For Greater Glory, a movie about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920's which debuted this weekend, prompted Los Angeles' Bishop Jose Gomez to call the film's message "timely" because it reminds embattled American Catholics that religious liberties must never be taken for granted.
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“Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity;
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Before an estimated one-million pilgrims at an open-air Mass which took place yesterday at the close of the World Meeting of Families in Milan, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI spoke out on family values, reached out to divorcees, and called the Sabbath "an oasis in which to pause . . . and celebrate the family."
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The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) issued a statement on Friday in which they denounce the Vatican's recent sanctions against the organization.
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Black pastors, who head up a flock that is known to be very much in support of traditional marriage, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder in which they scoffed at the notion of same-sex marriage being a civil rights issue and demanded that he set up a meeting with the president to discuss his "evolution" on same-sex nuptials.
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“Mary is always at prayer because she does everything with reference to her Son:
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“A person’s prayer often keeps step with his moral life.
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“When prayer is humble, trusting, and persevering, it obtains for us a more lively faith, a firmer hope, a more ardent charity.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Media propagandizing reached an all-time high this week with a series of major national events that received little or no coverage by the predominantly liberal U.S. press, leaving Americans who like to know what's going on in their country to rely even more heavily on the new media.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Despite their rhetoric about wanting to protect women's rights, abortion hardliners showed their true colors yesterday when they defeated a bill that would ban sex-selection abortions that mostly target the female population.
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