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Stories for October 2012

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Oct. 31

 Survey of Italian pilgrims at Padua shrine produces surprising results
 Chad: students ask government to relent on bishop's expulsion
 Antigonish diocese settles sex-abuse cases, closing painful chapter
 German Catholic bishops invited to join in celebrating 500th anniversary of Reformation
 Beijing will not respond to Pope's call to dialogue, Chinese bishops say
 November consistory forces postponement of Asian bishops' meeting
 Vatican looks to pare administrative expenses
 Pope prays for American hurricane victims
 Faith is never a purely private matter, Pope tells audience
 Man cheated 91-year-old priest out of $500,000
 Kmiec: Obama ‘promotes social justice as if he were a Catholic’
 Indiana priest discusses work as exorcist
 Arkansas bishop: right to life, religious liberty, immigration most important issues
 Holy Land prelate rues extension of Israel’s security wall
 Ireland: diocesan priestly vocations at record low

Released Tuesday, Oct. 30

 British schoolgirls given contraceptive implants without parents' knowledge
 Polish archbishop warns against Halloween excesses, 'world of darkness'
 Kenyan conference challenges aid agencies' focus on contraception
 Hurricane Sandy as a reminder of human mortality
 Appeals court upholds rulings in Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy case
 Venice celebrates 100th anniversary of birth of Pope John Paul I
 Vatican newspaper gives blanket coverage to latest James Bond movie
 Sistine Chapel frescoes are safe for 500 anniversary, museum director assures
 Baltimore priest preaches on his support for same-sex marriage
 Alaska bishop: both Biden, Ryan hold views that are ‘inconsistent’ with Church teaching
 Brooklyn bishop rues failure to teach the faith, says Catholic vote for Obama ‘stretches the imagination’
 Catholic Relief Services insists on its fidelity to Church teaching
 In new ad, Biden emphasizes he is a ‘practicing Catholic’
 Vatican cardinal opens door to Lutheran ordinariates

Released Monday, Oct. 29

 Irish agencies counseling women to lie about abortions?
 Eye-opening errors in a New York Times column on abortion debate
 Anglican prelates eschew communion with colleagues
 Oklahoma bishop switches to ad orientem celebration of Mass in cathedral
 Bishop in Philippines rebukes priests for simony
 Ted Kennedy's widow opposes assisted-suicide initiative in Massachusetts
 In a time of trouble, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox choose a new pope
 Papal message underlines migrants' hope for better future
 Vatican willing to wait for response from SSPX
 Pope explains choices of new cardinals, shifts some duties within Roman Curia
 Synod offers concrete suggestions for New Evangelization
 Pope summarizes key themes of Synod
 Knights of Columbus, FOCUS leaders offer comments at synod
 Bishop Ricken: voting for candidate who favors intrinsic evils ‘could put your own soul in jeopardy’
 San Antonio archbishop proposes consecration of the world to the Holy Spirit
 Missionaries of Charity superior emphasizes that order exists to evangelize
 Prelate proposes posthumous removal of BBC star’s papal knighthood; Vatican spokesman responds
 Nigeria: over 100 wounded in attack on Catholic parish

Released Friday, Oct. 26

 Art is a 'language of parables,' Pope says
 Islamic extremists have driven all Christians from northern Mali
 Austrian bishops, in pastoral letter, suggest limits of dissent
 Silenced Irish dissident priest airs complaints in BBC broadcast
 Ex-nun, aspiring to priesthood, claims she will lead a reformed Church
 Jacques Barzun, who saw Western culture in decline, dead at 104
 French lawmakers approve government-funded abortions for all
 Synod issues clarion call to the New Evangelization
 Archbishop Chaput: Democratic Party’s abortion position ‘has gotten worse, and worse, and worse’
 Bishop Paprocki: do we love God more than we love candidates who promote serious sins?
 Maine bishop: Catholics cannot justify voting for a candidate who opposes Church teaching
 Victory in federal court for monks threatened with prison for selling caskets
 Bishop: Nigerians suffer more from military than from Boko Haram
 Cardinal-designate reveals he was informed of appointment only 1 day before announcement

