A press conference was held yesterday in the Holy See Press Office to present a variety of innovative initiatives that will form a part of the preparations for the April 27 canonization of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II.
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Pope Names Four Women to Abuse Council
Marie Collins
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Although some members of the the press are intimating that Francis did so for political reasons, the four women chosen by Pope Francis to be part of a new commission on clerical sexual abuse are all highly qualified and more than capable of serving in these positions.
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Swedish Megachurch Pastor Stuns By Converting to Catholicism
Ulf Ekman
The leader of an enormous Protestant congregation in Sweden and throughout Europe recently stunned his followers when he announced that his “protestant prejudices” had been challenged and that he believed it was Jesus Himself leading him into the Roman Catholic Church.
Shocking Testimony Heard at Hearing on Christian Persecution
The appalling treatment of Christians around the world was the topic of a profoundly disturbing congressional hearing held on Capitol Hill yesterday.
Brooklyn Bishop Calls Administration’s Policies Shameful
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is reaping praise from across the country for a hard-hitting column published in his diocesan newspaper in which he calls the president’s advocacy of abortion “shameful” and says those who voted for him “bear the responsibility for a step deeper into the culture of death.”
US Catholic Leaders Criticize UN Over-Reach
A United Nations report on sexual abuse in the Church that included demands for revised teachings on matters of sexual morality has prompted a firestorm of criticism from U.S. leaders.
UN Wants Church to Rewrite It’s Canon Law
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child not only accused the Vatican of allowing children to be abused by priests, it also urged it to revise its teachings on abortion, contraception, sex education and homosexuality.
Mass Mobs Uplift Faithful in Buffalo
Catholics in the Buffalo, New York area are putting a new spin on the “flash mob” by coming together in “Mass mobs” where they fill the pews at older and more sparsely attended churches to give the parish a spiritual and financial lift.
Thieves Throw Away JPII Relic
Two men who were arrested by police on for stealing a priceless relic of Blessed John Paul II led police to the reliquary, but the cloth stained with the pontiff’s blood was no longer inside.
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Authorities Fear JPII Relic Stolen for Use in Satanic Rituals
Italian police are searching for the person(s) responsible for stealing a reliquary containing the blood of Blessed John Paul II from a chapel in the region of Abruzzo which authorities fear may be used in Satanic rituals.
