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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In what is sure to be an awkward moment for President Barack Obama, he has accepted the traditional invitation to speak at the Catholic Charities Al Smith Dinner in October.
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In order to insure that all Olympians have access to our Eucharistic Lord during their stay in London, three parishes have joined together to provide 24-hours of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco, located in a city considered by many to be the gay capital of the United States, just received one of the Church's most outspoken promoters of traditional marriage as its new archbishop.
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The Catholic world is abuzz this week about a phenomenon that occurred during the funeral of Eugênio, Cardinal de Araújo Sales, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who died earlier this month at the age of 91.
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The Vatican has approved the opening of the cause for sainthood of Cora Evans, a former Mormon wife and mother who received visions of Jesus and worked to promote "The Mystical Humanity of Christ."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Typical of the anti-religion tack of most mainstream news outlets these days, the secular press is having a field day with a decision by the Diocese of Arlington to require its Catholics teachers to do the unthinkable - sign a fidelity oath.
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