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Stories for week of July 01, 2012

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jul. 6

 Vatican-watcher sees Pope prepared to make changes in leadership of Roman Curia
 China ordains new bishop in defiance of Rome
 Ontarian parents' group urges Catholic schools to resist 'gay-straight' policy
 Most episcopal conferences now have sex-abuse guidelines, Vatican official reports
 Many nations ignore commitments to religious freedom, Vatican envoy tells UN
 Philadelphia archdiocese returns 4 priests to ministry, finds 2 unfit after investigations
 Esolen on bad Catholic hymns
 Vatican Observatory physicist reflects on 'God particle' discovery
 Stolen illustrated manuscript is returned to pilgrimage cathedral in Compostela
 New inquiry planned for 'Bloody Sunday' killings in Northern Ireland
 Man acquitted for beating priest he said abused him
 Religious order must pay $6.4M for abuse committed by lay teacher
 Vatican prefect calls Congo’s Catholics to deeper faith
 Ambassador sees Anglican choir at papal Mass as ‘ecumenism in action’
 Federal court victories for Maryland crisis pregnancy centers
 European Parliament condemns forced abortion in China

Released Thursday, Jul. 5

 Muslims in Kenya vow to protect Christian churches
 China reacts angrily to Vatican warning on illicit ordination
 Brazilian bishops see colonial attitude in exploitation of Amazon
 No house arrest for convicted Philadelphia cleric
 Summarizing the Church of England argument on women bishops
 European banking inspectors report on Vatican procedures
 Vatican budget shows $19 million shortfall
 Cardinal Schönborn responds to conservative critics
 Iran: Protestant pastor sentenced to 6 years in prison
 Judge: worship services permitted in New York City schools outside school hours
 Researchers examine link between sacramental participation, belief in heaven, hell
 Leading Irish official calls for same-sex marriage
 Austrian dissident group rips new CDF prefect

Released Wednesday, Jul. 4

 Archbishop Chaput rallies US Catholics as Fortnight for Freedom concludes
 Pope begins summer vacation
 Vatican prefect salutes religious in Congo
 Italian physicist advances new theory on Shroud of Turin
 Pope sends a message: Cardinal Bertone will stay
 Vatican warns of excommunications if Chinese priest is ordained a bishop
 Liturgical texts issued for ordinariates of former Anglicans: ‘with this ring I thee wed’
 Zimbabwe’s bishops lament effects of Mugabe regime
 Islamist extremists destroying Timbuktu’s shrines
 ‘The Catholic bishops are in nobody's political pocket’

Released Tuesday, Jul. 3

 Vietnam: Mass disrupted by gang violence
 Liechtenstein’s pro-life prince wins key vote
 Violent assault on home of pro-life leader
 Orchestra from Middle East plans concert at papal residence
 Lessons from the Kulturkampf
 New CDF prefect cut funding for dissenting groups in Germany
 Schedule released for Pope's September trip to Lebanon
 Worldwide population of test-tube babies reaches 5 million
 Philadelphia archdiocese’s ex-CFO pleads guilty to $900,000 theft
 ‘Nuns on the bus’ protest against Ryan budget concludes
 Cardinals, scholars ponder St. Thomas Aquinas and John Paul II
 International Catholic film festival begins in Rome
 ‘Raised under the GLBT umbrella’

Released Monday, Jul. 2

 Catholic proportion of Brazil's population in steep decline
 Israeli Holocaust memorial moderates critical tone in description of Pope Pius XII
 UNESCO declares Bethlehem basilica a World Heritage site
 Kenyan Christians killed in terror attack on church
 Former international athlete to be Catholic chaplain at Olympics
 Pope dismisses Slovakian archbishop from pastoral office
 Pope plans October pilgrimage to Loreto
 Candid conversation with Archbishop Di Noia about reconciliation with SSPX
 Presidents named for October meeting of Synod
 Pope leaves Rome Tuesday for summer residence
 Health care requires compassion and love, Pope tells audience
 German prelate to head Vatican doctrinal congregation

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