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Headlines for March 10, 2010

• March 10, 2010 German bishops commission probe of abuse at choir school; Pope’s brother apologizes

  Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who directed the cathedral choir in Regensburg from 1964 to 1994, has apologized to victims of sexual abuse at the choir’s boarding school. Msgr. Ratzinger has said that he

• March 10, 2010 Vatican II did not create a new Church, Pope reminds audience

  At his public audience on March 10, Pope Benedict XVI argued that the Church remains the same throughout history. While new movements and reforms frequently arise, he said, they are born out of the

• March 10, 2010 Pope expresses horror at Nigerian massacre

  At the conclusion of his public audience on Wednesday, March 10, Pope Benedict XVI voiced his horror at the massacre of Christians in Nigeria and promised his prayers for the victims and their

• March 10, 2010 Archbishops Dolan, Listecki reluctant to deny Communion to pro-abortion politicians

  Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York told an Albany television reporter on March 9 that he does not favor denying Holy Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion and same-sex

• March 10, 2010 Archbishop Chaput defends school’s decision not to re-enroll lesbian’s children

  Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver has written a newspaper column defending an archdiocesan school’s decision not to re-enroll two children being raised by an openly lesbian couple. “The

• March 10, 2010 Pope's letter on Irish abuse crisis due next week?

  A letter by Pope Benedict XVI to the Irish Church, in response to the sex-abuse scandal there, will be made public next week, Irish Central has reported. The Vatican has not confirmed the timing of

• March 10, 2010 Bishops rap Arizona's proposed immigration crackdown

  Catholic bishops of Arizona and New Mexico have issued a joint message to Arizona state legislators, advising against legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants. The bishops made the

• March 10, 2010 Father Maciel's accuser sought money for silence, Legion reports

  The Mexican woman who this week announced that she had borne three sons to Father Marcial Maciel, the late founder of the Legionaries of Christ, asked the religious order for $26 million before

• March 10, 2010 Austrian archabbot admits abuse, resigns

  The head of the oldest monastery in the German-speaking world resigned on March 8 after admitting abusing a boy four decades ago. Archabbot George Becker of St. Peter’s Archabbey in Salzburg was

• March 10, 2010 Egyptian Muslim leader, Vatican's partner in dialogue, dies at 81

  Sheik Mohammend Sayyed Tantawi, the head of Egypt’s Al Azhar University and the most prominent cleric in the Sunni Muslim world, has died suddenly of a heart attack while visiting Saudi Arabia. He

• March 10, 2010 Vatican diplomat: Economic policy should focus on persons, not goods and services

  Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, urged the international community to focus on persons,

• March 10, 2010 Social scientist sees data supporting Church teaching on family, sexuality

  Patrick Fagan-- whose Mapping America project has provided volumes of data on the connections between religious faith, intact families, and healthy citizenship-- argues that most social scientists