Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A new study from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has found that for the first time in U.S. history, the number of people claiming no religious affiliation has stripped the nation of its long-standing Protestant majority.
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Pope Benedict XVI chose October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, to open the 25th Synod of Bishops in Rome which will address ways to counter the rise of secularism around the world.
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According to a decree issued today, which is the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the Church will grant the faithful a Plenary Indulgence for the Year of Faith which will be valid from the opening of the Year on October 11 until its end on November 24, 2013.
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On the eve of the upcoming Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI will declare St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. John of Avila as Doctors of the Church.
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New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan has published a
blog decrying the City's plans to provide morning after pills to girls as young as 14 without their parents' knowledge.
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An unusual comedy team took to the stage at Fordham University on Sept. 14 when comedian Stephen Colbert and New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan entertained more than 3,000 cheering students with grace, wit, and a few memorable zingers.
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A nun from Rochester, New Hampshire published a letter in the
Boston Globe in which she set the record straight about the misrepresentations made by the dissident Sister Simone Campbell during her speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last week.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSNew York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan seized the moment last night when he delivered a closing benediction at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last night that contained a bold exhortation for life and religious liberty, a prayer so pointed many media outlets actually cut off their coverage mid-prayer to avoid showing it to their viewers.
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The Diocese of Charlotte is not about to miss an opportunity to evangelize conventioneers who will be attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week and have hung two giant banners proclaiming the sanctity of life, marriage and religious freedom in a key area of the city.
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Only weeks before voters in the state of Washington will vote on a new state law allowing same-sex marriage, the state's bishops issued a statement warning the public that changing the definition of marriage will have a chilling effect on religious liberty.
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