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Former Muslim, Abortion Clinic Administrator Among Thousands to Join Church at Easter

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A young adult raised in communist Cuba, an African woman who grew up as a Muslim, a marine being deployed in June, and a former abortion clinic administrator, along with tens of thousands others around the country, are joining the Catholic Church in the United States at Easter.

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SNAP Psychiatrist Sentenced for Child Porn Possession

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Dr. Steve Taylor, a Louisiana psychiatrist who has worked with the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and tried to convince the Louisiana legislature to allow the confessional seal to broken in sex abuse cases, has been sentenced to two years in prison for possession of child pornography.

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Archbishop Fulton Sheen Cause Moves Ahead

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The cause for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is set to advance next month when Bishop Daniel J. Jenky of Peoria will present the Pope with the position paper summarizing the life and virtue of one of America's most beloved television evangelists.

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Deranged Man Desecrates Altar in Minnesota Catholic Church

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A deranged man is being charged with committing a hate crime after he walked to the front of All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville, Minnesota during Mass on Saturday evening and dumped a jar of what appeared to be urine on the altar.

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Lap Dancers and Planned Parenthood on Catholic Campuses

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In the same week that the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) issued a devastating report documenting more than 150 current and past connections between Catholic colleges and Planned Parenthood, Philadelphia's La Salle University has announced that it is investigating a professor for hosting a business ethics forum in which three strippers gave lap dances to students.

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Cohabiting Catholic Couples are in "Great Spiritual Danger" Warns Santa Fe Archbishop

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Most Rev. Michael Sheehan Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has issued a pastoral letter in which he addressing the problem of Catholics who cohabit, saying they are living in a state of mortal sin and should not receive the sacraments until they make their union acceptable to Jesus Christ.

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Muslim Troops Slaughter 1,000 at Catholic Mission in Ivory Coast

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Aid workers are reporting that at least 1,000 mostly Christians civilians were slaughtered this week at the Salesian Saint Therese of the Child Jesus mission in Duekoue, Ivory Coast, by Muslim troops loyal to president Alassane Ouattara, prompting many to ask if the conflict in this country is on the verge of becoming the "next Rwanda."

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