Just as Catholics across the nation rally for religious liberty, another front opens on the battlefield as a lesbian couple in New York filed suit against a Catholic hospital for not providing medical benefits a same-sex spouse - a suit that specifically calls upon the insurance provider not to acquiesce to the religious beliefs of a Catholic institution.
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Catholics across the country are embarking on an unprecedented two-week campaign of rallies, marches, lectures and prayer to galvanize opposition to the Obama Administration's birth control mandate that will strip the faithful of their religious liberty by forcing them to cover healthcare that violates their consciences.
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On the eve of the U.S. bishop's unprecedented campaign for religious freedom, New York's Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan has released a 5,000 word eBook explaining the critical choice mankind must make between true human dignity and a false concept of freedom that is sourced in the culture of death.
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In a rare interview with the Italian Catholic magazine
Famiglia Cristiana, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone accused the media of trying to "imitate Dan Brown" in their sensationalized coverage of the VatiLeaks scandal and said the devil was behind attempts to portray the Church in a negative light.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The bishop who led the doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR) has published a revealing op-ed explaining exactly why the Vatican took the position it did and sets the record straight about the many misrepresentations of the facts in this case.
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The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has declared that a book on sexual ethics by Mercy Sister Margaret A. Farley does not conform to the teachings of the Magisterium. As such, the CDF said, “it cannot be used as a valid expression of Catholic teaching, either in counseling and formation, or in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.”
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In the wake of the Vatican's move to clean up the dissention in the ranks of the leaders of women religious in the U.S., the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR) is considering letting go of its canonical recognition to become a voluntary organization.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
It's becoming increasing difficult to discern between the facts and the usual media hysterics surrounding the growing Vatileaks scandal which reached new heights this week with the arrest of the pope's butler for allegedly leaking papal documents to the Italian press.
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Shortly after celebrating Mass on the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Holy Father announced that he will proclaim St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Universal Church on October 7.
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During an interview on
Fox News Sunday, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington DC scuttled rumors of dissension in the ranks of U.S. bishops regarding the recently filed lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's birth control mandate.
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