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Stories for week of September 30, 2012

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 5

 Moscow patriarchate may allow Orthodox priests to run for office
 Media have a history of accepting Scripture scams, notes Father Rutler
 Bishop’s message is divisive, newspaper editorial argues
 CDF prefect discusses talks with SSPX, LCWR
 New San Francisco archbishop must accept homosexuals, says former Catholic Charities director
 UN council approves Russian resolution affirming family values
 China imposes ‘re-education’ on all clergy, religious in Shanghai
 Pope makes pilgrimage to Loreto

Released Thursday, Oct. 4

 UN official: government must block 'retrogressive' efforts to restrict abortion access
 HHS mandate reflects notion that state is the source of human rights
 Looking toward canonization of Bl. John XXIII
 Irish Catholic primate welcomes selection of new Anglican leader
 Russia weighs restrictions on building of mosques
 Filipino prelate explains why accused priest was still in ministry
 Vatican investigating sex-abuse charge against Chilean bishop
 Cardinal’s innocence proven by paternity test
 Protester coaxed off dome of St. Peter’s, under arrest
 Vatican police report finding thousands of documents at Gabriele’s home
 Pope makes pilgrimage to Loreto shrine
 Agenda announced for US bishops’ fall meeting
 New York Times editorial rips bishops on religious liberty
 US birth rate at all-time low
 Prelate pleads: don’t send weapons to Syria
 Islamist terrorists execute Christian students in Nigeria
 New CDF prefect: post-Vatican II problems were not caused by Vatican II

Released Wednesday, Oct. 3

 EU protester climbs onto dome of St. Peter’s basilica
 Pope asks prayers for Synod success
 Liturgy is foundation of personal prayer, Pope tells audience
 Gabriele admits betrayal, but denies theft, in Vatican trial testimony
 European bishops warn of new threats to religious freedom
 Doctors will face mounting pressure to ignore consciences, warns Bishop Vasa
 French government proposes free abortions
 Shrine administrators block Philippine inquiry on ivory smuggling
 Boston College professor calls upon theologians to be faithful to Magisterium
 ‘We need death panels’
 In "welcome" to new Catholic archbishop, Episcopal leader calls Catholic teaching on marriage 'oppression'
 Archbishop Lori decries ‘aggressive and godless secularism,’ fears effects of same-sex marriage on Catholic schools
 Another monastery vandalized in Israel
 Christian publisher files suit against HHS mandate following denial of exemption

Released Tuesday, Oct. 2

 New York Times: photo essay on ‘women as priests’
 Pakistan: witnesses recant testimony supporting girl accused of blasphemy
 Vatican cardinal calls for return of ‘missionary boldness’
 European bishops rue anti-Christian hostility
 Bangladesh: Christians fearful following Muslim rampage against Buddhists
 Cardinal Sarah calls upon Catholic Charities to foster Catholic identity
 Smithsonian Channel curbs hype on papyrus-fragment story
 Cardinal Burke’s influence seen on the rise at Vatican
 International problems reflect moral crisis, Vatican official tells UN
 Pope sees social networks as potential boon for evangelization
 Pope told British cardinal not to accept seat in House of Lords
 US court dismisses one challenge to HHS contraceptive mandate
 Cardinal sees papal pardon likely for ‘Vatileaks’ suspect
 Terror attack on Kenyan Catholic parish
 Preparing to leave summer residence, Pope thanks staff

Released Monday, Oct. 1

 USCCB: October prayer initiatives for respect for life, religious liberty
 Leading Canadian prelate emphasizes New Evangelization
 Pope thanks officials at Castel Gandolfo
 Pope to write message about social networks
 Pope’s pilgrimage to Loreto will be his 9th
 In Red Mass homily, prelate recalls St. Thomas More
 Laos: Christian ministers arrested in government crackdown
 Protestant leader battered by Muslim mob in Pakistan
 Rejoice at the good in other faiths, Pope tells audience
 Slim chances remaining for reconciliation of SSPX?
 Pope pleads for peace in Congo
 Israeli envoy hopes for quick accord with Vatican on diplomatic pact
 Reduce public access to Sistine Chapel, Italian critic urges
 Catholic Medical Association says male-female marriage important [CORRECTED]
 Vatileaks trial opens; Pope's secretary to testify
 L'Osservatore editorial: Coptic papyrus is probably fake

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