The Vatican has released its final report on the Visitation of U.S. Religious orders that took place between 2009 and 2012, striking a mostly positive tone but warning orders to insure that their spiritual practices are in harmony with Church teaching.
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The Diocese of Brooklyn is once again reaching out to young Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens by using a hip new ad campaign to attract them back to church for Christmas.
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During an interview with the Argentine daily
La Nacion published on Sunday, Pope Francis spoke on a variety of topics, including the new appointment of Cardinal Raymond Burke which some considered to be a demotion.
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Even though Holy Cross Catholic Church in San Jose, California was heavily damaged by a four-alarm fire last Sunday, a beautiful 10 ft. tall ornate Italian crucifix miraculously escaped unharmed.
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The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has approved the cause of beatification of a pious young surfer from Brazi named Guido Schaffer.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A new book, claiming to be based on a "lost" gospel that allegedly reveals Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene, is being dismissed even by the usually gullible mainstream media as a complete phony.
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Parishioners at St. Francis de Sales Church in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York, are reeling after discovering a beloved statue of the Risen Christ, erected in memory of the victims of 9/11 in the parish prayer garden, stripped of its hands and streaked in paint.
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The much loved Cardinal Raymond Burke, former Archbishop of St. Louis, has been removed as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and will now serve in a largely ceremonial role.
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Leaders of the Catholic Church across America are mobilizing the faithful to exercise their civic duty at the polls tomorrow because so many life and death issues are at stake.
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Fr. Stanley Rother
(1935 - 1981)
The name of a young priest from Oklahoma named Fr. Stanley Rother, who was gunned down in a Guatemala rectory in 1981 for refusing to leave his duties as a pastor, has been officially accepted for submission to the Theological Commission of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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