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The Community of Franciscan Fiars of the Renewal (CFR) have announced that their co-founder, Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, beloved priest and preacher, died on October 3, 2014, the vigil of the Feast of St. Francis, after complications with an ongoing illness. He was 81.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

The Archbishop of Oklahoma City and a fellow priest performed "prayers of exorcism" inside the Oklahoma Civic Center Music Hall to rid the building of any evil spirits that may have infested it after the September 21 black mass.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

A white lesbian couple is suing a sperm bank for giving them the "wrong" sperm which resulted in a mixed race baby daughter whom they love - BUT - she wasn't what they ordered.

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The California Catholic Conference has filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after an August 22 directive to health care providers ordering them to cover abortion for any reason because it was "basic health care."

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Some of the teenage girls who were kidnapped by ISIS terrorists but managed to escape are opening the eyes of the world to the barbaric treatment they endured while in captivity.

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The first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the U.S. and even though we have the highest standard of medical care in the world, internal government reports show that we are not prepared to deal with a potential pandemic.

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In spite of a recent statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics which recommends IUD's to teens rather than birth control pills, at least one high-profile OB-GYN says he'd never allow his daughter to use this device.

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The superior general of the Combonian Missionary Sisters, who believes motherhood is one of the most important contributions women can give to the Church, has been appointed to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the first woman ever to be appointed as a member of a congregation in Rome.

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During his homily yesterday at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis spoke about how all of us are called to fight in the great war between God and Satan, but He has given this task primarily to our angels who job it is to fight and win!

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A large swath of the Christian population of Hong Kong is taking part in the massive "umbrella revolution" underway in that nation as citizens fight for the right to elect their own leader and break away from the control of the mainland communist regime in Beijing.

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