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Stories for September 2011

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Sep. 30

 Pope's prayer intentions for October 2011
 Vatican official addresses UN on humanitarian needs, persecution of Christians, economic crisis
 Anthony Esolen on the poetry of the new Mass translation
 Vatican encourages laicized priests' involvement in parish life
 India's Christians document continued mistreatment in Orissa
 ‘A new generation of theologians’
 Murder-suicide in Spanish church
 Diocese may push for assassin’s canonization
 Alabama bishops welcome immigration ruling
 Dozens of churches closed or demolished in Indonesia
 Egypt: desire for divorce drives Coptic-Muslim tensions

Released Thursday, Sep. 29

 Zenit's founding editor forced to resign
 Top Russian Orthodox ecumenical officer meets with Pope
 18 Catholic universities join in appeal against contraceptive mandate
 Maronite Patriarch riles French, American government leaders with stand on Syria
 Vatican police celebrate feast day
 Silence will be Pope's theme for 2012 message on communications
 Schedule set for Pope's November visit to Africa
 Papal greetings to Rome's rabbi for Rosh Hashanah
 Pope says goodbyes at summer residence, prepares to return to Rome
 Archbishop Hannan, JFK eulogist, dead at 98
 European bishops to discuss new evangelization
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Dag Hammarskjöld
 Remember African famine, urges Catholic Relief Services
 Hearing on China’s 1-child policy: victims recount brutality
 Iran: convert awaits execution, refuses last chance to revert to Islam
 Fundamentalism greatest danger facing Asia, says prelate

Released Wednesday, Sep. 28

 New Mass translation delayed another year in Hong Kong
 Massachusetts legislation would abolish statute of limitations for sexual abuse of children
 New York town clerk faces bid for removal for rejecting same-sex marriage
 British court rules against withdrawing food and water from brain-damaged patient
 US House subcommittee investigating Planned Parenthood
 Moscow to raze 2nd hospice run by Mother Teresa's nuns?
 Vatican official salutes close Church-state collaboration in Italy
 Liturgical reform is goal as Pope amends canon law
 Reflecting on trip, Pope sees bright hope for Church's future in Germany
 Law professors decry HHS contraceptive mandate
 Malawi: numerous government spies at bishops’ meeting
 Sierra Leone: in wake of brutal war, churches full
 Holy See diplomat addresses intellectual property rights
 Indonesia: more attempted church bombings
 Nigerian prelate: no negotiations with Islamist terrorists

Released Tuesday, Sep. 27

 How California rules on teaching about homosexuality threaten religious freedom
 When Vatican II documents are seen as political compromises
 IVF babies face extra health risks, doctor reveals
 Schedule set for October papal visit to Italian towns
 Iraqi envoy: Christians are right to worry about 'Arab Spring' uprisings
 Illinois judge rejects Catholic Charities appeal on adoption contracts
 Italian cardinal's speech seen as repudiation of Berlusconi
 Moscow patriarchate signals support for Putin
 FDA finds risks with some versions of Pill, but won't take action
 Adelaide archdiocese again under fire in abuse case
 Spelling error leads to blasphemy charge for Pakistani schoolgirl
 President Bush rebuffed Pope John Paul's plea for peace in Iraq, source recalls
 Catholic Health Association renews criticism of contraception mandate
 USCCB urges Catholics to lobby on behalf of anti-poverty programs
 Bolivia: bishops denounce socialist government’s repression
 Religious freedom: State Dept. cites 8 ‘countries of particular concern’
 Respect Life statement decries abortion, contraception, militant secularism
 Iran: faced with death sentence, Christian convert refuses to revert to Islam

