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Stories for June 2011

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Jun. 30

 California bishop resigns; delayed report of sexual abuse
 Bishop Tobin warns Catholics cannot join civil unions
 Indian: Christian pastors assaulted--then arrested
 Hong Kong faithful rally for religious freedom in China
 Say what's wrong with homosexuality, journalist urges bishops
 Tony Blair says world leaders must recognize role of faith
 Christian groups agree on ethical limits of proselytism
 Zimbabwe makes inroads on AIDS with moral approach
 German Cardinal Sterzinsky dead at 75
 God is not a subject for scientific testing, Pope reminds theologians
 Pope devotes Wednesday audience to talk on pallium, anniversary of ordination
 Pope reminds new archbishops of bonds to suffragan dioceses, Holy See
 Pope salutes L'Osservatore on 150th anniversary
 Pope's prayer intentions for July 2011
 ICEL director says new English translation of Mass is overdue
 Pakistan: Al Qaida branch planned murder of Shabhaz Bhatti
 Pope optimistic on Catholic-Orthodox dialogue
 Vatican planning to investigate Cleveland parish closings?

Released Wednesday, Jun. 29

 Journalists reflect on Church role in New York's vote for same-sex marriage
 Discovered: 6th-century fresco of St. Paul
 French woman files involuntary-labor charges against Opus Dei
 Appointment in Milan shows Pope's decisive action
 New Center will work to revive Catholic orthodoxy on campus
 Austrian cardinal faces suit for alleged failure to aid abuse victim
 Los Angeles archbishop speaks on receiving pallium
 Rabbi's arrest raises tensions in Jerusalem
 Vatican paper reproduces Pope's memories of ordination
 China challenges Vatican with new bishop's ordination
 Pope reflects on Christ's friendship, 'almost frightening faculty' of priestly power

Released Tuesday, Jun. 28

 Australian university pressed to cancel lecture by global-warming skeptic
 What the mainstream media miss about sex-selection
 Vatican Museums discover an original Correggio painting
 Vatican news site goes live
 Pope welcomes Orthodox delegation for patronal feast
 Over 400,000 already registered for World Youth Day in Madrid
 Cardinal Scola to become Archbishop of Milan, top papabile
 Fundraiser stole $360,000 from Catholic school
 San Diego parish cancels funeral Mass for owner of ‘gay bar’
 California bishops oppose ‘political correctness’ in history textbooks
 Washington Theological Union to close
 Venezuelan cardinal asks prisoners to end revolt
 Caritas warns of humanitarian disaster in Sudan
 Canadian bishops issue document on youth with same-sex attractions

Released Monday, Jun. 27

 Would Obama administration cut health care to preserve abortion funding?
 Gay activists play major role in Boston parish
 Profile of Bishop Trautman, opponent of new Mass translation
 Focus on spiritual life, Pope tells Vatican volunteers
 Poland asks Vatican to curb outspoken priest-broadcaster
 19 candidates cleared for beatification
 Schedule set for Pope's August trip to World Youth Day in Madrid
 Leaders of Legionaries likely to step down soon
 Israeli ambassador modifies stand on Pope Pius XII
 Eucharist is antidote to egotism, Pope tells audience
 Portuguese cardinal sees no theological argument against women's ordination
 Vatican reporting preparing guidelines for diocesan downsizing
 New multimedia Vatican news site goes live June 28
 China: episcopal ordination postponed, bishop-elect arrested
 Vatican spokesman discusses Eucharist and globalization
 USCCB welcomes proposed EPA air pollution standards
 Okinawa bishop: Close US military bases
 Mob torches Christian homes in Egypt
 New York bishops lament passage of same-sex marriage
 ‘Patriarch of Burma,’ priests martyred by Nazis among newly beatified

