By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Bishops from the state of New York have issued a new pastoral letter stating that the right to life trumps all other issues in the voting booth, including party loyalty and other issues such as the economy or education.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to newly released statistics from the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the past year saw positive signs of growth in the Church.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In remarks given at a conference in Rome last week, the current head of the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura said that Catholic politicians who publicly espouse gravely sinful acts such as abortion must not only repent of the error, but do so in public in order to repair the grave scandal caused as a result of their actions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Citing a lack of cooperation in instituting "necessary reforms," Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha has formally suppressed the Catholic entity known as Intercessors of the Lamb.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As a way to witness to the Christian faith on Halloween this year, Christians across the UK are being urged to place a light in their window as a sign to passers-by that they are followers of Jesus Christ.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of Khartoum narrowly escaped injury when a man posing as a liturgical dancer at a Mass he ws celebrating suddenly pulled out a knife and attempted to stab him.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Catholic Church is to preach the Gospel "always and everywhere," according to a new encyclical letter from Pope Benedict XVI that establishes a council for promoting evangelization.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just before opening the first working session of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops in Rome this week, Pope Benedict denounced "terrorist ideologies" that promote violence in the name of God.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The French government has appointed a study to group to investigate an alarming increase in incidents of desecration aimed at Catholic churches and cemeteries.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During a Mass at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul Archbishop John C. Nienstadt denied Communion to members of a gay and lesbian student group. However, a priest from St. John's University said a special Mass for the students later that same evening in which all were given Communion.
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