By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A representative of the Pakistani Bishops’ Conference is calling on the United States to raise the issue of human rights violations against Christians, which cause many to be treated no better than animals, during the summit currently underway between Washington and Pakistani leaders.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican entered the world of Twitter this weekend when it launched a feed in six languages.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican Press Office released a communique yesterday announcing that it has begun a formal investigation of the alleged appearance of Our Lady at the shrine in Medjugorje.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Message of the Holy Father for the twenty-fifth World Youth Day, which will be celebrated on Palm Sunday, March 28, has just been released.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The lesbian couple at the center of a controversy involving their two children’s attendance at a Catholic school in Boulder issued a statement saying they don’t believe “homosexuality and organized religion should be mutually exclusive.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The House of Bishops of the Canadian province of the Traditional Anglican Communion have sent an official request to William Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to request entrance into the Catholic Church.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The decision of a Boulder, Colorado pastor not to allow the child of a lesbian couple to enroll in the parish school is sparking local protests and national controversy.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Unconfirmed reports surfacing in the Italian media this weekend say that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Cardinal Camillo Ruini to head an official inquiry into the alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Well-known exorcist Fr. Gabriel Amorth claims to know of the existence of Satanic sects in the Vatican, but another prominent exorcist is questioning his sources.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America (ACA) has formally requested permission to implement the newly created process known as Anglicanorum Cœtibus which will enable all 99 parishes and Cathedrals in the U.S. to enter the Catholic Church.
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