by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 5, 2008) Just after midnight on March 3, the body of St. Pio of Pietrelcina was exhumed at San Giovanni Rotondo shrine where it had been buried since his death in 1968. The exhumation took place in order to have the body prepared to go on public display next month in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of his death.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 5, 2008) An Arizona nurse practitioner has requested permission to perform surgical abortions from the state Board of Nursing after admitting that she has been performing the procedure for some time. If permission is granted, other states may follow suit.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 5, 2008) Pope Benedict XVI affirmed Church teaching on the role of women in every aspect of society when he received the credentials of former Harvard law professor, Mary Ann Glendon, as the eighth U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See on February 29.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Mar. 3, 2008) For the first time ever, a California transplant surgeon has been charged with hastening the death of a patient in order to harvest his organs. The charges are sending shockwaves through the transplant community and dampening the hopes of 85,000 Americans who are currently waiting for organs.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Mar. 3, 2008) A popular baptism rite incorporating an “inclusive language” version of the Trinity has been declared invalid by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Anyone who received the sacrament of baptism under this formula must be baptized again.
