A popular nun and five postulants of the Home of the Mother Order were killed on April 17 when a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A group of faith-filled parents are refusing to back down to school administrators who are trying to stop them from hosting a popular “Jesus Lunch” program which takes place at a nearby park and attracts hundreds of students every week.
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On his way back to Rome from a visit to Lesbos on April 16, Pope Francis gave his usual glib answers to a variety of questions from reporters during an inflight press conference, including communion for the divorced and remarried, immigration, and why he chose to bring three Muslim refugee families back to Italy rather than Christians.
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EWTN’s Father Mitch Pacwa in your prayers as he recovers from a recent heart attack.
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Both sides of the lawsuit concerning the U.S. government’s controversial birth control mandate moved one-step closer to conclusion this week as the government and representatives of the Little Sisters filed court-ordered proposals for alternatives to the way the program is currently being run.
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The eulogy delivered by the mother of a 23 year-old woman who died from a heroin overdose is the talk of the Internet – and a desperate call for attention to what has become a devastating epidemic in America.
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Blood martyrdom has not yet come to the Western world, but we have all experienced the persecution Pope Francis described during morning Mass on Tuesday - the "polite" kind that is “disguised as culture, modernity and progress” but that actually robs us of our freedom.
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A developmentally-delayed toddler who could only communicate with gestures was suddenly able to speak after surviving a near drowning.
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A 36 year-old young mother from New York, who is suffering from a rare form of brain cancer and who opted to delay treatment until after her baby was born, has given birth to a healthy baby boy named Wyatt Eli – a name which means “little warrior sent by God.”
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Pro-life students at Georgetown University aren’t about to let Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards spread her propaganda on campus without a challenge and have arranged for Abby Johnson, former clinic director and “Planned Parenthood Employee of the Year” to speak on the same day.
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