
Archbishop Salvator Joseph Cordileone
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Archbishop of San Francisco has shown that he's not about to cave to political pressure from gay activists or left-leaning politicians and has sent an unequivocal response to a letter sent to him by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) asking him not to participate in this week's pro-marriage March in Washington DC.
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A 54 year-old ex-convict has been arrested on suspicion of murdering 28 year-old Rev. Kenneth Walker on June 11 and seriously injuring Father Joseph Terra at a Mission church in South Phoenix.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The headlines have been screaming for days - St. Louis Archbishop Didn't Know Sex With Children was Crime - but the discerning Catholic should realize by now that the same Catholic-bashing news outlets that wrongly accused the Sisters of Bon Secours for dumping 800 babies in a septic tank in Ireland probably got this story wrong too.
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Twin blasts in a busy market in the predominantly Christian city of Jos in Nigeria killed more than 100 people, but it will not stop the progress of peace talks between the Church and Muslim leaders.
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The Ordination Class of 2014 is slightly younger than last year with most men having a median age of 32 and a majority being graduates of Catholic schools.
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The Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Paul VI will be beatified on October 19.
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When the dissenting sisters who comprise the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR) recently honored a nun whose books were sanctioned by the U.S. Bishops, the Head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) appears to have run out of patience.
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Some of Detroit's most iconic and historic Catholic churches, where the pews are barely filled every week, are receiving a much-needed boost from a new Mass Mob organization that is using Facebook and word-of-mouth to arrange for a big boost in Sunday Mass attendance.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSYet another modern pope may soon be added to the book of saints as the Vatican prepares to endorse a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul VI which will pave the way for his beatification.
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Nearly 800,000 pilgrims were on hand in St. Peter's Square to watch the historic canonization ceremony of Pope John Paul II and John XXIII on Divine Mercy Sunday, presided over by two popes for the first time in history as millions watched from around the globe.
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