By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Only days before the Vatican officially unveils its own YouTube channel, a Gregorian University professor is extolling the many benefits of social networking sites while also warning of the potential for misuse.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican's Apostolic Penitentiary is planning a conference this week to discuss the five “ultimate crimes” committed by clergy, sins considered so deadly they require forgiveness from the Pope himself.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Israeli Foreign Ministry is accusing Vatican Cardinal Renato Martino of “Hamas propaganda” after the Cardinal referred to conditions in Gaza as resembling “a big concentration camp.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, the birth control pill is polluting the environment and is partly responsible for male infertility.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican chose the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Protectress of the Unborn, to issue a brilliant and sweeping Instruction on various methods of reproductive technology, from in vitro fertilization to adoption of frozen embryos. Dignitas Personae (Dignity of a Person) was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) with the express approval of Pope Benedict XVI.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Less than a week after the Vatican issued a sweeping Instruction calling attention to the destructive nature of many new forms of reproductive technology, a leading stem cell researcher confirmed just how lethal this research can be.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Vatican chose the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Protectress of the Unborn, to issue a brilliant and sweeping Instruction on various methods of reproductive technology, from in vitro fertilization to adoption of frozen embryos. Dignitas Personae (Dignity of a Person) was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) with the express approval of Pope Benedict XVI.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On Friday, Dec. 12, a delegation of 1,000 pilgrims from Lower Austria will present Pope Benedict XVI with a 109 foot Christmas tree that will decorate St. Peter’s Square during the 2008 Christmas season.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Nearly 100 homosexual activists and the media gathered outside St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Saturday, claiming the Catholic Church as an unspoken agenda to “kill” homosexuals.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Just days after a South Carolina priest instructed parishioners who voted for Obama to go to confession before receiving Communion, his diocese issued a letter repudiating the order. At the same time, a Vatican official, speaking at Catholic University, equated America’s future under an Obama presidency with Christ’s agony in the garden.
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