Released Thursday, Oct. 25

 The one-sided argument on Canon 915
 Irish priest, falsely accused of abuse, dismayed by lack of support from Church authorities
 Pope meets with President of Cyprus
 IVF researchers produce human embryos from 3 donors
 Sentence formal, Gabriele begins 18-month prison sentence
 Cardinal prods China to answer Pope's letter on Church-state relations
 Orthodox priest kidnapped, slain in Syria
 Uruguay's bishops clarify: pro-abortion lawmakers not excommunicated
 How 15 sedevacantist nuns in Spokane returned to Church
 Olive trees at Gethsemane are among world’s oldest
 More abortion workers leaving industry
 Pittsburgh diocese to launch $125M campaign
 Cardinal Burke, at synod, rues anti-law culture in society and Church
 Interviews with 3 newly-named cardinals

Released Wednesday, Oct. 24

 Synod fathers send solidarity message to Chinese bishop
 Media outlets seek court papers on widow's grants to Legionaries
 Study finds Catholic-school graduates have best economic prospects
 Cardinal George fears successors will be imprisoned, martyred
 Romanian court finds Orthodox patriarch guilty of collaboration with Communist regime
 Bishop Williamson ousted from SSPX
 Catholic prelates protest plans to extend Israeli security wall
 Synod narrows focus to 57 propositions
 Faith answers 'unrelenting questions' that secular culture ignores, Pope says
 Pope Benedict names 6 new cardinals in surprise announcement
 Dialogue with Oriental Orthodox focuses on ministry to immigrants
 Bishop Flores sees ‘neo-secular hegemony’ reminiscent of Roman Empire
 Alleged son of Legion founder Maciel jailed on extortion charges
 Holy See, Taiwan commemorate 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations
 Attack on church in Indonesia
 North Dakota politician rips bishop, quotes leaked letter

Released Tuesday, Oct. 23

 It's not just the economy, stupid
 Cardinal's diary yields memories of talks with Blessed John XXIII
 Ireland's Catholic population grows, but percentage declines
 Congo: Church seeks help to find kidnapped priests
 Nuncio celebrates Mass at ancient Iraqi monastery, meets Shi’ite leader
 Cardinal Bertone explains postponement of Vatican delegation's visit to Syria
 Vatican tribunal publishes verdict against Vatileaks' convict Gabriele
 Trial of 2nd 'Vatileaks' suspect will be November 5
 Priests are worst abusers, ex-cleric tells Australian inquiry
 Clean-up begins after massive flooding at Lourdes shrine
 Vatican II brought dramatic changes: Cardinal Danneels
 Vancouver archdiocese plans massive outreach to lapsed Catholics
 Father Rutler on Pope Pius XII
 Nearly 20,000 attend religious freedom rallies
 Diocese dissociates itself from Episcopal Church
 Tufts Christian group loses recognition: religious tenets ‘discriminatory’
 Uruguay’s bishops: pro-abortion legislators are automatically excommunicated
 Bomb attack on Christian section of Damascus

Released Monday, Oct. 22

 Timing uncertain for special Vatican mission to Syria
 Pope canonizes 7 new saints, including 2 from North America
 Papal condolence after Beirut bombing
 Pope Benedict commends scholars for ‘Ratzinger Prize’ awards
 Outgoing Anglican leader pushes for acceptance of female bishops
 Priests kidnapped in Congo
 A delicate topic for the Synod: converting Muslims
 Cardinal Arinze sees Vatican II as marked by optimism, not confusion
 Leftists can be pro-life too, columnist argues
 New poll says US Catholics prefer ‘social justice’ emphasis over pro-life cause
 Blessed John Paul II’s feast day added to US liturgical calendar
 USCCB laments federal court’s DOMA ruling
 Lourdes flooded; 450 pilgrims evacuated
 Cardinal Dolan: remarks at Al Smith dinner
 Syrian bishop: ‘all the churches desecrated’ in Homs
 Synod fathers meet in groups: proposals for worldwide mission, women lectors

Released Friday, Oct. 19

 Cardinal raps media coverage of 'Vatileaks' scandal
 Abuse victims' lawyers aim at parish assets in Milwaukee archdiocesan bankruptcy case
 Kazakh authorities raid Protestant churches
 Church abuse procedures assailed at Australian inquiry
 Boston TV journalist sees assisted-suicide proposal as 'deeply flawed'
 Synod sparks enthusiasm among participants
 Background: World Mission Sunday
 USCCB, CRS to host online discussion on Congo conflict
 Religious freedom rallies to take place in 130 cities nationwide Saturday
 Under Islamist pressure, 9 churches closed in Indonesia
 Ghana bishop concerned about government takeover of schools
 Nigerian bishop: attack on Christian village was land grab
 Vatican cardinal: in financial mismanagement cases, call authorities only as last resort
 Obama, Romney trade jokes at Al Smith Dinner

