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Stories for week of April 29, 2012

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 4

 Bankruptcy judge may release testimony of Milwaukee prelates
 Beatify Bhatti, John Allen suggests
 New York bishops recommend higher minimum wage
 Cardinal Brady repeats that he will not resign
 Philadelphia: 3 suspended priests cleared, 5 found unfit for ministry
 Bishop Blaire, Rep. Ryan explain differing stands on federal budget
 Pope will hear Beethoven's 9th performed at La Scala
 Australian organization of women religious signals support for LCWR
 Balance economic and spiritual needs of people, Pope urges national leaders
 One-fifth of US Catholics not linked to any parish
 Overview of recent Vatican document on theology
 Faithful urged to prod Clinton on Sudan
 Pope to visit Italian city in July
 Victory for pro-family forces at UN
 Nepal to criminalize evangelization
 Catholics ‘fertile ground’ for conversion to Islam: senior Al-Qaeda official

Released Thursday, May. 3

 Leading Irish politicians call for Cardinal Brady's resignation
 Columnist George Will celebrates 40th birthday of his Down-syndrome son
 Decisions due Friday on suspended Philadelphia priests
 Rebel violence in Congo forcing thousands into flight
 Pope tells medical faculty: restore role of faith in research
 Catholic vote now seen evenly split in US presidential race
 Over 100,000 adult baptisms in South Korea in 2011
 Profile of Olympic skater who became nun
 Our Sunday Visitor turns 100
 140th anniversary of largest women’s religious institute
 Honduran cardinal welcomes new Caritas statutes
 Mormons surge, Catholics decline in US; half of Americans are nonadherents

Released Wednesday, May. 2

 New statutes for Caritas International underline Vatican control
 New calls for Cardinal Brady to resign over role in Irish sex-abuse investigation
 Pacem in Terris seen as important guide to recovery understanding of common good
 Myanmar bishops pleased with Aung San Suu Kyi decision to enter parliament
 Italian bishops' daily seeks scrutiny of 'medical marijuana' drive
 Police oust 'Occupy' protesters from San Francisco archdiocesan building-- again
 Maureen Dowd taken to task for inaccuracies, illogic
 Pope recalls beatification of John Paul II, one year later
 Prayer and Scripture reading help guide the faithful through life, Pope tells audience
 Egypt's Copts to choose new spiritual leader in September
 Announcement imminent about suspended Philadelphia priests?
 Australian priest removed after revealing secret marriage
 Modern Family receives ‘Catholic Oscar’ award
 Christian activist slain in Pakistan
 Episcopal Church may approve blessing of same-sex relationships
 French Revolution martyr beatified
 Nigerian prelates lament weak response to Islamist terrorism

Released Tuesday, May. 1

 Young adults in US drifting away from religious groups, survey finds
 Pope donates $250,000 to Anglican ordinariate in Great Britain
 Dean of Roman Rota suggests stricter rule for annulments
 Colorado ex-governor rips CCHD critics
 Nigeria: priest released after week in captivity
 Political dissidents criticize Cuban cardinal’s remarks at Harvard
 Holy See, prelates lament attacks on African Christians
 Catholic teaching does not espouse world government, says pontifical academy head

Released Monday, Apr. 30

 NY Times columnists rap Vatican move to reform LCWR
 Irish protesters decry Vatican censorship of dissident priests
 Pepsi ends use of aborted cell lines in taste testing
 Italian missionary slain in Brazil
 Terror bombing at Nairobi church
 Vatican conference assesses enduring impact of Pacem in Terris
 Another Catholic college rescinds invitation to pro-abortion commencement speaker
 Pray for vocations, and listen for the call, Pope urges
 Make the Eucharist central, Pope tells newly ordained priests
 Did Italian crime boss pay for burial in Roman basilica?
 Pope's prayer intentions for May 2012
 California bill would outlaw reparative therapy for homosexuality for minors
 Wisconsin prelate defends priests, warns of canonical penalty for calumny
 Scottish cardinal calls for ‘Robin Hood tax’
 Nigeria: 16 dead following gunfire, bomb attack on Mass
 Pontiff tells German bishops that pro multis must be translated literally

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