Released Monday, Sep. 26

 Excess deference to Church, state seen a factor in Irish abuse scandal
 Press roundup of papal trip
 SSPX to review Vatican document for reconciliation in October
 Vatican deflates report that Pope is preparing to resign next year
 Cardinal Zen sees Chinese bid to 'brainwash' students
 Christianity must rescue modern culture: Cardinal Scola
 Reject 'worldly' vision of Church, Pope urges German faithful
 New Zambian president pledges to support Church
 Maryknoll priest rips ‘Roman persecution’ of Church in Asia
 Feds remove children from Houston Catholic Charities shelters
 Philippines: missionary warns of rise of Islamic fundamentalism
 Nigerian bishops lament refusal to implement minimum wage
 Church bombed in Indonesia
 Bosnia: 5 martyred nuns beatified

Released Friday, Sep. 23

 Could International Criminal Court case work in Vatican's favor?
 Irish columnist: faithful should share cost of abuse settlements
 Young Canadians cling to traditional gender roles; experts horrified
 Cardinal Law did diplomatic work in Vietnam, WikiLeaks documents show
 UN report calls for abolition of laws restricting abortion
 Australian senate says accused priest has right to respond to lawmaker's abuse charge
 Archbishop of US military ordinariate issues blunt warning against attacks on DOMA
 Media perspectives on Pope's visit to Germany
 Pope meets quietly with abuse victims in Germany
 Papal outreach to German Jews, Muslims
 Pope underlines ecumenical imperative in visit to Luther's monastery
 USCCB spokesman compares Obama officials to Letterman, Leno
 Canadian bishops issue message to youth on social justice
 Opus Dei members on trial in France
 Pakistan: Christian flood victims denied government, Muslim aid
 Religious leaders visit North Korea
 Ghana: prelate warns against Islamic extremism

Released Thursday, Sep. 22

 Acclaimed PBS series Catholicism debuts
 Boston archdiocese says unauthorized vigil shows parish church used for 'religious purposes'
 Dublin archdiocese seeks more parish funds to ease financial crisis
 Supreme Court case could affect suits against Church for discrimination
 Pope calls for 'ethical renewal' in Italy: a rebuke to Berlusconi?
 On flight to Berlin, Pope downplays confrontation with German critics
 In Germany, Pope urges faithful to remain 'together against the storm'
 In powerful address to German lawmakers, Pope warns of 'cultureless' Europe
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Pope Marcellus II
 Jesuits publish special report on ecology
 Healing attributed to intercession of Archbishop Sheen
 Catholic college withdraws invitation to Ellen Goodman
 Diocese limits Communion under both kinds, laments excessive extraordinary ministers
 Archbishop Dolan urges Obama: end campaign against marriage, religious freedom

Released Wednesday, Sep. 21

 Patriarch of Jerusalem speaks to US leaders on recognition of Palestine
 Pope's brother says he should retire if health fails
 German lawmakers criticized for boycotting papal address
 Wales: Anglican prelate denounces 'presumed consent' for organ donation
 Government forfeits public trust with same-sex unions, Scottish bishop says
 US bishops reach out to orthodox young theologians
 New head for Vatican Prefecture for Economic Affairs
 Pope imposes pallium on Milan's Cardinal Scola
 Pope skips regular weekly audience
 $100M campaign for Los Angeles Catholic schools
 City officials to decide whether lawn cross violates zoning regulations
 Blood of St. Januarius liquifies
 3,000 Christians in prison in Eritrea
 Victory for religious liberty in Boise homeless shelter case
 Bangladesh: archbishop struck by stone as Islamists go on rampage

Released Tuesday, Sep. 20

 Beehives donated for papal summer residence
 Adelaide archdiocese, Anglican archbishop continue to swap charges
 Moscow officials demolish hospice founded by Mother Teresa
 Cardinal McCarrick, other US religious leaders, meet Iran's Ahmadinejad
 Palestinians will resent US veto of statehood vote, bishop says
 Russian Orthodox priest ends presidential campaign
 Loss of Illinois state adoption contracts will 'devastate' Catholic Charities
 One year after visit to Britain, Pope repeats call for new evangelization there
 University to pay $500,000 to Catholic student group following court decision
 Syro-Malankara Church to hold 1st general assembly
 Beijing: churches full despite increasing state control
 Mexico: Protestant villagers asked to leave or be crucified
 Nuncio analyzes strengths, weaknesses of Church in Germany
 Archbishop Dolan urges US bishops to preach on poverty, unemployment

