By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to the office of Mother Mary Clare Millea, the Superior General in charge of directing a three-year study of U.S. women religious orders, some communities are refusing to cooperate with the unprecedented visitation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI has summoned all Irish bishops to Rome next month for a meeting to discuss the clerical abuse scandal.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has confirmed that a “presumed miracle” attributed to Pope Pius XII is now under investigation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Responding to the catastrophe in Haiti, the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” has announced that it has established 12 sites on the ground in the stricken island nation to distribute food, water, clothing, medical aid and shelter to the population.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a brilliant response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent statements about how the gift of free will justifies her support for positions such as abortion and gay rights, Archbishop George Niederauer turns her comments into a valuable teaching moment for Catholics.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The editor of an international news agency says that while the major media reports on individual incidents of violence against Christians, it ignores the larger picture which reveals a “silent holocaust of Christian martyrs” that is taking place around the world today.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The 25 year-old Swiss-Italian woman who jumped a barricade in St. Peter’s Basilica and knocked Pope Benedict XVI to the ground on Christmas Eve expressed regret for her actions during a private meeting with the pope that took place yesterday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a traditional January address to the Vatican diplomatic corps yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI called laws ignoring the difference between the sexes an "attack" on creation.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Calling the plotline bland and accusing it of “giving a wink toward” environmental fanaticism, Vatican news sources have given James Cameron’s 3-D techno-thriller,
Avatar, less than favorable reviews.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced the launch of a nationwide campaign to push for the enactment of immigration reform legislation in 2010.
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