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Headlines for February 09, 2010

• February 09, 2010 Angry Vatican statement denies plot against Italian Catholic editor

  The Vatican has issued a highly unusual public statement denying any involvement in the scandal that prompted the resignation of a Catholic newspaper editor last year. Responding to reports that

• February 09, 2010 Cardinal Kasper calls for ecumencial catechism

  Speaking at a Vatican symposium, Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said that an ecumenical catechism would help Catholics and members of

• February 09, 2010 Holy See at UN: Solution to poverty found in population growth, not population control

  Archbishop Celestino Migliore, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, has told a UN commission that population growth, rather than population control, can

• February 09, 2010 Imprisoned Vietnamese priest reported in worsening condition

  A Vietnamese Catholic priest imprisoned for his human-rights advocacy is in "rapidly deteriorating" condition, according to the US Commission on Religious Freedom. Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, who

• February 09, 2010 Board ruling on same-sex unions stunts religious freedom, says Washington archdiocese

  The Archdiocese of Washington, DC, has criticized a decision by the city's Board of Elections, barring a voter referendum on legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The Board ruled that a

• February 09, 2010 Irish abuse victims to ask Vatican for 1 billion euros

  When the Irish hierarchy meets with Pope Benedict on February 15 and 16, Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, will deliver a letter from representatives for abuse

• February 09, 2010 Australia: Bill would allow surrogate mothers to bear children for homosexuals

  On February 10 and 11, the parliament of the northeastern Australian state of Queensland will debate a measure that would allow surrogate mothers to bear children for single men, single women, and

• February 09, 2010 El Salvador archbishop laments rampant violence, warns of ‘collapse of society’

  El Salvador’s leading prelate warned that the rampant violence afflicting his Central American nation “threatens to overwhelm society.” In January, an average of 13 people were murdered every

• February 09, 2010 New questions on US bishops' conference ties to leftist group

  Continuing a line of criticism of the US bishops' conference for its alliances with left-wing groups, Deal Hudson of Inside Catholic questions why the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is

• February 09, 2010 Prominent Brooklyn priest investigated for child pornography

  A prominent priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn has been placed on administrative leave after federal officials said he was under investigation for allegedly viewing Internet child pornography. Msgr.