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Stories for week of December 30, 2012

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jan. 4

 Catholic representation in US Congress hits all-time high
 Church of England rules bishops can enter same-sex partnerships
 French authorities find heightened health risks in new oral contraceptives
 Ohio teacher sues Cincinnati archdiocese after dismissal for out-of-wedlock pregnancy
 Federal judge rejects Notre Dame's challenge to HHS mandate
 Militant Iraqi Muslim leader visits Catholic church, laments massacre there
 Harvard journal postpones publication of piece on 'Coptic papyrus,' continues to test authenticity
 Financial reforms top list of 'under-reported' Vatican stories for 2012
 1 million displaced inside Somalia, charitable agency reports
 Jesuit journal: Vatican II was not a radical break
 Obama: military chaplains don't need conscience clause
 Catholic image found hidden under portrait of top Elizabethan persecutor
 1st French baby of 2013 registered to 2 mothers
 Notre Dame passes up a golden opportunity
 Will US Catholic population reach 100 million?
 1st Hindu member of Congress sworn in
 Canada: diocese, attorneys differ over obligation to report abuse allegations to police
 Syrian archbishop warns of humanitarian emergency
 Mounting attacks on religious freedom in Cuba
 Vatican cardinal rues Islamist violence, sharia imposition

Released Thursday, Jan. 3

 Vatican cardinal writes on role of priests' mothers
 Financial motives influence decisions on abortion, euthanasia: Italian cardinal
 Italian banks suspend Vatican credit-card processing
 2.3 million attended papal audiences, ceremonies in 2012
 Leading Polish anti-Communist prelate dies
 Vatican prelate discusses how Pope’s ‘tweets’ originate
 USCCB office to launch postcard campaign for immigration reform
 States enacted 43 pro-life measures in 2012
 Philippine bishops’ conference: reproductive health bill is ‘wake-up call’
 New restrictions on religious freedom in Vietnam

Released Wednesday, Jan. 2

 Demonstrator climbs scaffolding in St. Peter's Square
 Chicago cardinal urges opposition to same-sex marriage
 Papal nuncio urges Irish leaders: maintain protection for unborn life
 Chad rescinds bishop's deportation
 Pope faces busy 2013 schedule
 Inequalities, unregulated capitalism, terrorism all threaten peace, Pope warns
 Pope reflects on Incarnation at year's 1st weekly audience
 Westminster diocese ends gay-oriented 'Soho Masses,' establishes church for Anglican ordinariate
 French magazine courts outrage with illustrated biography of Mohammed
 Bomb threat against Catholic parish in Indonesia
 13 new Catholic schools to be built in Melbourne
 Iran intensifies persecution of Christians; ‘apostate’ pastor jailed again
 Pope speaks to Taizé youth about Christ, ecumenism
 2 dead following church bombing in Libya
 Federal court blocks enforcement of HHS mandate against Michigan company

Released Monday, Dec. 31

 With solemn Vespers, Te Deum, Pope closes calendar year
 Michigan law, requiring licensing, could close abortion clinics
 Russian Orthodox Church backs ban on US adoptions
 A glimpse at the Pope's personal charities
 Vatican newspaper's political endorsement roils Italian campaign
 Pope to parents: see children as a gift to be guarded
 James Hitchcock introduces new history of Catholic Church
 Protesters occupy nuncio's office in Paris
 Hobby Lobby will defy mandate, risk fines; federal court blocks enforcement in separate case
 USCCB, CRS welcome defeat of Paul foreign-aid amendment
 Background: Papal message for January 1, the World Day of Peace
 12 priests, other pastoral workers killed in 2012

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