Released Friday, Jun. 24

 Cardinal Scola seen as Pope's clear choice for Milan
 Cardinal Scola's 'think tank' reflects on future of Islam
 Suit against Catholic U. seen as test for Catholic liberals
 Make John Paul II patron saint of modern communications, Italian journalists urge
 Pawlenty's faith, and why Catholics don't study Scripture
 Russian city to host first Corpus Christi procession since 1918
 Delta connection with Saudi Arabia under scrutiny
 Pope meets leader of Montenegro; Vatican announces new pact
 Tax-spend policies less important to economy than healthy families, study argues
 Evangelical leaders optimistic in developing world, pessimistic in affluent nations
 Developing countries, not affluent nations, bear the costs of refugees
 Eucharist frees the faithful from egocentrism, prompts solidarity, Pope says at Corpus Christi celebration
 Italian newspaper launches 'Vatican Insider' coverage
 New Mexico judge orders removal of billboard lamenting abortion
 Israel ambassador salutes Pope Pius XII for sheltering Jews from Holocaust
 China planning illicit ordination on feast of Church unity?
 Christians more threatening than Muslims, says head of British equality commission
 Canadian radio broadcaster charges he was fired for supporting traditional marriage
 US government officials questioning Catholic identity of universities
 Pope voices 'anxiety' over Arab Spring unrest

Released Thursday, Jun. 23

 Irish bishop raps 'art' exhibit mocking the Virgin Mary
 Serbian Orthodox bishop curses government, hit with hate-speech charge
 China issues new threat of illicit ordinations
 Anglican ordinariates may help renew Catholic liturgy, says Australian author
 State constitutions could be obstacles if Roe is reversed
 Malta's archbishop rues failure to stop divorce campaign
 Bishop Finn removes vicar general from abuse-case oversight
 Bankruptcy court approves scrutiny of Milwaukee archdiocesan finances
 Dutch politician acquitted on charges of inciting hatred of Muslims
 Relief agencies slowly realizing wisdom of Catholic approach to AIDS prevention
 Pakistani police question man on murder of Catholic cabinet minister
 Preserve Catholic identity of charities, schools: Archbishop Chaput
 Pope presides at Corpus Christi celebration in Rome

Released Wednesday, Jun. 22

 How prudes and libertines are alike
 Peru: author's criticism of Cardinal Cipriani is inaccurate, archdiocesan spokesman shows
 New York debate on same-sex marriage seen as key to nation's handling of question
 Spanish priests' group protests corporate sponsorship of World Youth Day
 Psalms: the ultimate book of prayer
 A cologne named for the Pope
 Paramilitary group blamed for new violence in Northern Ireland
 Benedict XVI recognized as 'the green Pope'
 Irish teachers' union objects to religious schools
 Pope John Paul II, Venezuelan bishops reportedly at odds on ousting Chavez
 ID card for Pope John Paul I sold on Ebay
 Sculptor defends unpopular Roman statue of Blessed John Paul II

Released Tuesday, Jun. 21

 Western world faces economic decline, says head of Vatican bank
 Catholic university professors undermine bishops' work against euthanasia
 Dutch commission recommends payments for abuse victims
 Pope will close Italy's Eucharistic Congress
 Roman basilica uses quiet iPods to replace noisy tour guides
 NATO bombing turns public back toward Qaddafi, bishop warns
 Support Refugee Protection Act, says US bishops’ official
 CDF official: laity have right to turn to nuncio
 Vatican prelate: ‘The Church has something to learn from bloggers’
 Pakistan: Christians demonstrate, call for Anglican pastor’s release
 French martyr beatified
 Egypt may relax restrictions on building churches