Released Monday, Sep. 19

 English bishop sees court bias against Christians
 Arab Spring could bring more militant Islam, Iraqi archbishop fears
 Catholic firm managing condom distribution in Australian jails?
 Adelaide archdiocese, Anglican archbishop continue at odds on abuse complaint
 Chinese government puts pressure on seminary to reinstate ousted rector
 Austrian cardinal fears 'serious conflict' if priests continue defiance
 Promiscuity makes life tougher for young people in several ways
 Pope to India's bishops: do not be deterred by threats, criticism
 Pope sees 'vast horizons' for the new evangelization
 Family members, too, covered up sexual abuse, Irish priest argues
 'Unofficial' annual publication summarizes Vatican activity
 Pope's message for trip to Germany: restore a place for God
 India: bishop sees increased education, devotion in diocese
 CDF official on Newman, conscience
 Tentative agreement between archdiocese, Philadelphia Catholic teachers
 Liechtenstein: voters reject abortion
 Jewish groups concerned about Vatican outreach to SSPX
 Cardinal urges opposition to assisted suicide

Released Friday, Sep. 16

 Australian lawmaker raps Adelaide archbishop
 Texas Catholic hospitals to furnish 'morning-after' pill for rape victims
 Vatican official to UN: 'unacceptable' to divert medical funds to abortion, contraception
 Indian Prime Minister urges end to bias against religious minorities
 DC human-rights office hears complaint against Catholic U. for single-sex dorms
 Prelate: calm returns to Tripoli
 Pakistan: judge asks Christian accused of blasphemy to leave country
 Italian priest honored as ‘righteous among nations’
 Swiss bishops apologize for insufficient action against apartheid
 Muslim prayers banned in streets of Paris
 Germany: 100 members of parliament to boycott Pope’s speech

Released Thursday, Sep. 15

 Washington pastor's apostolic goal: double parish membership
 Papal nuncio in Ireland transferred to Czech Republic
 SSPX leader plans prompt response to Vatican offer
 Accused Australian priest maintains innocence; lawmaker under fire for naming him
 Pope views exhibit of his published work
 Encourage all true apostolic works, Pope tells new bishops
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to composer Castelnuovo-Tedesco
 Savings crucial to economic recovery, says Vatican bank president
 China: bachelor villages, kidnapped brides
 Archbishop Dolan: Late nuncio ‘saw the cross’
 Vatican foreign minister urges action against anti-Christian hate crimes
 Father Pavone to seek new diocese, bishop extends inquiry; group will picket parishes

Released Wednesday, Sep. 14

 East German agency spied on Cardinal Ratzinger
 Pope: prayers of anguish turn to hymns of praise
 Vatican offers terms for reconciliation to SSPX
 Father Pavone appeals to Vatican
 Newspaper publishes ‘Catholic College Identity Guide’
 Retired Irish bishop: Latin Mass ‘lifeless and somewhat meaningless’
 Pope’s works to be displayed in Rome, Freiburg
 Philadelphia: strike shuts down Catholic high schools
 Catholic Health Association lauds Obama’s healthcare program
 Australia: accused priest denies Anglican prelate’s allegation

