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Stories for week of October 28, 2012

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 2

 Reform group demands return of CCHD grant to DC advocacy group
 Boston Globe editorializes against assisted-suicide legislation in Massachusetts
 Uruguay's Jesuit leaders rebuke priest for supporting legal abortion
 Maronite Patriarch blasts effort to paralyze Lebanese government
 A trend likely to continue: American voters reject redefinition of marriage
 Do 'Soho Masses' block English prelate's route to a red hat?
 English court rules Catholic adoption agency must serve same-sex couples
 New dispute at Jerusalem basilica: unpaid water bills
 Most American pastors not backing presidential candidates, survey shows
 Gay group proclaims Scottish cardinal 'Bigot of the Year'
 China to reconsider 'one-child' policy?
 Another court backs Catholic family-owned family challenging HHS mandate
 Saints bridge gap between earth and heaven, Pope tells audience
 USCCB delegation calls for more aid to Syrian refugees, protection of Christians
 Bishop Loverde, in election letter, focuses on ‘unspeakable crime’ of abortion
 Bishop Jenky emphasizes religious liberty, speaks of ‘grave sin’ of pro-abortion politicians and ‘their electoral supporters’
 Pennsylvania bishops discuss religious liberty in election statement
 US bishops to consider document inviting Catholics to regular Confession
 Report documents intolerance against Christians in Germany

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

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