Released Monday, Jun. 20

 New Vatican web site seen violating basic principles of design
 Bishop warns of new bloodshed in southern Sudan
 Dowd's attack on Archbishop Dolan: all sarcasm, no substance
 Suspect's Muslim faith not an issue in Pentagon bomb scare?
 Corapi's departure from priesthood leaves questions unanswered
 Hybrid Popemobile will further Vatican's commitment to green technology
 Group opposes bid to build Catholic hospital in Maryland
 Minnesota priest challenges law after indictment for affair with woman
 Cardinal Pell warns against acceptance of euthanasia
 DC law professor will sue to block single-sex dorm plan at Catholic University
 Vatican-designed web site will offer 'best practices' guidance on sexual abuse
 Don't blame refugees for conflicts they flee, says Vatican archbishop
 Pope's message to San Marino: demand the truth
 ‘Gay pride’ Mass rescheduled in Boston
 Michigan bishop: deacons may not preach at Mass on a regular basis
 Amid concerns, Canadian bishops express confidence in agency
 US bishops may introduce parts of new missal translation in September
 Vatican spokesman on upcoming 60th anniversary of Pope's priestly ordination
 Nigeria: prelate denounces Islamist terrorist attack
 Morocco: new constitution to recognize freedom of worship

Released Friday, Jun. 17

 BBC charged with glorifying assisted suicide
 Ending myths about Ireland's Magdalene Laundries
 Catholic marriage rate falling dramatically in US
 Toronto Catholic school board member raps 'wasteful' government audit
 New Zealand cathedrals may be razed after new earthquake damage
 Vatican talks with SSPX concluded; both sides silent on next step
 Apostolic visitation of Regnum Christi concluded
 Courageous bishops needed to uphold unpopular truths: Cardinal Pell
 Vatican art exhibit salutes 60th anniversary of Pope's ordination
 Knights Templar want Vatican apology for suppression
 Bishop is focus of unity, Pope reminds Indian prelates
 California: stolen St. Anthony relic recovered, arrest made
 Pakistan: arrest made in Catholic cabinet minister’s assassination
 Holy See diplomat welcomes UN document on domestic workers
 US bishops approve statement on physician-assisted suicide
 Cardinal Bertone calls upon business leaders to pursue higher goal than profit
 Holy See opposes condoms, needle-exchange programs in fight against AIDS

Released Thursday, Jun. 16

 Vatican planning conference on adult stem-cell research
 US envoy backs Gay Pride event in Rome
 'Hookup culture' making inroads on American Catholic campuses
 Up to 2,000 Anglicans could join US ordinariate
 US bishops renew Dallas Charter with only minor amendments
 ¼ of Texas diocese’s priests are from Ghana
 US bishops release video in defense of marriage
 European bishops discuss new evangelization
 Declining interest in Catholic web searches
 Vatican prelate to lead vigil for migrants who died en route to Europe
 US bishops’ immigration campaign urges opposition to E-Verify expansion
 Holy See diplomat calls for UN investigation into Pakistani Christian’s kidnapping
 200 churches attacked in Indonesia since 2006

Released Wednesday, Jun. 15

 Benedictine priest escalates criticism of hierarchy after illicit Mass in Detroit
 Dissident Catholics (and ex-Catholics) search for signs of hope after Detroit conference
 Boston Globe columnist says false accusation ruined a good priest
 Syrian bishop favors government action to quash rebellion
 Spanish priest suspended for partisan political campaign
 Progress reported toward Vatican-Israel accord
 Without God, mankind slips into slavery, Pope tells Wednesday audience
 Vatican to host 2012 conference on sexual abuse
 US bishops unlikely to change sex-abuse policies despite new criticism
 Australian Anglican bishop becomes Catholic layman
 Illinois bishop asks top court to reconsider abuse case; victim's lawyer decries stall tactics
 Pope encourages traditional June devotions to Sacred Heart
 Phoenix diocese will post list of accused clerics
 Measure would ban patenting of human beings
 Vatican cardinal pays tribute to sacred music
 Following civil war, cardinal promotes unity in Sri Lanka
 Panama: bishop denounces corruption, child labor
 Hungary’s new constitution protects life from conception
 Turkish Christians see hope in lawyer’s election to parliament
 ‘Another Darfur’ in Sudan; Church workers among those slain

