Speaking on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, U.S. papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano delivered a rousing speech at the Pontifical College Josephinum in which he called on American Catholics to "lead the entire Church in the world" into renewal.
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Political strategists are warning that the U.S. bishops planned two weeks of protest in June and July could lead to powerful images of nuns and priests being led away in handcuffs, scenes that could have an enormous impact on the 2012 presidential election.
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A group dedicated to enforcing its version of the separation of church and state has reported Peoria bishop Daniel Jenky to the IRS after the prelate delivered a fiery homily in which he compared Obama to Hitler and Stalin.
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Following a presentation this week by activist Sandra Fluke on contraception access, a group of more than 100 Georgetown students and alumni have petitioned University president John DeGioia to allow them equal time to present "the virtues of the Church's teachings on sexuality and contraception. . ."
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After a years-long investigation, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has called for major reforms in an association of women's religious congregations in the U.S., citing "serious doctrinal problems" with the way the organization has been conducting itself.
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Bishop Daniel Jenky of the Diocese of Peoria told 500 men at a recent men's march that the time has come for "heroic Catholicism, not casual Catholicism."
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The U.S. bishops have issued a call to action to defend religious liberty and are urging laity to work to protect the First Freedom of the Bill of Rights as well as participate in a "Fortnight for Freedom" from June 21, the feast day of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, and ending on Independence Day to focus “all the energies the Catholic community can muster” on this issue.
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In a moving blog posted on the popular
St. Peter's List, Father John Higgins recounts the time he arrived at an Emergency Room to anoint the body of a man who came back to life the moment he touched the man's scapular.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Even though the media can't get enough of allegations that the Catholic Church may have surgically castrated "as many as 10 young men" in the 1950s, what most news stories aren't revealing is that it was the Dutch government who ordered the castration of over 400 men during the same time period as part of a eugenics program.
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After a meeting of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops came out swinging with a bold new statement on the HHS Mandate, saying they are "united for religious freedom" and will not allow the administration to divide them or the media to distort the issue.
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