By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI has approved the miracle required to beatify Pope John Paul II and, pending confirmation from the Vatican, is expected to preside over a May 1 beatification celebration.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a ruling that could have a major impact on colleges that want to uphold Catholic teaching, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Tuesday that Manhattan College, which is recognized as Catholic by the Archdiocese of New York City, cannot call itself Catholic because "the purpose of the College is secular and not the ‘propagation of a religious faith’."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to Fox News contributor, Fr. Jonathan Morris, the story about the Vatican teaming up with the
Discovery Channel to do a documentary series on exorcisms is nothing more than an "inappropriate PR stunt by
Discovery."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In response to recent reports that 39 percent of all pregnancies in New York City end in abortion, Archbishop Timothy Dolan re-affirmed the Archdiocese's commitment to provide all women in difficult pregnancies with all the help they need.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Reports are surfacing in the Italian media that medical advisers for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints have ruled favorably on a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II's intercession, which could open the door to beatification as early as this year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of Sydney is willing to meet with supporters of same-sex marriage who want him to call off a Church-sponsored campaign against the unions, but on his own terms - first, they must make a public statement conceding that the Church's opposition to same-sex nuptials is not homophobic and second, they must allow a Catholic married couple to be present at the meeting.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
On the same day the Pope's World Day of Peace message addressed the urgent need for religious tolerance, a car bomb exploded outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria Egypt, killing 21 people and injuring 79.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix is planning to strip a local medical center of its Catholic status tomorrow if it does not meet his demands to guarantee compliance with Church teachings.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study on religious tolerance has revealed an alarming increase in discrimination against Christians as a result of the encroachment of secularism into European society.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life said he does not expect the results of the ongoing Visitation of U.S. women's religious communities to cause any dramatic changes in the life of U.S. women religious.
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