Released Tuesday, Jun. 14

 Bankrupt Wilmington diocese will not pay benefits to priests accused of abuse
 Discovery of aborted baby girls fuels India's debate on sex-selection abortion
 Archbishop Dolan blasts proposal for same-sex marriage in New York
 3 theologians chosen for first 'Ratzinger Prize' awards
 Every Christian must evangelize, Pope tells Roman faithful
 Islamic, Communist regimes are leading offenders against religious freedom
 Special Vatican meeting discussed problems of religious life
 Relic of St. Anthony stolen from California parish
 Continued decline in Southern Baptist membership
 Vatican newspaper skewers claims of some embryonic stem-cell advocates
 El Salvador prelate calls for enforcement of child labor laws
 Colombia: teens desecrate Blessed Sacrament
 Corruption drives persecution of Church in Vietnam
 Pakistan: bishop urges release of woman forced to convert to Islam

Released Monday, Jun. 13

 Chinese bishops must repent illicit ordinations, Vatican says
 Cuban dissidents were tricked to accept Spanish exile, reporter writes
 Boston archdiocese forces change in plans for 'Gay Pride' Mass
 Why Catholic University is returning to same-sex dorms
 New English translation of Mass unveiled in Australia
 Blood of Bl. John Paul II becomes relic for altar in Krakow church
 Pope to visit Ireland next year?
 Priest defies archbishop, presides at illicit Mass at dissidents' conference
 German priest, martyred by Nazis, is beatified
 Holy Spirit animates Church, Pope tells Pentecost audience
 Pope hopes for Gypsy integration into European society
 Brazilian bishop-elect declines appointment to care for ailing mother
 Pope holds rare 'cabinet meeting' with top Vatican officials
 Caritas to aid 100,000 in South Sudan
 Christians fleeing Eritrea face horrible suffering in Egypt
 Kidnapped Pakistani Christian may be sold abroad
 Holy See diplomat praises draft UN document on violated children
 Southern Africa’s bishops blast Swaziland’s ‘brutal’ regime
 Bishop calls for international intervention in Central African Republic
 Vatican spokesman calls for dialogue, reconciliation in Syria

Released Friday, Jun. 10

 Opinion Roundup
 Papal audience with Gypsies set for Saturday
 Catholic opposition forced China to halt illicit ordination
 New Chaldean eparchy created for Iraqi Catholic refugees in Canada
 Cardinal Scola seen likely choice for Milan appointment
 French lawmakers turn down embryonic stem-cell research
 Kansas City's Bishop Finn names prosecutor to head independent probe of abuse cases
 Filipino president likens bishop's criticism to Nazi propaganda
 Archbishop of Canterbury ignites British debate on welfare, politics, and faith
 Vatican to unveil revamped web site
 Vatican diplomacy is priestly work, Pope reminds future envoys
 Online chat with Southern Sudan bishop
 New UN report calls for sex education at 10
 Obama administration official lauds worldwide gay pride rallies
 Jesuit parish cancels Qur’an reading
 Bishop sees ‘tolerant’ Islam in the Comoros
 Intense persecution of Church in Laos
 Mexico: cardinal condemns ‘sexual preference’ amendment

Released Thursday, Jun. 9

 Pope calls for 'real reforms,' open negotiations to resolve crisis in Syria
 Moscow authorities close down Orthodox soup kitchen
 Vietnam prosecuting Catholic human-rights leader
 Indian archbishop is nominee for Nobel Peace Prize
 John Allen on the Caritas struggle and Catholic identity
 Chicago prison chaplain charged with aiding imprisoned Mafia boss
 Muslim worker sues Catholic diocese for religious discrimination
 Detroit to host opposing conferences by radical group, orthodox Catholics
 Strong papal endorsement for environmentalism
 Libyan bishop denies rumor that he is sheltering Qaddafi
 Libya: bishop modifies statement on desecration of cemetery
 Caritas renews appeal for Japan
 British pro-lifers adopting ‘US tactics’
 Poll: 92% of Americans believe in God
 Sister Johnson rips USCCB critique of her work
 Venezuela’s bishops lament attacks on sacred images
 Cathedral bombed in Nigeria

