Maryland
Workers at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes found
$40,000 worth of rare coins on the grounds and later discovered the bags of money
had only been left there for safekeeping under the Virgin's watchful eye.
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong student nicknamed the Chinese Warren Buffet has been
accused of blackmailing a Catholic priest with intimate images,
threatening to extort $800,000.
Maryland
Researchers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, reporting
initial findings in their look into causes of the Catholic church's
2002 sexual-abuse scandal, say they can't attribute it to gay priests.
California
Police arrested a 22-year-old Muslim man after he yelled, "Allah is
power" and tore a crucifix from a customers's neck and scared others
at a Bay area shopping center.
Washington DC
A Catholic coalition, citing several controversial grants to
groups which opposed Church teaching, has called for reform of
the U.S. bishops' Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
Tanzania
A United Nations court has acquitted a Catholic priest charged
with genocide, murder, and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide
after the judge said prosecution failed to prove its case.
more news links...