Released Tuesday, Sep. 13

 Church in Pakistan releases exhaustive documentation on human rights
 Appeals to 'conscience' weakened by rise of relativism
 Needed: a fundamental shift in the understanding of Islam
 Vatican Museums offer free admission for European Heritage Days
 Vatican official warns for rising violence against Christians in Europe
 Irish priest urges women: protest 'sexist' new Missal translation
 Father Pavone suspended from Priests for Life leadership
 Archbishop of Canterbury planning early retirement?
 Vatican, SSPX close to agreement?
 Spanish bishop urges Basque separatist group to disband
 Victims' groups file charges against Vatican for 'crimes against humanity'
 Another priest slain in Colombia
 Cardinal laments Honduran moral crisis
 Irish bishop calls for change in celibacy discipline
 Archbishop Dolan, Cardinal Egan recall 9/11
 Russian Orthodox official urges Vatican action on Ukrainian church dispute
 Australian legislator names accused priest; archdiocese 'appalled'

Released Monday, Sep. 12

 Five years later: the importance of the Regensburg address
 Government agencies, universities backed unethical experiments in Guatemala in 1940s
 Vatican Secretary of State faces nasty criticism, threats
 Restore God's central role, Pope challenges Italian faithful
 India: official promises churches will not be demolished
 Hindu party leader joins in prayers at Marian shrine
 Council of Europe weighs move against sex-selection abortions
 All faiths must learn to live together, Pope tells ecumenical meeting
 Vatican was ready to cooperate with abuse inquiry, former Irish premier reveals
 More active Christians in China than in Europe?
 Australian archdiocese denies ignoring sex-abuse complaint by Anglican archbishop
 Pope prays for 9-11 victims, condemns terrorism
 Philippine bishop emphasizes: priests should wear clerical garb
 Vatican newspaper recalls 9/11
 Vatican cardinal pays tribute to Gregorian chant, polyphony
 Meatless Fridays return to England this week
 Nigerian bishops urge government action against Islamist terrorists
 Scottish cardinal: same-sex marriage a ‘grotesque subversion,’ a ‘great wrong’

Released Friday, Sep. 9

 Vatican's Islamic interlocutor emerging among leaders of new Libyan regime
 Solutions to Church problems require not just new policies, but enforcement
 Medical schools weeding out pro-life applicants?
 Bl. John Paul II saw 9/11 as attack on 'all of humanity'
 Excommunicated priest refuses to leave Church-owned home; sues for ownership
 Caritas Japan: 100,000 earthquake victims need winter housing
 Anglican traditionalist leader reveals: abuse drove him from Catholic priesthood
 German court rules Catholic institutions can enforce Church marriage laws
 Most New York abortions are repeat procedures
 Hindu extremists attack Christians, deter government response
 Pakistani Christian killed on pilgrimage
 Greeting new British ambassador, Pope links riots to 'moral relativism'
 Irish government firm but diplomatic in reply to Vatican
 Pope Benedict recalls 9/11, American 'courage and generosity'
 New Jersey: arrest made after dozens of statues vandalized
 Police criticized following attack on Indian parish
 USCCB backs Alabama bishops’ efforts to reverse immigration law
 Swiss bishops call for compensated leave time for nursing mothers
 Archbishop Chaput installed in Philadelphia
 US bishops’ statement on 10th anniversary of 9/11

Released Thursday, Sep. 8

 Prince of Liechtenstein would veto measure to allow legal abortion
 Church leaders caught off guard by 'Arab Spring,' Maronite patriarch admits
 India: police make arrests for gang-violence damage in church
 British board bans advertisement seen as mocking Christian faith
 Scottish cardinal vows full resistance against same-sex marriage
 SSPX resisting acceptance of Vatican II
 Cardinal condemns pre-election violence in Congo
 L'Osservatore essay condemns fear of 'imperfect' children
 Most US Catholics ignore bishops' political advice
 Pope underlines value of Catholic schools in India
 Italian bishop gravely injured in fall during mountain pilgrimage
 Will Irish legislation challenge seal of confession?
 Southern US diocese to build new cathedral
 UK: abortionists may continue to offer pre-abortion counseling
 US bishops again call for conscience-protection legislation
 Bishops condemn terrorist attack in India
 Nun, priest beaten in China
 Berlin: local authorities reject billboards of Pope
 Pakistan: bombs damage bishop’s residence, Catholic schools

