By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even those who can’t make it to World Youth Day activities in Sydney next week can still gain a special Indulgence by agreeing to pray to the Holy Spirit to ask Him to inspire our young people to charity and give them the strength to proclaim the Gospel with their lives.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pilgrims from all over the world are beginning to pour into Sydney, Australia in anticipation of next week’s World Youth Day (WYD) festivities.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Ingrid Betancourt, who was recently freed after six years of captivity by Colombian rebels, said she prayed the rosary on wooden beads she made in the jungle and attributes her release to the intercession of the Virgin Mary.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI authorized the promulgation of decrees attributing miracles to five causes, including that of Louis and Marie-Celie “Zelie” Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, paving the way for their beatification.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The American Family Association (AFA) has launched a nationwide boycott of McDonald’s after the fast-food giant refused a request to cease its support of the homosexual agenda.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A St. Louis newspaper has falsely accused Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis of welcoming “dozens of proven, admitted, and credibly accused predator priests” into his diocese simply because two treatment centers for priests are located in his diocese.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A North Carolina couple heavily involved in the New Age are facing criminal charges in connection with alleged satanic rituals involving the kidnap, rape and starvation of another couple.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to newly obtained documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there have now been as many as 20 deaths of young girls who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine known as GARDASIL.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Minnesota judge has concurred with a local Catholic pastor that an autistic boy can be excluded from services because of his repeatedly “disruptive conduct.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On June 29, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Benedict XVI officially inaugurated the Pauline Year, a year for Christians to listen and learn anew from St. Paul, who he called a great “teacher, apostle and herald” to the world today.
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