A nun from Rochester, New Hampshire published a letter in the
Boston Globe in which she set the record straight about the misrepresentations made by the dissident Sister Simone Campbell during her speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last week.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSNew York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan seized the moment last night when he delivered a closing benediction at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last night that contained a bold exhortation for life and religious liberty, a prayer so pointed many media outlets actually cut off their coverage mid-prayer to avoid showing it to their viewers.
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The Diocese of Charlotte is not about to miss an opportunity to evangelize conventioneers who will be attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week and have hung two giant banners proclaiming the sanctity of life, marriage and religious freedom in a key area of the city.
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Only weeks before voters in the state of Washington will vote on a new state law allowing same-sex marriage, the state's bishops issued a statement warning the public that changing the definition of marriage will have a chilling effect on religious liberty.
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A tiny glass vial containing the blood of Blessed John Paul II that was stolen from a priest turned up hours later in a stand of cane grass near a railway station.
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In an effort to raise the level of civility in this year's presidential campaign, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has written to both President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and their running mates to ask them to sign the Knights of Columbus "Civility in America" pledge.
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New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan has accepted an invitation from the Democratic National Committee to deliver a closing prayer at their convention next week, making the Cardinal one of the few Catholic prelates in history to pray over both Conventions.
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Attorneys looking to tap into the vast resources of the Vatican to settle priest sex abuse cases received a major blow on Monday when a federal judge ruled that the Holy See cannot be considered the "employer" of priests.
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The Archdiocese of Atlanta has received a multi-million dollar gift from the estate of the nephew of Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, and includes a 50 percent share in the trademark and literary rights to the book.
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Writing on the feast of St. Maximiliam Kolbe, New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan published a response to the criticism he is receiving over inviting President Barack Obama to the annual Catholic Charities fundraiser known as The Al Smith Dinner.
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