Released Wednesday, Sep. 7

 Orthodox cleric could add spice to Russia's presidential election
 India: 500,000 take pledge against sex-selection abortion
 Judge postpones hearing on Cardinal Bevilacqua's fitness for court testimony
 Papal reflection on deceased Polish cardinal
 US ambassador to the Vatican reflects on 9/11, aftermath
 God remains close to the faithful, even when he seems distant, Pope tells audience
 Minnesota diocese pays abuse settlement; accused priest still active in India
 California: small but important victory at hand for backers of traditional marriage?
 Philadelphia Catholic high school teachers go on strike
 Incest fears among children of artificial insemination
 Indian prelate denounces government cover-up of persecution
 Pakistan: wealthy Christians kidnapped to fund al-Qaida
 Dutch court backs Catholic school’s headscarf ban

Released Tuesday, Sep. 6

 Rising Finnish politician, a Catholic convert, unabashed about pro-life views
 Melbourne archbishop rejects criticism of sex-abuse response
 Biographer explains why Cardinal Scola left Milan's seminary years ago
 Christian-Muslim violence flares again in Nigeria
 Irish leader stands by criticism of Vatican 'interference'
 Cardinal Schönborn plans no disciplinary action against dissident priests
 2005 WikiLeaks cable: Ratzinger ‘lacks enough support’ to become Pope
 Caritas appeal for Bangladesh
 Unprecedented Vatican Museums loan of Raphael painting
 Malawi: priests, religious defend prelate following criticism by president
 20 masked men desecrate Kerala parish
 Cuba: Church denounces attacks on dissidents
 Prelate: Catholics in Tripoli safe

Released Monday, Sep. 5

 WikiLeaks claim: Vatican urged Filipino bishops not to back 2005 coup
 Retired Calcutta archbishop recalls Mother Teresa's example, recounts her exorcism
 Russian Orthodox opposing invitation for Pope to visit Serbia?
 Cardinal Deskur, confidant to Pope John Paul II, dead at 87
 Australian bishops deplore rising incarceration rate
 Turkey: Orthodox patriarch welcomes government return of confiscated properties
 Christians should correct sinners, Pope reminds audience
 Papal sympathies for Chilean crash victims
 Analyzing Irish politicians' statements, Vatican response
 Biofuel production aggravates world hunger, instability, corporate CEO notes
 New leaders for Vatican city-state administration
 Dublin archbishop presses government, Church leaders on Cloyne report and response
 Vatican issues strong response to Irish criticism (news/analysis)
 Twin Towers priest recalls 9/11
 Successful vocations director is also pro tennis umpire
 New York Catholic school teachers work without contract
 2 new Catholic schools open near Detroit
 India: parishes establish fund to promote large families
 Priest slain in Colombia
 South Korean bishop 1st to visit North in 5 years

Released Friday, Sep. 2

 Irish columnist: proposal to break confessional seal imperils all faiths
 News service pays tribute to pro-abortion Catholic politician
 Sioux Falls diocese settles charges of Medicare/Medicaid fraud
 Shots fired at car of priest who criticized Mafia
 Catholic, Orthodox should join to counter secularism, Pope tells ecumenical meeting
 India's bishops brief Pope on anti-Christian violence
 Czech government agrees to return confiscated church properties
 Indicted Philadelphia Church official admits he lied to abuse victim
 Vatican ready to deliver reply to Irish government criticisms
 Vatican newspaper: translator Nida a ‘new Jerome’
 Australia’s bishops welcome court ruling on asylum seekers
 Action urged on contraception, sterilization mandate
 Congressman, once Catholic, discusses conversion to Islam
 Tiny Indian diocese has 1,000 converts each year
 US bishops to Congress: ‘not justifiable to weaken the national safety net’

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