Cardinal Raymond Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, is expressing concern about several aspects of the Synod, including the push for changes in the handling of Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics as well as the way that information about the Synod is being "manipulated".
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSWhen Ellen Burkhardt of Minnesota wrote about a positive article for Salon Magazine about what it's like to be a 26 year-old virgin, she never expected the avalanche of support she received on social media.
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A nationwide novena for Brittany Maynard, the woman who is dying of brain cancer and intends to kill herself on November 1, begins today with a beautiful prayer to St. John Paul II to intercede for the life of this young woman.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSAccording 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The University of California in San Francisco is launching the first-ever online abortion course mean to educate students on the various types of abortion in order to help them to "take steps in their communities to increase access to safe abortion and decrease stigma about abortion."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A 29 year-old newlywed who is dying of terminal brain cancer has decided to move to Oregon where she can end her life on her own terms and has vowed to devote the rest of her days on earth to fighting for the right of all Americans to access assisted suicide.
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