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Stories for July 2010

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jul. 30

 Bishop airs evidence of British troops' misconduct in 1971 shootings in Northern Ireland
 University of Illinois offers to reinstate Catholic professor fired for his views
 Kenyan Church leaders unite to oppose new constitution
 Jerusalem officials threaten to cut water supply for Church of the Holy Sepulchre
 Pope Benedict's prayer intentions for August 2010
 Iraqi Christian kidnapped as intimidation campaign continues
 Oxford lecturer claims discrimination after conversion to Christianity
 Pope screens film about his pontificate
 Pittsburgh diocese sued after alleged abuse victim commits suicide
 Caritas appeal for flood-ravaged Burkina Faso
 UN: Access to drinking water is a human right
 2 decades after death, Congo proclaims persecuted cardinal a national hero
 Key US bishop praises judge's decision on immigration law
 UK announces ‘unprecedented focus’ on contraception, ‘safe’ abortion in aid to poor nations

Released Thursday, Jul. 29

 Chinese 'underground' priest released, then re-arrested
 Vatican Museums will feature Matisse works
 2nd volume of Pope's book on Jesus due in early 2011
 India: lawyers confident of justice for rape victim
 Irish bishop will air evidence of British soldiers' misconduct in 1971 killings
 Obama health-care policy leaves opening for abortion funding, says Congressional report
 Cardinal Zen: Beijing still in 'tug of war' for control of Catholic hierarchy
 Vatican praises Chinese clerics, urges continued work toward unity
 Probation for Tennessee priest who admitted molestation
 Homosexuality is a disorder, former Vatican prefect emphasizes
 Peruvian bishops: Do not forget the poor
 Australian archbishop concerned by prime minister’s atheism
 Irish priests form new organization, call for ‘reevaluation of Catholic sexual teaching’
 Arizona bishops welcome judge's decision on immigration law

Released Wednesday, Jul. 28

 Omaha: archbishop rallies opposition to Planned Parenthood clinic
 Canadian Anglicans to apply for incorporation as Catholic ordinariate
 Radio Free Europe commentary cites Russian Patriarch's ambitions
 Cambodian Catholics: genocide figure deserved harsher sentence
 Vatican enforcing rules on modesty in dress
 Africa needs to become self-reliant, prelates agree
 Catholic college revives medieval-style guilds, explores merger
 Cure may lead to Michigan bishop’s beatification
 Amid explosive Church growth, African bishops meet
 El Salvador bishop rips Arizona immigration law
 Sudan’s bishops issue pastoral letter on southern secession
 9 abuse allegations against 1st Episcopal bishop to ordain a woman

Released Tuesday, Jul. 27

 English Church official: drop time limit for cases against clerical abusers
 British Jesuits will appeal record sex-abuse judgment
 Spain fines TV network for airing ads criticizing gay demonstrations
 Russian Orthodox Patriarch faces angry protests in Ukraine
 Newly discovered painting is not Caravaggio's work: Vatican museum director
 Jesuit theologian sees 'relativism' on the right
 Bishop encourages women to run for political office
 Controversy as Florida bishop removes popular priest from parish
 Archbishop Dolan rips New York Times coverage of Pope
 New York priest changes mind, won’t sell convent for use as mosque
 Poll: California Catholics strongly support homosexual unions
 Pakistani bishop laments failure to arrest Christians’ murderers
 Philippine bishops emphasize opposition to sex education, population control bills

Released Monday, Jul. 26

 Colombia charges that Venezuela's Chavez is financing FARC rebels
 Pope's vacation project: 3rd volume of book about Jesus
 Renovation near completion, Vatican Library will reopen in September
 St. Louis archdiocese offers reconciliation to rebel parish
 Italian bishop condemns Mafia ceremonies at Catholic shrines
 Complaints arise over ticket charges for papal visit to Great Britain
 World Council of Churches slams Pakistan's blasphemy law
 Pope looks forward to November trip to Spain
 One who prays is never alone, Pope tells audience
 Will railway tunnel jeopardize famed Barcelona church?
 French nuns win Gregorian-chant recording contract
 Cardinal challenges gay priests in Rome: reform or get out
 China: episcopal ordinations show progress, but underground Catholics remain cautious
 Papal delegate has sweeping authority over Legionaries
 US bishops award additional grants to Haiti
 20,000 pilgrims ascend Croagh Patrick
 Wisconsin priest charged with possession of child pornography
 Pope to meet with over 50,000 altar servers
 New Irish bishop: ‘We have been brought to our knees’
 Chile rejects bishops’ call for clemency for Pinochet-era criminals

Released Friday, Jul. 23

 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to German theologian Peterson
 Dog receives communion at Anglican parish
 Purchase of $300,000 home for auxiliary bishop criticized
 New children’s book based on Pope Benedict’s audiences
 ‘Catholics United’ to raise funds for congressman praised by NARAL
 Australian bishop apologizes for priestly abuse, urges victims to call police
 Zambian bishops reject draft constitution
 Scottish bishop tells Cameron: No same-sex unions in Catholic Church

