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Stories for July 2011

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jul. 29

 Pope's prayer intentions for August 2011
 Key witness against Hindu radical is murdered
 Belgian abuse victims plan lawsuit against Vatican
 Dutch bishop may escape criminal charges for abuse in Kenyan mission assignment
 Lay group lists 9 Boston priests accused of abuse
 Papal nuncio in Ireland destined for new assignment?
 Vatican questions Mexican bishop's stand on homosexuality
 Archdiocesan official, accused priests to face trial together in Philadelphia abuse case
 Pope donates photo portrait for Darfur charity auction
 German Catholics leaving Church in record numbers
 Weigel suggests massive pruning of Irish hierarchy
 Unrest in Syria threatens Christian presence in Middle East, analyst fears
 Dublin's archbishop denies meeting with Kenny on abuse
 Report claims wide homosexual network in Miami archdiocese
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Korean, Hungarian authors
 Nepal will not send delegation to World Youth Day
 L’Osservatore Romano chides last decade’s medical alarmism
 Archbishop Dolan mourns late apostolic nuncio
 Condemn Lenin, Stalin repression: Russian Orthodox official
 Nations must respect parental rights, Holy See’s UN envoy emphasizes

Released Thursday, Jul. 28

 World Youth Day registration available for iPhones, iPads, etc.
 Tomb of former Boston cardinal moved
 Memories of a prelate who survived the gulags
 British Catholics see rise in abuse charges in 2010
 Irish priest apologizes for linking Kenny's speech to Hitler's
 Egyptian Copts, Muslims in confrontation
 South African man confesses to 2009 killing of French missionary
 Italian magazine publishes insider's account of 2005 papal conclave
 Columnist: Don't pay for entry at Anglican cathedrals
 Cardinal Canizares calls for Communion on tongue, kneeling
 Israeli opens access to place claimed as site of Jesus' baptism
 Indian Christians march on parliament, demand end to discrimination
 Obama team seen ignoring conscience problems with contraceptive-coverage mandate
 Vatican cardinal pays tribute to conductor Riccardo Muti
 Comic book on Pope to be distributed at World Youth Day
 Caritas leader analyzes drought in Horn of Africa
 Bishops exhort Congress: no ‘disproportionate cuts’ to anti-poverty programs
 Vox Clara discusses revised translation of Chrism Mass rite
 Apostolic nuncio to US dead at 73

Released Wednesday, Jul. 27

 Norwegian bloodshed: right-wing terrorism?
 Catholics in Cambodia's 'killing fields' of 1970s
 Ex-priest, escaped from abuse charges, now wants compensation from Vatican
 Lebanon: Maronite-Muslim conflict on use of Marian shrine
 Malaysia establishes formal diplomatic ties to Holy See
 Mexican archbishop suggests dress code for Mass
 Behind the anti-Vatican campaign in Ireland (analysis)
 Castro allies attack women at Cuban shrine
 Archeologists report finding the tomb of St. Philip the apostle
 Profile of Jeffrey Anderson, specialist in lawsuits against Church
 Albany priest named chief of army chaplains
 Jesus is a fable, says dissident Australian priest
 USCCB: Support Respect for Rights of Conscience Act
 State Department calls for release of Vietnamese priest-activist
 Libya: bishop denounces NATO bombing of food store
 Malta’s parliament legalizes divorce

Released Tuesday, Jul. 26

 AsiaNews correspondent tortured in Bangladesh, now held in Nepal
 Australian supporters question Vatican dismissal of Bishop Morris
 Vietnamese priest-activist returned to prison
 Vatican paper salutes McLuhan
 Italy: blackmail scheme targets homosexual priests
 Somalia seen in 'chronic crisis' as millions urgently need food aid
 African bishops call for democratic reform in Swaziland
 Cardinal Zen rips Beijing's bid to control Catholic Church
 China cancels visa of activist Hong Kong priest
 India assures long stay for British nun working with leprosy victims
 8 US bishops named World Youth Day catechists
 Cardinal Bertone recalls Blessed John Paul II in Les Combes
 Newspaper examines abuse in Buddhist temples
 USCCB: First Friday fast for farm workers
 Apostolic nuncio to US on ventilator
 Judge blocks release of Cardinal Bevilacqua’s 2003 grand jury testimony
 India: Christian Dalits engage in 2-day hunger strike
 Australian prelate questions forced-adoption claims

