Catholics from all over the country gathered in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this month to participate in a national conference were the
family law in Missouri was invited and the purpose of this was to aimed at reaching out to the divorced and separated.
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In a homily honoring the Vendee martyrs of France, Cardinal Robert Sarah dared the faithful to stand up to the modern persecutors of the family and to become the “joyful spearheads” of a revolt against this “new dictatorship of selfishness.”
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Pia de Solenni, SThD, a gifted theologian, author and expert on bioethics and the new feminism, has been appointed to serve as Chancellor of the Diocese of Orange, a post which is the highest office available to a lay person within the Catholic Church.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
CBS is experiencing severe backlash over a recent On Assignment episode in which they jubilantly declare that Down syndrome had almost entirely “disappeared” in Iceland – but not because of medical advances. It’s disappearing because they are aborting unborn babies who have it.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The father of the 32 year-old woman who was killed on Saturday when a driver drove his car into a crowd of protestors in Charlottesville cited the Bible and Jesus’ death on the cross when he told the media that he forgives the man who killed his daughter.
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Speaking before thousands who gathered in St. Peter’s Square to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary today, Pope Francis reminded that God can only do great things in us if we become humble like Mary.
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Although it’s difficult to know if any Catholics are living in North Korea today, a Korean priest says that even after a long period of persecution in the world’s most oppressive regime, there are still about 10,000 people in North Korea “who will remember in their hearts their Catholic faith.”
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The U.S. Conference of Bishops is vigorously condemning the violent protests that occurred this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia that left three dead and injured at least 19, and are asking the faithful to pray for an end to the evil ideologies that brought about the carnage.
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At the beginning of what could be a pivotal week in the tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, residents on the tiny island nation that has found itself in the crosshairs of a possible missile attack are turning to prayer in the quest for peace.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Ever since a Wisconsin company implanted microchips into their employees to do away with company badges, concerns have been rising about how widespread this practice might become in the future – and what threats this practice will pose to American freedom.
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