Released Thursday, Oct. 18

 Were controversial Vatican officials eased out to new assignments?
 Another US court rules against Defense of Marriage Act
 Syrian bishop mourns ‘devastated’ city
 Nigerian archbishop calls for end to Christian-Muslim fighting
 Legislators approve legal abortion in Uruguay, Buenos Aires
 Hispanic Catholic voters favor Obama; Evangelicals less enthusiastic
 Confirmed: Archbishop Tobin to leave Vatican, head Indianapolis archdiocese
 Diocese of Phoenix releases names of priests accused of abuse
 Nuncio sees increased freedom in Egypt following Arab Spring
 US bishops to consider document on bishops and the digital age
 Cardinal Wuerl, in major address, summarizes synod discussion
 Christian village attacked in Nigeria; 30 dead
 Prelates speak about Islam as synod discussion concludes; Cardinal Pell rues decline of fasting

Released Wednesday, Oct. 17

 Editorial rues breakdown of talks toward bankruptcy settlement in Milwaukee archdiocese case
 Charter-school movement offers possibilities for Catholic-school survival
 Key state contests in US elections
 Lutheran leader raps Catholic archbishop's opposition to same-sex marriage
 Pakistani court again delays ruling on girl's blasphemy charge
 Pope will recall all Vatican diplomats to discuss Year of Faith
 Russian prelate discusses 'new evangelization' in Synod address, papal audience
 Cardinal Turkson apologizes for video, denies anti-Islam bias
 Too many Catholics confused about fundamental beliefs, Pope says
 Vatican cardinal denies rumors of 'Vatileaks' involvement
 Franciscan martyrs beatified in Prague
 Several churches burned down in Tanzania’s capital
 ‘The struggle for Poland’s soul’
 Cardinal exhorts religious orders to be missionary again; Brazilian prelate calls for beauty in liturgy
 Pope to send delegation of 7 prelates, including Cardinal Dolan, to Damascus

Released Tuesday, Oct. 16

 California sex therapist is former Catholic nun
 Vatican issues caution on equestrian orders
 Vatican official to head US archdiocese?
 Father Pavone back in action
 Mission of theology is to strengthen faith, commission says
 Abortion advocates disrupt pro-life meeting in Quebec church
 Obama supporters seen influential on Al Smith dinner board
  Talks end without accord between Milwaukee archdiocese, creditors in bankruptcy case
 Pope explains his confidence that Europe will recover faith
 Pope supports agricultural cooperatives in World Food Day message
 Chinese bishop challenges Synod participants
 Jewish man recalls how Roman nuns hid him during World War II
 Islam on the rise in Haiti
 In Peoria, Catholic Charities refocuses on corporal works of mercy
 Archbishop Lori denounces ‘godless secularism,’ Catholic politicians who favor abortion
 Mob attacks parish in Pakistan
 Adults have abandoned youth, says prelate; synod hears calls for ‘deworldification’ of Church, ‘multimedia liturgy’

Released Monday, Oct. 15

 Seek roots of evangelization in Jerusalem, Patriarch suggests
 Accounting for the bishops who resign under pressure
 Evidence disproves rumors that John Paul I was killed, postulator says
 No progress on solving murder of Italian missionary in Philippines
 Wounded Pakistani rights activist to receive medical treatment in England
 American Bible Society plans largest-ever Bible exhibit at Vatican
 Facing prosecution, Colombian bishop steps down
 Spokane bishop explains suit against bankruptcy lawyers
 Weigel: What Paul Ryan should have said about abortion
 Video on Islam's growth sparks debate at Synod
 Bring Christ's hope to an empty world , Pope encourages Synod participants
 Natural rights precede the state, Vatican delegate tells international forum
 Wealthy people must embrace 'logic of giving,' Pope tells Sunday audience
 Beatification soon for Pope Paul VI, Vatican journalist reports
 Vatican preparing to replace Irish primate?
 Head of Pontifical Academy for Sciences says GMOs are step forward for evolution
 Prelates report on growth of Church in Norway, anti-ecumenism in Romania, Islam and Freemasonry in Africa
 Report: hundreds of Christians arrested in Iran
 At synod, criticism of state-controlled education, call for greater role for women in Church
 Chad expels Italian-born bishop

