An atheist group has filed a federal lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for not investigating scores of complaints lodged against churches that have been accused of "electioneering" during the presidential election.
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As the country struggles to recover from the senseless violence that occurred on Friday in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, Church leaders call for forgiveness, reconciliation, and the courage to look at ourselves in the mirror to see what we have become.
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The Vatican's top astronomer says predictions that the world will end on December 21, 2012 are "not even worth discussing."
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The U.S. Catholic bishops are planning to launch a five-part strategy or "call to prayer" after Christmas which will invite Catholics to pray for rebuilding a culture of life and for increased protections of religious liberty.
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A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York delivered a blow to the Obama Administration this week when he ruled that the lawsuit seeking to invalidate the controversial birth control mandate for the Archdiocese of New York can proceed.
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Contrary to new rumors that the Vatican will issue its ruling about the authenticity of the apparitions at Medjugorje by the end of this month, the Vatican says it will take much longer.
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After a scandalous editorial calling for the ordination of women appeared in the December 3 issue of the
National Catholic Reporter (NCR), the faithful have become fed up with the magazine's persistent dissidence and are calling upon the local bishop to strip the publication of the right to call itself Catholic.
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Statues of Mary, Joseph and Jesus were found decapitated at a shrine in northeast Portland, Oregon last week and police are asking for help in identifying the culprits.
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In what appears to be a response to the recent scandals involving Catholic charities who engage in activities that violate Church teaching, Pope Benedict issued a motu proprio on Saturday that annunciates the rules to be followed for all entities that call themselves Catholic.
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With the elevation of Wisconsin Archbishop James Harvey to Cardinal on Saturday, which raises the number of Americans in the College of Cardinals to 11, speculation is rising that the next pope could come from the U.S.
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