Released Wednesday, Jun. 8

 Notre Dame board member resigns; faced criticism for donations to pro-abortion group
 Journalists avoid asking tough questions about women claiming ordination
 Pakistani commission probes report of girl's kidnapping, forced marriage
 Cloyne abuse report still delayed
 Vatican clarifies: no altar girls at traditional Mass
 Vatican paper explores history of Vatican ties with 1930s Spanish Republic
 Lesbian comic denied speaking date at Toronto Catholic school
 At audience, Pope recaps visit to Croatia
 Vietnamese refugee to be ordained bishop in Australia
 Boston archdiocese opens canonization cause for Spanish-born priest
 Brazil: bishops condemn murder of environmental activist
 Pope Paul VI’s unedited talk on St. Thomas Aquinas
 Pro-life Catholic elected speaker of Canada’s Parliament
 ‘Sincere repentance’ necessary to renew Church in Ireland, says cardinal
 Pakistan: political party leader calls for banning of Bible

Released Tuesday, Jun. 7

 Texas governor issues call for prayer, fasting for US
 Scottish archbishop discourages use of extraordinary form
 China postpones illicit ordination of new bishop
 Illinois dioceses sue to stop enforcement of same-sex adoption rule
 Vatican newspaper: reflections on future of Catholic publishing
 Bishop Finn apologizes for handling of priest’s cases
 Libya: bishop laments desecration of cemetery
 Pakistani think tank laments persecution of Christians
 UK: Cameron calls for limits on immodest advertising
 Colonial-era bishop, governor of Mexico beatified
 Philippine bishops denounce proposal to legalize divorce

Released Monday, Jun. 6

 Giotto produced Shroud of Turin, Italian author claims
 New York Times columnist rips Church, praises one Irish prelate
 Southern Sudan faces new threats on eve of independence: Vatican spokesman
 UN calls for probe of abuse in Church-run institutions; notes state connection
 Philadelphia priests reject plea-bargain offer; will fight abuse charges
 Ordinariate growing: 54 ordinations in England; Anglican parish in Maryland to enter
 Mexican bishops oppose bid to decriminalize marijuana
 Detroit's Archbishop Vigneron cautions clergy against joining in dissidents' conference
 Pope affirms heroism of Cardinal Stepinac
 Apostolic visitation of Irish dioceses concluded; follow-up on religious orders due
 Pray, work for strong Christian families, Pope urges congregation in Zagreb
 In Croatia, Pope warns: Europe without faith will collapse
 Pope speaks on Euro-skepticism, notes EU bureaucracy
 Court: New York schools, in offering community access, may bar worship
 Bishop fears Syria will become next Iraq
 Bishop decries bombing of church, warns against partition of Libya
 Nepal may ban conversion, evangelization
 African bishop kidnapped, released
 105,000 Christians martyred yearly, says European official
 Religious superiors laud new Vatican prefect’s irenic approach

Released Friday, Jun. 3

 The New York Times as a religion
 Could the ordinariates draw Evangelicals toward Catholicism?
 Boston archdiocese weighs radical reorganization plan
 Cardinal Scola seen as leading choice for Milan post
 Maronite Patriarch hosts talks on Lebanon's future
 Israeli priest, convert from Judaism, named to top Vatican tribunal
 Cardinal Burke pulls out of English conference; cites controversy
 Vietnamese priests elected to government bodies
 Bishop of Tripoli decries NATO bombing attacks, cites civilian casualties
 NLRB again denies religious character of a Catholic university
 Italy releases frozen funds of Vatican bank
 Vatican official exhorts Chinese clerics to resist government pressure
 Pope meets Palestinian leader, supports separate state
 Biden in surprise meeting with Pope Benedict
 New head of US bishops’ child protection office
 Pakistani Catholics lament murder of journalist
 Peruvian bishops issue election statement
 US bishops to consider statement on assisted suicide
 Ireland: Archbishop Martin laments slowness of apostolic visitation
 Preview: Pope Benedict’s apostolic journey to Croatia

Released Thursday, Jun. 2

 CWN closed for Ascension Thursday

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