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Stories for week of March 31, 2013

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 5

 Archbishop Tutu honored with Templeton Prize
 Federal judge lifts all restrictions on 'morning-after' pill sales
 Italian court says in vitro process should be available to same-sex couples
 Jesuit school denies recognition to Knights of Columbus; gay students seek chaplain's removal
 Miami officials say Mother Teresa's nuns lack proper license to serve poor
 Long Island parish removes lector after same-sex marriage
 Prestigious Jesuit journal shifting focus to promote commentary, online access
 Pope Francis confirms drive against sexual abuse
 Archbishop, other Christian leaders to commemorate famed ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’
 USCCB grants $3.1M to assist Church in Latin America
 Pakistan: mob burns shops, cars in Christian neighborhood
 Pope Francis often heard confessions, will not ‘clericalize the laity,’ says priest
 Catholic school enrollment continues to fall in US

Released Thursday, Apr. 4

 Milwaukee archdiocese agrees to release sex-abuse documents
 'Topless jihad' planned against Tunisian clerics
 Turkey's secularists worried by 'gigantic' new mosque
 Italian priest charged with defrauding hospital
 Italy-Argentina soccer game suggested as tribute to Pope Francis
 Survey shows Pope's popularity among Americans
 Nigerian prelate condemns attacks on Christian villages; thousands displaced
 Head of Coptic Orthodox Church to visit Pope Francis
 Uruguay’s senate votes in favor of same-sex marriage
 Bishop speaks of terror in Central African Republic
 Vatican commission document on inspiration of Scripture nearing completion

Released Wednesday, Apr. 3

 Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy after 8 years in jail
 Vatican announces Pope's schedule for April, May
 Women, first witnesses to the Resurrection, show how to spread faith, Pope tells audience
 Pope prays at John Paul II’s tomb, calls John XXIII’s secretary
 Profile of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
 USCCB: lobby senators on behalf of assault-weapon ban, universal background checks
 Vatican message for autism awareness day
 Australia launches inquiry into child sexual abuse; 5,000 expected to testify
 Cardinal recounts details of Pope’s visit to St. Peter’s tomb

Released Tuesday, Apr. 2

 John Paul II was 'fearless,' Pope told anniversary celebration in Argentina
 India: seminary rector beaten to death
 Reuters speculates on reforms Pope Francis might undertake
 Oregon priest sentenced to 6 years for abuse committed in 2012
 Wire service retracts reports on Pope’s lung
 Russian Orthodox Church urges Anglicans not to support female bishops, same-sex marriage
 USCCB campaign: thank Sen. Rubio for support for immigration reform
 Pope Francis: be transformed by the grace of the Easter sacraments

Released Monday, Apr. 1

 Traditionalists taken aback by Pope's foot-washing ritual
 'Restructure' Church to focus on Christ's message, suggests Dublin's archbishop
 Pope Francis to visit St. Peter's tomb
 Pope prays for the world in Easter message
 Prayer intentions of Pope Francis for April
 Protests against German ban on Good Friday dances
 Cardinal Dolan addresses same-sex marriage on Easter Sunday news shows
 Pope Francis tells priests: keep churches open, hear confessions
 Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem says Pope would be ‘most welcome’ as pilgrim

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