Released Friday, Oct. 12

 An Italian historian recalls the forces in play at Vatican II
 Biden inaccurate on HHS mandate, says US bishops' conference
 Christians should learn from Muslims' desire to spread their faith
 Filipino bishop: don't vote for proponents of copper mining
 New regime brings new fears for Egypt's Copts
 Boston's Cardinal O'Malley promises daily tweets until November election
 Bishops' conference leader welcomes Nobel Prize for European Union
 Another Pakistani teen faces blasphemy charges, death threats
 Pope recalls famous 'speech to the moon' by Blessed John XXIII
 Aggiornamento means renewing tradition, not breaking with it, Pope says
 Los Angeles archdiocese prepares to release accused priests' files
 US aid program sending Norplant contraceptive to Third World despite health concerns
 Mounting evidence that 'wife of Jesus' papyrus was forged
 Few US Catholic are 'swing' voters, study finds
 Synod expert calls for renewed emphasis on possibility of hell, need for repentance
 In Red Mass homily, Cardinal George rues HHS mandate, abortion, same-sex marriage
 Prelate laments Taliban attack against teenage activist
 Special Mass for religious liberty on October 14; Rosary novena to begin that day
 Synod fathers address media bias, Islam, annulments
 Biden, Ryan discuss Catholic faith, abortion in VP debate

Released Thursday, Oct. 11

 Former New York archdiocesan official given 4.5-year sentence for embezzling $1 million
 Biden-Ryan debate likely to touch on candidates' Catholic beliefs
 Jesuit university will continue contraceptive coverage
 Ontario education minister: Catholic schools shouldn't teach abortion is wrong
 Orthodox leader addresses Synod, cites progress since Vatican II
 Australian police charge diocese impaired sex-abuse investigations
 Pope's former valet will not appeal 'Vatileaks' conviction
 Legionaries' superior steps down
 Pope launches Year of Faith, to combat 'spiritual desertification'
 Catholic, Muslim leaders celebrate US interfaith dialogue
 US bishops to consider document on preaching
 Sarajevo cardinal meets with EU leader to discuss anti-Catholicism in Bosnia
 Paraguay: impeached ex-bishop to run for office
 Cardinal Pell denies 1960s abuse claim, notes factual errors in lawyer's charge
 Vatican cardinal warns against syncretism in dialogue; Polish prelate speaks of Divine Mercy

Released Wednesday, Oct. 10

 Papal reflections highlight special L'Osservatore Romano edition on Vatican II
 Romney: no plans for legislative action against abortion
 Ex-priests support same-sex marriage in Washington
 Spokane diocese sues lawyers in bankruptcy case
 Vatican seeks more UN aid for refugees 'internally displaced' by civil wars
 Nigerian archbishop among candidates for Nobel peace prize
 Vatican to take action on gay-community Masses in London?
 Archbishop of Canterbury addresses Synod
 Colorado bishop's blunt remarks on duties of Catholic politicians, Catholic voters
 CDF reportedly questioning dissident Irish priest
 Atlanta archdiocese joins suit against HHS mandate; still no Jesuit colleges among plaintiffs
 Pope adds Arabic messages at weekly public audiences
 Pope, at audience, summarizes essential purpose of Vatican II
 Chilean bishop, focus of abuse probe, resigns
 11% of never-married Catholics have considered priesthood or religious life
 Pew survey: fewer than half of Americans are now Protestant; 22% are Catholic
 Melkite patriarch calls for reconciliation in Syria
 Vatican newspaper publishes foreword of Pope Benedict’s Infancy of Jesus
 14 surviving fathers of Vatican II to take part in Year of Faith opening ceremony
 At synod, prelates call for fidelity to Church teaching; US cardinal emphasizes Confession

Released Tuesday, Oct. 9

 Profile of Philadelphia’s new CEO for Catholic high schools
 Euthanasia rises 18% in Netherlands
 Washington bishop emphasizes: same-sex marriage will threaten religious liberty
 Church attacked in Egypt; altar demolished
 Pioneers in adult stem-cell research win Nobel Prize
 Leading prelates speak about mounting worldwide secularization
 In major synod address, Cardinal Wuerl rues secularism and poor catechesis, analyzes new evangelization
 Hong Kong cardinal discusses evangelization amid challenges
 Pope reflects on Gospel, confession of faith