Released Monday, Jul. 25

 Irish government and the Vatican: columnists' perspectives
 Cardinal Noe, former papal master of ceremonies, dead at 89
 British nun, facing expulsion from India, given last-minute reprieve
 Abortionist working at Catholic hospital says mother decides baby's personhood
 Call to Action rallies support for excommunicated priest
 Philadelphia archdiocese fires top financial officer after probe of missing funds
 China scolds Vatican for 'rude' response to illicit ordinations
 Pope decried Oslo attack; bishop says all are harmed
 Papal plea for end to violence
 Vatican recalls nuncio from Ireland
 Some hospice patients denied access to routine care: report
 Vatican spokesman recalls Pope’s vacation suggestions
 South Sudan’s president pays tribute to missionary bishop
 Indonesia: prospect of ‘mass persecution’ of Christians in Bogor
 Report: More Christians fleeing Pakistan
 California diocese offers $50M for Crystal Cathedral
 Nigeria: bishops urge presidential action against Islamist terrorists
 Australia: Catholic hospitals apologize for forced adoptions

Released Friday, Jul. 22

 The Irish government vs. the Vatican: opinion roundup
 Papal mandate for bishop's ordination--key to dispute with China--was Vatican II teaching
 Bachmann, Lutherans, and Catholicism: commentators' observations
 Holy Land's religious leaders reach agreement-- on climate change
 Archbishop Martin sees lingering resistance to action on sexual abuse
 Vatican newspaper calls attention to photos of Hiroshima after atomic blast
 Leaders of Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association meet with Brazilian bishops, propose dialogue
 Be ready for a legislative fight on DOMA, US bishops' aide cautions Catholics
 Malaysian Muslims object to Christian use of word 'Allah'
 India: no life sentences for convicts in murderous anti-Christian rampage
 Suspended priest offers to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies
 Australian priests will defend confessional seal, bishops' spokesman assures
 Vatican offers statistics on Church in Spain
 Kidnapped Pakistani Christian opts to stay with Muslim husband
 Bishop highlights challenges facing Christians in North Sudan
 Latin patriarch: Christians in Holy Land face ‘virtual extinction’
 Libya: bishop laments NATO rejection of Ramadan truce
 Vatican spokesman calls for objective discussion of Cloyne report
 China to ordain 7 more bishops

Released Thursday, Jul. 21

 Vatican journalist sees Cardinal Burke's influence growing in Rome
 Australian lawmaker takes aim at confessional seal
 Vatican encourages UN regulations on conventional-arms traffic
 Pakistan: mixed Christian-Muslim married couple flee death threats
 Italian foreign minister calls for closer ties with China
 New York priest faces larceny charge for theft from parish
 Dublin's archbishop outraged that 'cabal' blocked action on abuse
 Cardinal Swiatek, survivor of Stalin's gulags, dead at 96
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to scholar Raoul Manselli
 Philippine bishops’ web site hacked again
 New book: My Brother, the Pope
 New Mexico bishop meets with Obama
 Korean bishops condemn abortifacient ‘Ella’
 Vatican bank president: Larger families are solution to economic crisis

Released Wednesday, Jul. 20

 Mosque in Jordan dedicated to Jesus
 Dublin's archbishop isolated within Irish hierarchy, journalist reveals
 Lutheran group's leader explains teaching that papacy is Antichrist
 Vatican official calls for removal of Israeli 'security wall'
 Episcopal bishop orders gay priests to marry
 Catholic University to pursue single-sex dorms despite threat of lawsuit
 Indian education minister requires study of Hindu scriptures, tells critics to leave country
 Irish government leaders launch broadside against Vatican
 Legionaries' #2 official says he knew little about Maciel's activities
 Pope's former students to gather for talks on New Evangelization
 US panel urges mandatory health-insurance coverage for contraception
 Australian man, convert to Islam, whipped for drinking
 Pope's schedule set for September visit to Germany
 Bishop Finn fears Chinese economic power buys silence on campaign against Church
 Pagan Roman emperor venerated Christ’s image
 Indonesia: parishes house refugees fleeing volcano
 ACLU sues Vermont Catholic innkeepers who refused lesbian wedding reception
 Prelate welcomes diplomatic relations between Holy See, Malaysia
 Cardinal blasts proposal for mandatory sterilization, birth control coverage
 Vatican spokesman responds to Cloyne report, defends 1997 letter to bishops

