New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan has accepted an invitation from the Democratic National Committee to deliver a closing prayer at their convention next week, making the Cardinal one of the few Catholic prelates in history to pray over both Conventions.
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Attorneys looking to tap into the vast resources of the Vatican to settle priest sex abuse cases received a major blow on Monday when a federal judge ruled that the Holy See cannot be considered the "employer" of priests.
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The Archdiocese of Atlanta has received a multi-million dollar gift from the estate of the nephew of Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, and includes a 50 percent share in the trademark and literary rights to the book.
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Writing on the feast of St. Maximiliam Kolbe, New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan published a response to the criticism he is receiving over inviting President Barack Obama to the annual Catholic Charities fundraiser known as The Al Smith Dinner.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR), which was recently put under direct control by the Vatican due to the group's long history of dissent from Catholic teaching, has decided to reject Rome's plan to reform the group into a more conservative mold, but stopped short of calling for an outright split from the Church.
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The controversy over President Obama's invitation to speak at a Catholic Charities fundraiser in October took a new turn yesterday when an employee of the Archdiocese weighed in with a more detailed explanation of the even in question.
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In its strongest statement to date, Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone issued a warning to U.S. Catholics that seems to target the Obama Administration for its denial of the right to conscientious objection.
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Jesuit Father Jose Gabriel Funes, head of the Vatican Observatory, cheered the successful landing of a roving scientific laboratory on Mars, saying that the Church "is open" to whatever might be discovered there - even extra-terrestrials!
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Catholic leaders are weighing in on a decision by Cardinal Timothy Dolan to allow President Barack Obama to speak at the annual Al Smith dinner, with many calling the invitation disappointing and disturbing.
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A group of six former Vatican ambassadors, including Ray Flynn and Mary Ann Glendon, have joined forces to start a new outreach to Catholic voters asking them to support GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney over pro-abortion President Barack Obama.
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