Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe nation's premier dissident "Catholic" newspaper, the National Catholic Reporter, is demanding that Cardinal Timothy Dolan address the "hot heads" at EWTN's National Catholic Register for promulgating a petition to strip the errant Catholic Health Association of its name.
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A 50 year-old Costa Rican woman who was healed of a brain aneurism has been revealed as the recipient of the second miracle needed in order to clear the way to canonization of Pope John Paul II.
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On Friday, July 5, Pope Francis published his first encyclical,
Lumen Fidei (
Light of Faith), a document that was begun by Pope Benedict XVI during his pontificate.
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Authorities are now saying that Franciscan Father Francois Murad, a Catholic priest who was killed by al-Qaeda linked extremists, was not beheaded as originally reported, but was actually shot while in the process of defending nuns at a monastery.
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The Vatican is confirming that a Syrian Catholic priest was beheaded by jihadi fighters in Syria last week after his monastery was overrun by Muslim extremists.
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The Vatican is vowing full cooperation with authorities after the arrest of Msgr. Nunzio Scarano, a recently suspended accountant at the Vatican Bank who allegedly attempted to bring 20 million euros ($26 million) into Italy from Switzerland illegally.
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is calling yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a challenge to California's Proposition 8 a "tragic day for marriage and our nation."
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The latest YouTube sensation is a fiery homily delivered by Father Andrew Kemberling of St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Centennial, Colorado who details how the government has been trying to squelch the "power of the pulpit" and silence the church for the last 59 years, and that "something needs to be done about it - NOW!"
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Before praying the Angelus yesterday, Pope Francis spoke about losing one's life for Christ and encouraged youth everywhere to "Go on, be brave and go against the current! And be proud of doing it!”
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The mayor of Lourdes, France is pleading for help after the worst flooding in a century left the Shrine of Lourdes in ruins.
The Telegraph is reporting that the Shrine is buried beneath more than a meter of mud with the grotto looking more like a war zone than one of the most beloved Catholic shrines in the world.
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On Friday, July 5, Pope Francis published his first encyclical, Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith), a document that was begun by Pope Benedict XVI during his pontificate.