Released Tuesday, Jul. 19

 Cuban cardinal seen as major figure in country’s future
 Vatican paper explores US overuse of psychiatric drugs
 Italian influence seen growing in Roman Curia
 Irish columnist snaps back at anti-Church hysteria
 Pope sends donation, stressing urgency of relief effort in Horn of Africa
 South Sudan: bishop dies suddenly, one week after celebrating nation's independence
 Leading theologian calls for mass resignations among Irish bishops
 Archbishop Chaput named to head Philadelphia see
 Vandalism at 6 New Jersey parishes
 Ahead of hospital merger, Kentucky newspaper rips Catholic influence
 Cardinal pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
 Russian Orthodox Church opposes becoming state religion
 Over 1,800 US parishes have closed since 1990
 UK Christian leaders: Remember Holy Land Christians

Released Monday, Jul. 18

 Boston: ex-parishioners plan new round of appeals on church closings
 Take Bachmann's (and other candidates') religious beliefs seriously, columnist urges
 Otto von Habsburg buried, following ancient imperial rite
 Vatican rejects new international Catholic press union
 Billboard campaign sparks discussion of soaring African-American abortion rate
 Vatican, Israel nearing conclusion of long-awaited diplomatic pact
 Honduras cardinal: Chavez planned my kidnapping
 Pope speaks on Christ's parables, the wheat and the weeds
 Malaysia agrees to open diplomatic relations with Holy See
 Urgent papal appeal for drought victims in Horn of Africa
 2nd Chinese bishop excommunicated, Vatican announces. 'This is war.'
 Florida priest spent over $1 million on personal items, bishop reports
 State Catholic conference joins appeal to protect federal programs
 Former seminary now a leading Buddhist retreat house
 Marriage cannot be redefined by decree: USCCB official
 Irish Church under fire from politicians, media (news roundup)
 Vatican prefect exhorts journalists to serve the truth
 Vatican spokesman: Do not forget Somalia
 Pontiff to consecrate world’s youth to Sacred Heart

Released Friday, Jul. 15

 Catholic Charities USA works comfortably with gay lobbyist
 Vatican-led project on front lines of fight against AIDS in Africa
 Cardinal Bertone seen pushing for control of Italian Catholic hospitals
 Credo: What I believe, not just what an institution teaches
 Bankruptcy court rejects plan for Wilmington diocese
 Irish government followed the same policies for which politicians now scold Vatican
 Vicar general of Legionaries steps down
 Iraq's anti-Christian violence hit new peak in 2010
 Papal relief supports projects for indigenous communities in Latin America
 Irish government plans frontal assault on confessional secrecy
 Philippines: some bishops want apology for sweepstakes scandal
 ABC: Consecrated virginity ‘controversial’
 ‘Blood-red’ Host investigated in Minnesota
 Islamist rebels slaughter Buddhists in Thailand
 Venezuela’s Chávez receives Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
 Cardinal Sarah: Charity must be linked to evangelization
 Indian bishops urge ‘utmost firmness’ in dealing with terrorism

Released Thursday, Jul. 14

 Irish government threatens the confessional seal
 Is Michelle Bachman an anti-Catholic? Or merely a Protestant?
 Vatican Museums organize exhibit for San Marino
 Filipino bishops told: return funds as well as cars from government office
 Retirement soon for Philadelphia's Cardinal Rigali?
 Boston archdiocese moves to sell churches; appeals, confrontations loom
 Court blocks New York restrictions on crisis-pregnancy centers
 Irish government summons papal nuncio to discuss abuse complaints
 Austrian cardinal plans to meet with dissident priests
 China proceeds with illicit ordination; 8 bishops compelled to participate
 India: Hindu radicals threaten Catholic school
 2nd church bombing in Nigerian city
 Cardinal McCarrick, senators back ‘DREAM Act Sabbath’
 Legionaries of Christ close Sacramento university, seminary
 ‘The worst disaster’: 400,000 crammed into refugee camp
 Vatican: Chinese Catholics should not receive sacraments from bishops involved in consecration

