Stories for week of January 31, 2010

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Feb. 5

 Italian pro-lifer wins European party chairmanship
 British Christian group urges government to cancel Haiti's debt
 Obama appointee to Justice department sought to silence bishops on abortion
 Cardinal Brady welcomes settlement in Northern Ireland
 Combat 'rising tide of secularism,' Pope urges Scottish bishops
 Minnesota Catholic college lists Planned Parenthood among ‘hot links for health’
 Cardinal Zen defends underground Church in China, criticizes government’s Patriotic Association
 Police chief: Archbishop Listecki untruthful to state senators about abuse reporting policy
 English bishops celebrate Mass at site of Newman’s ordination
 Haitian bishop: 180,000 dead, 1.5 million homeless
 Curial cardinal denounces secularization of religious life in Europe, North America

Released Thursday, Feb. 4

 India: new attacks on Christian minority
 Prelates differ on approach to China's 'official' Catholic Church
 Profile of Mexican priest battling drug trade
 Papal greetings for Winter Olympics
 Irish lawmakers call papal nuncio to testify on Vatican response to Murphy commission
 Obama adviser stands by anti-Pope comment
 Political programs cannot achieve justice and equality, Pope says in Lenten message
 CORRECTION: Cardinal Mahony did not face grand jury
 California Catholic college’s scholarship named after Planned Parenthood director
 Priest faces sex assault charge in Wisconsin
 Australian bishops issue social networking protocol
 Brain scanner shows ‘vegetative’ patients can answer questions internally
 Archbishop O’Brien calls for elimination of nuclear weapons
 Cardinal Re, spokesman deny Vatican sent dossier that led to Italian editor’s ouster

Released Wednesday, Feb. 3

 Chinese 'underground' bishop, later accepted by regime, dead at 88
 Polish Catholic magazine is #1 in country's circulation figures
 Boston archdiocese unveils plan to encourage Confession during Lent
 Religious need liturgical training, Vatican says
 St. Dominic is focus of Pope's weekly audience
 Planned Parenthood touted as career option at Indiana Catholic college
 Glenmary missionary indicted on abuse charges
 Former chief of army law division warns against homosexuals in military
 Last paternity claim withdrawn against Paraguay’s ex-bishop president
 Vermont diocese to sell $6M headquarters to fund abuse settlements
 Source: British government backs down on ‘Equality Bill’ following Pope’s comments

Released Tuesday, Feb. 2

 Canon lawyer sees Albany diocesan needle program as formal cooperation with evil
 Vatican cardinal urges fellow Ghana natives to return home
 Vatican seminar to mark 25th anniversary of health-care council
 German Jesuits apologize for school abuse
 Italian government pushing to reverse Euro court ruling against classroom crucifix
 Russian Patriarch sees close accord with Catholics on public issues
 Catholic colleges weakening students' faith, new study finds
 Abstinence programs effective, new study shows
 New Mass translations could be in use by Lent 2011
 Vatican newspaper again defends Pope Pius XII
 30 religious communities suffered losses in Haiti’s earthquake
 British Catholic politician slams Pope following ‘Equality Bill’ comments
 Kyrgyzstan restricts religious freedom; Church not affected
 French bishops announce opposition to proposed Islamic veil ban

Released Monday, Feb. 1

 California institute switches focus from embryonic to adult stem-cell research
 Pope speaks on economic crisis, Middle East peace, fight against leprosy
 Christians in Karnataka invoke Gandhi, call for protection against persecutors
 Cardinal Kasper upbeat on ecumenical prospects with Oriental Orthodox
 New burst of police violence at Hanoi parish
 Queen Elizabeth unhappy with Anglicanorum Coetibus?
 Love is the hallmark of Christian life, Pope tells Sunday audience
 Pope confirms travel plans in blunt speech to British bishops
 Pope's February prayer intentions
 Planned Parenthood board members teach law, medicine at St. Louis University
 Irish ‘bishop’ to wed boyfriend
 Obama’s Notre Dame appearance inspires online abortion game show
 Former teachers sue Pennsylvania diocese for $1M awarded by arbitrator
 Irish missionary returns to Philippines following release from abduction
 Majority of Irish say Church should hand over schools to government

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