Released Monday, Oct. 8

 The intemperate rhetoric of Hans Küng
 Former Irish president says American cardinal insulted her
 Atlanta archdiocese breaks ties with Komen Foundation
 Top Vatican sex-abuse prosecutor named auxiliary bishop of Malta
 Irish bishop reportedly knew of priest's abuse, before and after parish transfer
 Following Egyptian president’s visit, gunmen attack Christian home
 Pope invites faithful to pray the Rosary
 Pope opens synod on new evangelization, declares 2 new doctors of the Church
 Papal valet sentenced to 18 months in ‘Vatileaks’ scandal; pardon possible
 Plenary indulgences for Year of Faith
 USCCB committee publishes document on catechesis on the sacraments
 Synod of Bishops for the New Evangelization: background

Released Friday, Oct. 5

 Moscow patriarchate may allow Orthodox priests to run for office
 Media have a history of accepting Scripture scams, notes Father Rutler
 Bishop’s message is divisive, newspaper editorial argues
 CDF prefect discusses talks with SSPX, LCWR
 New San Francisco archbishop must accept homosexuals, says former Catholic Charities director
 UN council approves Russian resolution affirming family values
 China imposes ‘re-education’ on all clergy, religious in Shanghai
 Pope makes pilgrimage to Loreto

Released Thursday, Oct. 4

 UN official: government must block 'retrogressive' efforts to restrict abortion access
 HHS mandate reflects notion that state is the source of human rights
 Looking toward canonization of Bl. John XXIII
 Irish Catholic primate welcomes selection of new Anglican leader
 Russia weighs restrictions on building of mosques
 Filipino prelate explains why accused priest was still in ministry
 Vatican investigating sex-abuse charge against Chilean bishop
 Cardinal’s innocence proven by paternity test
 Protester coaxed off dome of St. Peter’s, under arrest
 Vatican police report finding thousands of documents at Gabriele’s home
 Pope makes pilgrimage to Loreto shrine
 Agenda announced for US bishops’ fall meeting
 New York Times editorial rips bishops on religious liberty
 US birth rate at all-time low
 Prelate pleads: don’t send weapons to Syria
 Islamist terrorists execute Christian students in Nigeria
 New CDF prefect: post-Vatican II problems were not caused by Vatican II

Released Wednesday, Oct. 3

 EU protester climbs onto dome of St. Peter’s basilica
 Pope asks prayers for Synod success
 Liturgy is foundation of personal prayer, Pope tells audience
 Gabriele admits betrayal, but denies theft, in Vatican trial testimony
 European bishops warn of new threats to religious freedom
 Doctors will face mounting pressure to ignore consciences, warns Bishop Vasa
 French government proposes free abortions
 Shrine administrators block Philippine inquiry on ivory smuggling
 Boston College professor calls upon theologians to be faithful to Magisterium
 ‘We need death panels’
 In "welcome" to new Catholic archbishop, Episcopal leader calls Catholic teaching on marriage 'oppression'
 Archbishop Lori decries ‘aggressive and godless secularism,’ fears effects of same-sex marriage on Catholic schools
 Another monastery vandalized in Israel
 Christian publisher files suit against HHS mandate following denial of exemption

Released Tuesday, Oct. 2

 New York Times: photo essay on ‘women as priests’
 Pakistan: witnesses recant testimony supporting girl accused of blasphemy
 Vatican cardinal calls for return of ‘missionary boldness’
 European bishops rue anti-Christian hostility
 Bangladesh: Christians fearful following Muslim rampage against Buddhists
 Cardinal Sarah calls upon Catholic Charities to foster Catholic identity
 Smithsonian Channel curbs hype on papyrus-fragment story
 Cardinal Burke’s influence seen on the rise at Vatican
 International problems reflect moral crisis, Vatican official tells UN
 Pope sees social networks as potential boon for evangelization
 Pope told British cardinal not to accept seat in House of Lords
 US court dismisses one challenge to HHS contraceptive mandate
 Cardinal sees papal pardon likely for ‘Vatileaks’ suspect
 Terror attack on Kenyan Catholic parish
 Preparing to leave summer residence, Pope thanks staff

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