Released Wednesday, Jul. 13

 Irish writer says government should challenge UN interpretation of human rights
 Vietnam blocks Redemptorist superior from leaving country
 Robbery motive suspected in shooting death of priest in Mississippi
 Egypt's Copts under heavier pressure since 'Arab Spring'
 Polish government protests on outspoken 'radio priest'
 New papal nuncio coming to US?
 Hong Kong Church leaders join in urgent plea against illicit ordinations in China
 Berlin's incoming archbishop promises meeting with gay activists
 New report rips Irish diocese, Vatican on abuse response
 Malaysia to open diplomatic ties with Holy See?
 Filipino bishops returning SUVs donated by government charity office
 Mumbai: Cardinal Gracias joins in mourning after bombing attack
 Catholic Relief Services urges presidential action in Sudan
 Jesuits teach nearly 4,000 Afghan youth
 Ohio bishop: no fundraising on behalf of Komen Foundation
 Judge halts Illinois bid to end Catholic Charities contracts
 Over 300 Austrian priests join ‘Call to Disobedience’

Released Tuesday, Jul. 12

 Bishop pleads for calm after violence in Belfast
 Catholic Congressman explains link between Catholic social teaching, practical politics
 New study debunks figures on early sexual activity by adolescents
 Vatican statement on China repeats: illicit ordination means excommunication
 'Metropolitan mission' in European cities is first project for New Evangelization
 Vatican newspaper runs positive review of final Harry Potter film
 Pope's delegate raps 'dissidents' who oppose reform of Legionaries
 L'Osservatore essay sees great promise for Assisi peace meeting
 Priest threatened, bishop seeks anonymous victim in Arkansas abuse case
 Indiana: Catholic schools benefit from new voucher law
 Resurgence in popularity for controversial Radio Maryja
 Action urged on DC abortion funding ban
 Illinois ends adoption, foster care contracts with Catholic Charities
 Cardinal Dziwisz offers Mass of thanksgiving for Pope John Paul, President Reagan
 Panama: bishops lament state of nation, urge lay political involvement
 Church bombing in Nigeria
 Apostolic visitation of Diocese of Cleveland

Released Monday, Jul. 11

 Senator Kerry sees Obama shifting toward support for same-sex marriage
 German court reduces Bishop Williamson's fine
 Filipino bishops apologize for accepting cars, gifts from government office
 German Church leaders to open abuse records for expert inspection
 Bishop suggests Confirmation before First Communion
 Papal appeal for pirates' hostages
 European prelates meet with Vatican Council for New Evangelization
 Pope sees Jesus as 'the true parable of God'
 Boston: archdiocesan-approved Mass for gays and lesbians takes place
 Archbishop Dolan defends New York bishops' effort against same-sex marriage
 Pope backs Filipino bishops' stand against family-planning legislation
 Chinese police seize Catholic bishop as illicit ordination approaches
 Iraqi Christians open first new church since 2003
 ‘Virtual pilgrimage’ for World Youth Day
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to 1961 film The Hustler
 Nonbelievers to participate in Assisi peace meeting
 Humanitarian disaster: worst drought in Horn of Africa in 60 years
 Christians ‘heavily involved’ in Malaysian protests
 India: bishops condemn sex-change operations for infant girls
 Vatican spokesman, Khartoum cardinal welcome South Sudan’s independence

Released Friday, Jul. 8

 Brooklyn parish refuses donation from lawmaker who favored same-sex marriage
 Italy sees spike in divorce, separation
 Filipino bishops will return vehicles donated by government office
 Homosexuals organize against Berlin's incoming archbishop
 Chinese clerics resist pressure to join in illicit ordinations
 Pope starts vacation at Castel Gandolfo
 Church leaders join in celebration of Southern Sudan's independence
 Portuguese cardinal retracts statement on women's ordination
 US bishop, CRS head at South Sudan’s independence
 Disgraced ‘Father Oprah’ launches TV show
 Archbishop Dolan: ‘The problem is not homophobia but theophobia’
 New Catholic Relief Services leader pledges to foster Catholic identity
 Father Corapi will not obey order to return to community

