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2005-01-10
 
 
 

01/16/05

Catholic organization screening priests on cruise ships

Canada: Same-sex slam

Va. focus of battle over gay marriage

Politics and religion still an uncertain mix

Trial of priest at center of clergy sex abuse scandal set to begin

Five selected to take clergy sex-abuse cases

Local sex abuse crisis prepared Gregory for national stage

IA: Former Waterloo priest faces abuse allegations in civil lawsuit

Canada:
Calgary bishop wants government to act against gays

Dubuque diocese pays $100,000 to settle abuse claim

In time of need, church failed her

Vatican’s support for Baathist criminal

01/15/05

WI: Convictions hold against ex-priest

NY: Ex-church music leader sues diocese for $2M

The vanishing Catholic intellectual

MT: Bill Expanding Hate Law

US planned to make love not war with 'gay bomb'

Bishops call for transparency at Vatican

CA: Enrollment of Gays' Sons Prompts a Plea to Bishop

IL: No charges for ex-Ind. pastor

Archbishop Retires

Sides to mediate abuse lawsuits

Church can’t retreat from pact with state

KY: Diocese, woman settle sex-abuse claim

CA: Mediation scheduled for church litigation

MA: Court bans photos, film of Shanley rape accuser

Talk of changing carnival date irks Catholic leaders in Brazil

Canada: Take gay union fight to MPs, bishop says

01/14/05

Study Traces Catholic Attitudes On Bankruptcy, Settlements

War poses religious dilemma

Episcopalians stand pat on gay bishops

Is the Pope Catholic?

How religion causes AIDS
 

Other religions' views

Canada: Fight Same Sex Marriages, Bishop urges Catholics

UK: Lords debate reform of royal succession

Ecumenical: Lutheran study reinforces stand on gay policies

Catholic Diocese settles lawsuit

Alaska: 3 join suit, claim abuse

Prosecutors seek media ban in priest trial

Chicago:
As many as 30 Catholic schools to close in 2005

01/13/05

Being Catholic and ecumenical in a pluralistic world

Easing of fertility laws sought in Italy

Former priest acquitted in fondling case

A Cover-Up Is a Cover-Up

Jews To Catholic Church: Delay Sainthood For Pius XII

AZ: Martin Luther King message to ring out at Foothills Mass

Christian Activists Charged With Hate Crimes For Gay Protest

OH: MARCH TO CELEBRATE MLK, JR.'S LEGACY, GAY EQUALITY FIGHT

Ecumenical: Lutheran Church Seeks Gay Issue Accord

Florida's shame in 28-year ban of gay adoptions

IL: Gay rights legislation draws praise criticism

Victim files suit against priest

MI: Priest paces as jury gets sex case

AK: Woman: Church unsympathetic to abuse claims

WI: Father Erickson's actions, statements make him suspect

FL: Orlando man sues priest, bishops, charging negligence, sex abuse

Diocese's dismissal of youth advocate raises critics' ire

IL: Bishop talks with Costa's parishioners

CT: Priest admits 'sexual sickness' in suit

01/12/05

Pope to Visit Germany This Year But Not Poland

Justice, friendship and mercy

Pope's stand on Cuba embargo angers exiles

IL: State House passes gay rights bill

GOVERNOR VOWS TO SIGN GAY RIGHTS LEGISLATION

Pope strengthens marriage attack

Ecumenical: Church leaders gather to consider gay controversy

Atlanta Golf Club Sparks Battle Over Gay Rights

Gay-straight student alliance sues for equality

GAY EQUALITY MEASURE MAY TAKE MONTHS OR YEARS

Pastor of St. Francis accused

Cardinal Egan to give deposition in sex abuse case

Mahoney: Confusion and loss for Newton's Catholic churches

Pope accepts resignation of Melkite auxiliary bishop

One man's burden

Accused priest has moral support

Former priest is accused of sexual abuse

Priest will receive up to 7 years for abuse

01/11/05

Cardinal will give deposition in sex abuse case

California Catholic Workers fight City Hall

Archbishop Regrets Abortion Holocaust Remark

We Remember: Father Jacques Dupuis

Truth and Power

Opposition to gay marriage tops pope's agenda

IL: Bill protecting gays clears state Senate, nears passage

KS: Senate to speed up gay marriage bill

Ecumenical: Pittsburgh Episcopal bishop to attend Utah meeting about gay issues

International: KYRGYZSTAN: Focus on gay and lesbian rights

Court lets stand Florida's ban on gay adoption

AZ: March protests proposed ban on gay marriage

Mass attendance found steady despite scandal

Austrian woman who insulted pope fined

The Separation of Church and State at a Catholic University

Judge to rule on validity of church abuse agreement

UK: Controversial Catholic group is given care of parish church

Boston: Former teacher to plead guilty

Sex abuse case assigned to different judge

Poll finds 'growing uneasiness' among Catholics over church finances

Priest will admit to molesting boys

Abuse victims seek reform

Siblings testify priest's behavior worried them

New approach to curb abuse and aid victims
 

01/10/05

Pope Calls for Fight Against Gay Marriage

Catholic schools face new ground on gays

Pope reiterates church's moral positions

Foreign gays seek haven in U.S. but may not find it

Probe reopened against Legionaries of Christ founder

Swiss court to open investigation into Vatican triple killing

Worcester Bishop Robert McManus lives the life of luxury while clergy abuse victims are thrown a few meager crumbs

Vermont Catholic Church faces big changes

Tucson's Catholic Diocese passes audit on sex abuse prevention

Mo. parish rejects church takeover

Germany holds memorial vigil

POPE: FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN INALIENABLE RIGHT

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