By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While conducting an excavation beneath a 5th century monastery on the Black Sea, Bulgarian archeologists unearthed an alabaster reliquary containing bones they believe may have belonged to St. John the Baptist.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has announced that his dicastery is planning to publish a new document on the after-effects of abortion which is expected to be completed next year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only hours after a federal judge blocked certain provisions in the controversial Arizona immigration law from taking effect, a spokesman for the Arizona Catholic Conference said the bishops are pleased with the decision, but are still hoping for immigration reform on the federal level.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
One of four candidates vying for job of mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, was removed from a debate after refusing to take down a large statue of Our Lady that he had placed on the candidates' table.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A relic of the true cross that has been on display in Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross for more than 200 years has been stolen.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Diocese of Peoria is planning to meet with officials from the University of Illinois to discuss the case of a professor of Catholicism who was recently fired after an anonymous student complained that his teaching of the Church's position on homosexuality amounted to "hate speech."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Feminists are crying foul over new Vatican directives concerning the manner in which “grave crimes” in the life of the church are addressed because they believe the document puts participation in female ordination in the same category as the sexual abuse of minors.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A well-known dissenting theologian is mocking plans by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to sponsor a special conference on the Liturgical and Pastoral Practice of Exorcism in Baltimore this November just before the bishops' semiannual meeting.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI has chosen religious freedom as the theme for the celebration of the 2011 World Day of Peace.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Contrary to what various media outlets are reporting, the Vatican’s U.S. lawyer says the Supreme Court decision handed down Monday that allows a lawsuit against the Holy See to move forward was not based on the merits of the case, but was merely a decision to allow the case to return to the lower courts.
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