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Final Preparations Underway for JPII Beatification

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Final preparations are underway in Rome for the beatification of Pope John Paul II on Mercy Sunday, including the transporting of his casket from the Vatican crypt to a place of honor in front of the tomb of St. Peter.

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Cardinal George Suspends Controversial Pastor

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Cardinal Francis George has suspended Father Michael Pfleger, the controversial pastor of Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church and has barred him from performing his priestly duties because of public statements he made about a possible reassignment.

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Survey: Majority of Newly Ordained Will be Traditional Catholics

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist According to a survey of the nearly 500 young men who will be ordained to the priesthood this year, the typical new priest is about 31 years-old, prays the Rosary and attends Eucharistic Adoration, and was encouraged to consider a vocation by a parish priest.

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Satanic Desecration at Georgia Catholic Church on Easter Sunday

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

When parishioners of St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Roswell, Georgia arrived for Mass on Easter Sunday morning, they discovered grotesque Satanic and obscene symbols spray painted on a new statue of Jesus Christ that had just been gifted to the parish.

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Former Muslim, Abortion Clinic Administrator Among Thousands to Join Church at Easter

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A young adult raised in communist Cuba, an African woman who grew up as a Muslim, a marine being deployed in June, and a former abortion clinic administrator, along with tens of thousands others around the country, are joining the Catholic Church in the United States at Easter.

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SNAP Psychiatrist Sentenced for Child Porn Possession

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Dr. Steve Taylor, a Louisiana psychiatrist who has worked with the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and tried to convince the Louisiana legislature to allow the confessional seal to broken in sex abuse cases, has been sentenced to two years in prison for possession of child pornography.

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Archbishop Fulton Sheen Cause Moves Ahead

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The cause for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is set to advance next month when Bishop Daniel J. Jenky of Peoria will present the Pope with the position paper summarizing the life and virtue of one of America's most beloved television evangelists.

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Deranged Man Desecrates Altar in Minnesota Catholic Church

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A deranged man is being charged with committing a hate crime after he walked to the front of All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville, Minnesota during Mass on Saturday evening and dumped a jar of what appeared to be urine on the altar.

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