Brazil
Brazilian authorities are investigating three priests accused of sexually abusing altar boys after a video allegedly showing one case of abuse was broadcast on television.

Washington
A coalition of Catholic nuns is urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama's health care plan, in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion.

Vatican City
A commissioner appointed by the Vatican will take command of the Legionaries of Christ, orphans of their founder Marcial Maciel, disgraced by scandals

Australia
The Archdiocese of Sydney has announced that it is offering a $100,000 grant "to support and foster research on the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells."

Ireland
Cardinal Sean Brady resisted calls for his resignation, despite admitting that he took part in meetings where the victims of a pedophile priest were forced to take a vow of silence.

Great Britain
Britain's MI5 intelligence outfit has revealed that Hitler's Germany had hatched a plan during World War II to infiltrate the Vatican with spies disguised as monks.

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