By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A revival of interest in the rite of exorcism appears to be sweeping across the country as more than 60 priests and 56 bishops opted to attend a special two-day conference on the ancient rite that was held just prior to the opening of the bishop's annual assembly in Baltimore.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With the Church of England on the verge of ordaining women priests for the first time, five bishops who oppose the move have become the first wave of defectors from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Following a deadly attack on Catholics in a Baghdad Cathedral last week, a Syrian Orthodox Archbishop in Britain is calling for all Christians to leave the country because the government is too weak to protect them against the on-going ethnic cleansing of all non-Muslim peoples in that country.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal-elect Gianfranco Ravasi, the Holy See's official "culture minister" believes people who rely on fast food chains for their meals are skipping a vital form of communication.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The same group of terrorists who are responsible for the massacre of 58 Catholics in a Baghdad Cathedral last weekend has published a letter on the Internet threatening the Vatican that unless they intervene in the release of two women who they claim are being held hostage by Coptic Christians, all churches and Christian organizations will become a "legitimate target for mujahedeen."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the most recent spate of violence against the Christian community in the Middle East after al Qaeda terrorists killed 58 Catholics who were attending Mass on Sunday in the Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of Omaha has asked the faithful to refrain from using any materials or books distributed by the now suppressed Intercessors of the Lamb.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New York's Archbishop Timothy Dolan offered reflections on his blog about the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls, saying that people who leave the Church for the New Age in order to be "more in harmony with the universe" must have missed school the day they were taught about the Communion of the Saints because Catholics have believed in this "harmony with the universe" for two millennia.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The founder of the recently suppressed Intercessors of the Lamb has issued a statement to members and supporters of her apostolate, promising that their mission will continue and their charism remains unchanged.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to a local bishop, the area most seriously affected by the tsunami that hit the islands of Mentawai on Monday are Catholic villages where more than 8,000 faithful kept their homes.
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