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Situation is Critical for Christians in Egypt

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Christian leaders in Egypt are calling on the international community for help after a group of Islamist extremists killed twelve and wounded hundreds during a 14-hour assault on Christian churches in Cairo on Saturday evening.

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Illinois Catholic Charities Stands Firm Against State-Imposed Homosexual Adoption

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist On June 1, a new civil unions law will go into effect in the state of Illinois, and officials at Catholic Charities have already announced that they will not go against Church teaching and offer their more than 3,000 children for adoption by homosexual couples.

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Final Preparations Underway for JPII Beatification

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Final preparations are underway in Rome for the beatification of Pope John Paul II on Mercy Sunday, including the transporting of his casket from the Vatican crypt to a place of honor in front of the tomb of St. Peter.

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Cardinal George Suspends Controversial Pastor

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Cardinal Francis George has suspended Father Michael Pfleger, the controversial pastor of Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church and has barred him from performing his priestly duties because of public statements he made about a possible reassignment.

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Survey: Majority of Newly Ordained Will be Traditional Catholics

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist According to a survey of the nearly 500 young men who will be ordained to the priesthood this year, the typical new priest is about 31 years-old, prays the Rosary and attends Eucharistic Adoration, and was encouraged to consider a vocation by a parish priest.

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Satanic Desecration at Georgia Catholic Church on Easter Sunday

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

When parishioners of St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Roswell, Georgia arrived for Mass on Easter Sunday morning, they discovered grotesque Satanic and obscene symbols spray painted on a new statue of Jesus Christ that had just been gifted to the parish.

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