By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only weeks before a crucial Anglican synod that will debate whether or not to ordain women as bishops, a group of key Traditional Anglican bishops revealed that they met last week with Vatican officials to begin the process of allowing priests to convert en masse to Catholicism.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI will appoint a special delegate to govern the Legionaries of Christ after its founder, Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, was found guilty of molesting seminarians and fathering at least one child.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The latest edition of the Statistics Yearbook of the Church reveals that the Catholic presence in the world grew more than 11 percent during the period 2000-2008.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An unprecedented number of priests are applying to the Vatican to attend the Worldwide Gathering of Priests, scheduled to take place in Rome in June, in order to show their support for Pope Benedict XVI.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has agreed to provide financial support to help establish the International Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium, a project that will investigate the potential use of some of the most unique stem cells found in the human body.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The head of a statue of Our Lady that survived the horrific bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 is making its way to the U.N. in New York on a “pilgrimage of peace.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A high-ranking Vatican official has accused U.S. nuns of displaying “public and obstinate betrayal of religious life” by resisting the apostolic visitation and for the grave public scandal they caused by supporting ObamaCare.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC sent a letter to the priests and faithful of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois informing them that the Blessed Sacrament is to be returned to its rightful place in the center of the sanctuary within five years.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Famed Italian exorcist, Fr. Gabriele Amorth, said the sexual abuse scandal in the Church, along with those who are misreporting it in order to discredit the Pope, is “prompted by the devil.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The 97 year-old husband of St. Gianna Molla, Pietro Molla, died on Holy Saturday in his family home near Milan Italy.
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