Released Thursday, Jul. 22

 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Guérard, author of work on the sea
 2nd abuse allegation against North Carolina priest
 New Hampshire man alleges he was abused 100 times
 Slain Oklahoma priest’s sainthood cause proceeds to Rome
 Obama administration decision harms Catholic efforts to treat AIDS, charges priest
 Prosecutors end investigation of leading German bishop
 Chilean bishops urge clemency for prisoners, including Pinochet-era criminals

Released Wednesday, Jul. 21

 Sainthood cause of ‘Rosary priest’ proceeds to Rome
 Cure of St. Louis woman could lead to Blessed Chaminade’s canonization
 China: Underground bishop cites ‘amazing’ example of St. Thomas More
 Apostolic Signatura upholds Boston parish closings
 Communists angry after Kerala bishops urge vote for ‘God-fearing’ candidates
 Russian Orthodox patriarch praises Pope, rips Protestant compromises with secularism
 2,000 Muslim militants go on rampage in Faisalabad; acquitted Christians murdered

Released Tuesday, Jul. 20

 Interview with rumored British ambassador to the Holy See
 Irish bishop: ‘Secular hierarchy’ needs to examine sexual abuse of drunken teens
 Ohio priest laicized for abuse
 Another bishop ordained in China
 Louisiana bishops: No guns in church
 EU, religious leaders discuss poverty, social exclusion
 US bishops urge extension of unemployment benefits
 Pakistan: 2 Christians accused of blasphemy released

Released Monday, Jul. 19

 Vatican foundation for Latin America to consider 230 projects
 Vatican a victim of cyber attack
 Parishioners back suspended Dutch priest
 Indian-born archbishop to represent Holy See at United Nations
 Pope: Works without prayer are ‘sterile activism’
 1st woman Lutheran bishop resigns; reportedly mishandled abuse allegation

Released Friday, Jul. 16

 Scholar critiques judge’s ruling on Defense of Marriage Act
 Archbishop Chaput defends reputation of falsely accused priest
 Archbishop Wuerl welcomes inclusion of women’s ordination among ‘extremely serious’ crimes
 Dutch bishop suspends priest who acted as goalie, wore orange during Mass
 US bishops praise revised Vatican norms on clerical abuse
 Vatican official: Anglican women bishops an ‘enormous obstacle’ to Christian unity
 Argentina legalizes homosexual marriage
 2 states prevented from funding abortion in new health insurance pools

Released Thursday, Jul. 15

 Vatican revises norms for clerical abuse of minors, other ‘exceptionally serious’ crimes
 Dominican bishops lament increasing violence
 Report: Vatican commission will ask alleged visionaries to reveal Medjugorje ‘secrets’
 Disgraced bishop pled the Fifth for 3 hours
 Papal condolences for Ugandan bomb victims
 Indian government rules out coercion to curb population growth
 Tucson bishop: Illegal immigrants should learn English, ‘get in the back of the line’
 Bishop consecrated in China; diocese lacked bishop since 1962
 Papal delegate: General chapter will reconsider charism, constitution of Legionaries of Christ

Released Wednesday, Jul. 14

 Registration open for World Youth Day
 Holy See embassy hid top secret Polish documents for decades
 Vatican cardinal lauds release of ‘underground’ bishop
 Pope to discuss religious freedom in 2011 World Day of Peace message
 Archbishop: Japan must examine its past, repent
 Indian state expels Dutch missionary
 France: national assembly votes to ban Muslim face veils
 Venezuela’s bishops rip Chávez regime

Released Tuesday, Jul. 13

 Heart of St. Camillus travels to Ireland
 Solidarity chaplain dead at 73
 Former seminary rector arrested in Virginia for abusing minor
 Relic of True Cross stolen from Boston cathedral
 Argentine bishops speak out against same-sex marriage, urge faithful to demonstrate
 US bishops lament court’s rejection of Defense of Marriage Act
 Belgian bishop abused nephew for eight years, says priest

Released Monday, Jul. 12

 Philippine bishops urge new president to oppose contraceptive mentality
 University fires Catholic professor who said homosexual acts violate natural law
 Recalling St. Benedict, Pope urges faithful to remember needy
 Haiti: 2 million still living on the streets
 Holy See’s budget deficit quadrupled in 2009
 Church of England rejects compromise on women bishops; 70 clerics meet with Catholic bishop

Released Friday, Jul. 9

 Pope appoints delegate to supervise Legionaries of Christ
 Vatican to tighten discipline for 'ordination' of women?
 CHA backs Obama's controversial choice for key health-care post
 English journalist calls for resignation of Dean of the College of Cardinals
 Cardinal Danneels protests leaks from Belgian police investigation
 Archbishop of St. Louis warns: 'pro-choice' is not a Catholic option
 Treat pro-life activists like terrorists, late-term abortionist urges
 In southern Sudan, a bishop on the front lines
 China: Monk arrested in murder of priest, nun
 5th allegation against Chicago ex-priest McCormack
 Catholic relief to Haiti: $46.8 million has aided 2.3 million people
 New York Times editorial blasts Pope
 Judge rules part of Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
 Bishop: ‘Central India is in the hands of Hindu extremists’