Released Thursday, Jul. 7

 San Francisco parishes joined in Gay Pride march
 Georgetown alumni leader serves on gay-rights panel
 El Salvador protest: US ambassador violated diplomatic protocol to endorse gay rights
 Report finds widespread abuse by Planned Parenthood, asks Congress to investigate
 Vatican's financial watchdog steps down from second post to avoid conflict of interest
 Pope begins summer vacation
 Vatican newspaper laments eugenic amniocentesis
 Attendance surges at Wisconsin Marian shrine
 California diocese may purchase Crystal Cathedral
 USCCB, Catholic Relief Services lobby for foreign aid programs
 Archbishop Gomez urges rejection of vaccination, gay-textbook bills
 Bishops: Reverse Venezuela’s ‘deterioration’

Released Wednesday, Jul. 6

 Draw tourists to Church cultural treasures, Vatican document suggests
 Vatican strikes diplomatic accord with Azerbaijan
 Catholicism in Somalia: no churches remain, few remaining Catholics scattered
 Russian bill would require disclosure of abortion's negative consequences
 Include women in decisions, Vatican official urges African Church leaders
 Pope visits exhibit honoring Blessed John Paul II
 Beatification cause for Korean-war chaplain goes to Rome
 Was SOLT late to address Father Corapi's conduct?
 Otto von Habsburg, RIP
 Southern Sudan: high hopes, fears as independence approaches
 New Archbishop of Berlin faces heavy opposition
 Philippines: bishops' 'conscience is clear' on sweepstakes gifts
 Irish government delays compensation for abuse victims
 Pope delays start of his vacation

Released Tuesday, Jul. 5

 SOLT reveals a pattern of grave misconduct by Father Corapi
 Wall Street Journal columnist: analysts refuse to see real impact of abortion
 Controversial Australian priest regrets promise to retire
 Altar rails regaining popularity
 Massachusetts diocesan editor calls for clear teaching on homosexuality
 Muslims seek to seize Pakistani Christian hospital
 Filipino lawmaker decries bishops' 'morally offensive' conduct
 New Vatican prefect criticizes predecessor, promises to 'rebuild trust' among religious
 Jordanian prince will join in Assisi meeting
 Vatican archives: papers of Pius XII available soon; book coming on Armenian genocide
 Key documents from Vatican archives to be placed on public exhibit
 Massachusetts priest's death ruled a suicide
 Pope will highlight Confession at World Youth Day in Madrid
 Dutch bishop may face charges for abuse in Africa
 Ireland's Cloyne diocese braces for public report on abuse cases
 SSPX ordinations are illicit: Vatican spokesman
 Pope visits L'Osservatore Romano, encourages staff

Released Monday, Jul. 4

 Vatican spokesman underlines Pope's reflections on priesthood
 Dublin's archbishop snubbed for Vatican abuse conference?
 Next US legal challenge: issues surrounding same-sex divorce
 India: rewards offered in new bid to stop sex-selection abortion
 Church is not a social organization, Pope reminds pilgrims
 Christian group organizing flights for Ethiopian Jews to Israel
 Mexican priest killed in crossfire as troops battle drug gangs
 Vatican subordinates thwart Pope's wishes, SSPX leader charges
 Pope challenges artists: make truth shine through beauty
 Irish report criticizes government involvement with Magdalene laundries
 Former curial officer barred from Vatican amid financial questions
 Christ's 'yoke' is the law of love, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Vatican rejects Chinese bishop's authority, warns others on excommunication
 Vatican budget in the black, but donations decline
 Mexican Church spokesman will appeal fine for public stand against gay marriage
 Filipino bishops to discuss bribery charges
 Libyan bishop condemns NATO bombing campaign
 Malaysian premier to visit Vatican, discuss opening of diplomatic ties
 Miracle claimed through intercession of Pope Pius XII
 Pope quickly draws 50,000 Twitter followers

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