IA Bishop Halts Woman “Priest” Masses

Servant of God Dorothy Day

Servant of God Dorothy Day

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

Bishop Richard Pates of the Diocese of Des Moines has ordered a local Catholic Worker House to cease celebrating Mass on its premises “for the time being” after allowing a woman “priest”, ordained by a dissident Catholic group, to say Mass in the facility.

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Cause Under Review for “Fastest Nun in the West”

Sr. Blandina Segale, S.C.

Sr. Blandina Segale, S.C.

The cause for sainthood has taken another step forward for an Italian-born member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati who achieved notoriety for facing-down the infamous gunslinger, Billy the Kid, during her work among the native American and immigrant population of the West during the late nineteenth century.

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