Released Thursday, Jul. 8

 Malaysia brings Muslims to trial for attacks on Christian church
 LCWR leaders questioned at Vatican about support for health-care bill
 Hindu fundamentalist leader, convicted of murder, released on bail before appeal
 Washington state, facing lawsuit, agrees to protect pharmacists' conscience rights
 Gay Anglican cleric rejected as Church of England bishop?
 Chavez pushing Venezuela into dictatorship, cardinal charges
 Revised Vatican norms will cover abuse of mentally impaired adults
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Mahler
 Scholar: Worshippers fare better 'on every observable outcome'
 Catholic-Methodist dialogue examines Eucharist, environment
 Pope names successor to Bishop Mixa
 China: ‘Underground’ vicar general, nun murdered
 South African bishop rips Tridentine Mass, conservative youth, papal leadership
 China: ‘Underground’ bishop freed from detention

Released Wednesday, Jul. 7

 Cuba answers Church request, begins releasing political prisoners
 Pope begins summer vacation
 Pope, at audience, traces theological influence of Duns Scotus
 Belgian police grill Cardinal Danneels on sex-abuse cases
 Cardinal McCarrick turns 80; number of cardinal-electors drops to 107
 North Carolina priest accused of abuse
 Bishop O’Connell, successful Catholic University president, criticized by dissenters
 Holy See: Honoring motherhood is part of women’s empowerment
 Hawaii’s governor vetoes civil union bill
 Malaysia: church firebombing trial begins
 Chávez rebukes papal nuncio, blasts cardinal during independence day speech

Released Tuesday, Jul. 6

 Connecticut priest charged with taking $1.3 million from parish funds
 Top English prelate downplays organizational woes for Pope's trip
 Another Iraqi Christian killed in Mosul
 Catholic beaten to death by Vietnamese police
 Chinese priest, nun killed; motive unknown
 Belgian prosecutors questioning cardinal about knowledge of sex-abuse complaints
 Vatican approves exhumation of Mafia figure in notorious Italian case
 Indonesian Muslim militants disrupt Mass in private home
 Vatican to issue new norms for sex-abuse cases
 New bishop praised Pope's handling of abuse scandal, criticized ‘Eucharistic sanctions’ against pro-abortion politicians
 Russian Orthodox Church welcomes appointment of Cardinal Kasper’s successor
 Australian prelate speaks out against euthanasia
 Spain: Bishops denounce new abortion law
 UK government urges anti-papal protestors to show restraint
 Notorious Australian priest sentenced to prison, abused 39 children

Released Monday, Jul. 5

 Car bomb damages Iraqi archbishop's residence
 Vatican officially confirms schedule for September papal visit to Britain
 Pope opens new Vatican fountain dedicated to St. Joseph
 Saudis limit Filipino pilgrims to Mecca to cut down illegal immigration
 Belgian police confirm death threats in sex-abuse investigation
 Gay bishop's appointment could fuel Anglican disputes
 India: Muslim vigilantes punish professor for 'blasphemy' by severing his arm
 Pope venerates St. Celestine, hermit, who became Pontiff and resigned
 Alaska bishop pays tribute to nation’s religious roots
 Las Vegas bishop requires fingerprinting of ushers, other Church volunteers
 Retired California bishop calls for ‘Vatican III’ on sexuality
 AP examines how dioceses monitor priests who committed abuse
 Syria: Church losing members to Islam
 Melbourne archbishop issues apology, says 60 priests abused children

Released Friday, Jul. 2

 Sale of Boston Catholic hospitals could end Catholic identity, director concedes
 Vietnamese bishops surprised by Vatican move toward diplomatic ties
 Another murder conviction in Orissa's anti-Christian violence
 Pope leaving Vatican for summer residence on July 7
 Coming papal document to call for 'new liturgical movement'?
 The 'astonishing rise' of Cardinal Ouellet
 Pope congratulates Cardinal Bertone on 50th anniversary of ordination
 WYD organizers receive papal encouragement
 Iraq must protect Christian minority, Pope tells new ambassador
 Sri Lanka: archbishop protests anti-Catholic bias in school texts
 Irish bishops seen recovering willingness to speak on public issues
 Disputes between cardinals point to tensions at Vatican, reporter argues
 New York Times rips Pope, says he could have stopped abuse scandal in 1990s
 Vatican newspaper highlights work of French scholar Hadjadj
 Kenyan cardinal warns priests: Abuse will be punished
 Foundress of American religious order moves closer to beatification
 Indonesian bishops’ official: ‘Fanatical’ Protestant missionaries encourage radical Islam
 Future Pope Pius XII asked bishops to work to save synagogues

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