By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In response to recent events involving a surprise investigation of what the media is reporting as the Vatican bank, Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi has issued a letter clarifying certain facts about the institution, known as the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), that are being misreported.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
His Excellency, Timothy Broglio, Archbishop for Military Services, responded to a request from the homosexual advocacy group Catholics for Equality asking him to support the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy by firmly stating the Catholic position and telling the group they "cannot be legitimately recognized as Catholic."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican is about to reopen its new state-of-the-art library after three years of renovations which include housing its 2,000 year-old collection in a bombproof bunker and outfitting its 70,000 books with computer chips.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an attempt to be trendy, UK Catholic bishops have published what is being called a "cringe-worthy" guide to the upcoming papal masses in which they refer to the Masses as "gigs" and to the Pope as a "headline act."
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Inappropriate conduct by the superior of the Home of the Mother religious order that has been serving students at Ave Maria University (AMU) for several years has caused the administration and local diocese to dismiss the order from the campus.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue released a statement yesterday expressing "great concern" about the proposed burning of the Koran by a Christian minister in Florida on September 11.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican may soon become involved in trying to persuade the Iranian government to spare the life of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43 year-old mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Human Life International (HLI) has announced that their president and famed exorcist, Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer, has responded to a call from his bishop to return to his diocese of West Palm Beach, Florida to resume parish work.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While a grateful mankind celebrated the 100th birthday of one of the greatest humanitarians who ever lived, members of the Missionaries of Charity said their foundress, Mother Teresa, preferred to celebrate the day of her baptism instead.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While addressing the first session of the 15th symposium for the Canon Law Association of Slovakia this week, Denver's Archbishop Charles Chaput called upon Christians to fight against the "civil religion" of relativism and the rise of a "state-encouraged atheism" that seeks to reduce religion to "an individual lifestyle accessory."
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