Mass attended by 50,000 people in Nationals Stadium, Pope Benedict XVI said the Church and society in America is at a crossroad. He encouraged Catholics to use this moment to seek conversion and the power of the Holy Spirit, particularly through the Sacrament of Penance, to bring the witness of Christ to a society in crisis.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 16, 2008) Speaking beneath a brilliant blue sky on the South Lawn of the White House, Pope Benedict XVI expressed the hope that his visit to the U.S. would usher in “a renewal of hope for the Church in the United States and strengthen the will of Catholics to contribute even more responsibly to the life of this nation . . .”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 16, 2008) A new report by several policy and research groups has found that the high rate of divorce and unwed childbearing costs the American taxpayer at least $112 billion a year and has amounted to more than $1 trillion in the last decade alone.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 15, 2008) A man who was accidentally impaled by a tree on a Missouri farm considers it a miracle to be attending the Papal Mass at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. The Yankees are worried about the crowd stepping on the grass at Yankee Stadium and a group of Catholic school children hope their German will sound alright when they sing Happy Birthday to the Pope on April 16.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 15, 2008) Pope Benedict XVI began his first visit to the United States today when “Shepherd One” landed precisely at 4:00 p.m. at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington DC. Smiling and waving to the crowd, the Holy Father strode briskly along the red-carpeted tarmac with the President, Laura and Jenna Bush at his side.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 14, 2008) A new book by best-selling author Deepak Chopra says Jesus Christ was not the Savior of mankind, but an “enlightened teacher who intended to save the world by showing others the path to God consciousness.”
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(April 12, 2008) The President and Laura Bush plan to be waiting on the tarmac of Andrews Air Force Base in Washington DC when the plane carrying Pope Benedict XVI lands in the United States on April 15. Just days before the historic trip, President Bush sat down with EWTN Anchor Raymond Arroyo for a candid interview about his faith, Iraq, freedom of religion, why he believes the pro-life position is in our nation’s interests and why he’s still planning to attend the opening of the Olympic games.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 11, 2008) A new report reveals that Susan G. Komen for the Cure donated more than $700,000 to the nation’s largest abortion provider fiscal year 2005-2006 in spite of a substantial body of evidence supporting a link between induced abortion and breast cancer.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(April 10, 2008) The peaceful mining town of Bisbee, Arizona has become the center of a raging controversy after the local school board voted to include condoms in the “prom bags” it gives to teens.
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