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Stories for week of February 24, 2013

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 1

 Posters in Rome tout Cardinal Turkson's papal candidacy
 Were Vatican officials aware of accusations against Scottish cardinal?
 Pope-emeritus Benedict reported quiet, serene after resignation
 Cardinals to meet Monday, set date for conclave
 Pope’s Twitter followers surpass 3 million
 Supreme Court will soon consider marriage cases; USCCB requests fasting
 Zambia’s Christian leaders lament election violence
 USCCB renews call for conscience-protection legislation
 Court rules against nursing-facility owner in HHS mandate case

Released Thursday, Feb. 28

 Vatican post office commemorates papal resignation with special stamp
 French Cardinal Honoré dead at 92
 Prayer intentions of Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI for March 2012
 Cardinal Pell: Vatican governance needs new Pope's attention
 California diocese asks teachers to affirm Church teaching
 Pope Benedict’s resignation is official
 Cardinal Dolan describes an ideal papal candidate
 Scottish archbishop acknowledges 'distressing times' for Edinburgh archdiocese
 Wiretaps on some Vatican employees in investigation into leaks?
 Pope Benedict pledges support for his successor
 Pakistan: police refuse to investigate brutal attack on disabled Christian
 Following complaint to state commission, festival ends discount for Mass attendance
 Tanzania: bishop urges government to take action against Islamists
 Washington Post ombudsman, reporter compare supporters of traditional marriage to racists
 USCCB offers principles for addressing climate change

Released Wednesday, Feb. 27

 Cardinal Wuerl says conclave should not choose an American
 In Bavaria, Italian president praises Pope Benedict
 Bishops resign in England, Ireland; administrator named for Edinburgh
 Pope Benedict bids an emotional farewell at final weekly audience
 ICEL director pays tribute to Pope Benedict’s impact on the liturgy
 Papal prayer intentions for 2014 published
 Cardinal Sandri: Saints Cyril and Methodius offer ‘dynamic vision of catholicity’
 USCCB bishops, other Christian leaders: protect the poor during budget negotiations
 Puerto Rico: major march in defense of marriage; high court nixes gay adoptions

Released Tuesday, Feb. 26

 Vatican envoy warns UN on inventing ‘new human rights’
 Vatican prelate promotes Good Friday appeal for Church in Holy Land
 A new title for Benedict XVI, and other details
 Latin American prelates appeal for peace, call for sober lifestyle
 Malawi bishops lament plight of poor
 Germany: ruling against infant circumcision overturned
 Cardinal Mahony reflects on being scapegoated, prays for ‘those in the media who constantly malign me’
 Melkite patriarch pleads for peace in Syria, asks Pope to launch diplomatic initiative
 Ecumenical Patriarch pays tribute to Pope Benedict
 Cardinal Bertone asks contemplative religious to pray for conclave

Released Monday, Feb. 25

 Father Kapaun--US Army chaplain, candidate for beatification-- to receive Medal of Honor
 Pope Benedict has removed many unsuitable bishops, nuncio reveals
 'Unflappable' Cardinal Mahony not swayed by protests, plans to join conclave
 Cardinal Jullien Ries, eminent religious historian, dead at 92
 'Vatileaks' report will remain secret
 Italy's President Napolitano bids Pope farewell
 Pope thanks Curia as Lenten Retreat concludes
 Huge crowd for Pope Benedict's final Angelus audience
 Scottish cardinal resigns after misconduct charges
 Pope changes rules for papal election, allows for earlier conclave
 USCCB official: ‘How to reduce abortions’
 Daily Rosary in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict’s intentions
 London Oratory schola sings Gregorian chant, polyphony at St. Peter’s Basilica
 Virginia legislature passes bill protecting religious freedom of student organizations
 Egypt schedules elections on Coptic Easter Sunday
 Vatican decries efforts to influence conclave, ‘profoundly unjust’ media coverage

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