After a years-long investigation, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has called for major reforms in an association of women's religious congregations in the U.S., citing "serious doctrinal problems" with the way the organization has been conducting itself.
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Bishop Daniel Jenky of the Diocese of Peoria told 500 men at a recent men's march that the time has come for "heroic Catholicism, not casual Catholicism."
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The U.S. bishops have issued a call to action to defend religious liberty and are urging laity to work to protect the First Freedom of the Bill of Rights as well as participate in a "Fortnight for Freedom" from June 21, the feast day of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, and ending on Independence Day to focus “all the energies the Catholic community can muster” on this issue.
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In a moving blog posted on the popular
St. Peter's List, Father John Higgins recounts the time he arrived at an Emergency Room to anoint the body of a man who came back to life the moment he touched the man's scapular.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Even though the media can't get enough of allegations that the Catholic Church may have surgically castrated "as many as 10 young men" in the 1950s, what most news stories aren't revealing is that it was the Dutch government who ordered the castration of over 400 men during the same time period as part of a eugenics program.
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After a meeting of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops came out swinging with a bold new statement on the HHS Mandate, saying they are "united for religious freedom" and will not allow the administration to divide them or the media to distort the issue.
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U.S. bishops are pressing for a place at the table in White House discussions to modify the contentious HHS mandate, a prospect that has become even more important as new polls show dwindling support for the mandate among the general public.
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The latest statistics released by the Vatican show that the number of Catholics in the world increased by 15 million in 2010, as did the number of priests and deacons.
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Even though the media has been creating a false narrative for days which implies that Bishop Joseph Malone of the diocese of Portland is backing away from the fight against same-sex marriage, he told a CNN anchor that he was doing the exact opposite.
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Parishioners at St. John Neumann parish in Gaithersburg, Maryland were informed at Mass this weekend that Father Marcel Guarnizo, who denied Communion to a lesbian Buddhist, has been suspended from ministry.
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