March 31
Canon lawyer in Milwaukee case corrects record
Provides devastating critique of New York Times account
German diocese: 20 priests accused of sex abuse
'Shocking' allegations involved crimes from 50s to 1990.
Christian militia members indicted on conspiracy
Group planned to kill police officer at funeral
Baltimore diocese files federal suit against city
Objects to pregnancy center ordinance requirements
Nuns face guns, impunity in trying to save Amazon
Violent death was meant for diminutive 64-year-old
Bishop defends Benedict, criticizes Weakland
Says it's wrong to point fingers at Pope over US case
Christian child killed in attack on Mosul
'There is still fear amongst the Christian community'
Criticism of Vatican in Wis. over abuse scandal
Victim says no one would listen to him then or now
George Weigel scores NY Times report on scandal
Says Church shouldn't be portrayed as epicenter of abuse
March 30
Planned Parenthood lauds nuns' support of health bill
Says it was important for sisters to break from bishops
Ted Kennedy Jr. to face Brown in Senate race?
Connecticut layer has kept residence in Massachusetts
Vatican cardinal calls for sex abuse 'housecleaning'
Kasper defends Pope, says needs of victims come first
Even NCR's John Allen defends Pope against charges
'The first casualty of any crisis is perspective'
Crucifix could be 'porn' under Indonesian law
Fear that Muslims will use it to penalize non-Muslims
Abuse victims may bring suits against Vatican
Holy See Press Office reiterates Pope not involved
Philosopher: Why we should ditch religion
Sam Harris says we need to look elsewhere for morality
Polish Catholic chief defends pope over abuse
Voices his 'spiritual support and cordial communion'
In Turkey, Pope gunman says Benedict should resign
Media gives ear even to Pope John Paul II killer
March 29
Georgetown votes to fund abortion rights panel
Jesuit university has several pro-abortion student groups
Vatican paper responds to charges by NY Times
'There was no cover-up in the case of Father Murphy'
NY archbishop defends Pope in sex abuse scandal
Says claims grounded in 'inaccuracy, bias and hyperbole'
Protesters gather in London urging Pope to resign
UK archbishop says there's no reason for pontiff to quit
Pope Benedict: don't be intimidated by petty gossip
Says man can 'sink into the swamp of sin and dishonesty'
Cardinal Pell to tackle Ireland's sex abuse scandal?
Pope: 'I intend to hold an apostolic visitation'
Pope faces fresh wave of abuse scandals in Italy
Allegations by victims of pedophile priests spreading
Anglican bishops: UK discriminates against Christians
...while treating other faiths more leniently
In Mexico, Catholic order is haunted by past
Legion of Christ scandals continue to unfold
March 26
Another Irish bishop admits child abuse failure
Vatican may force Cardinal Sean Brady to resign
Vatican failed to defrock US priest who abused boys
Fr. Lawrence C. Murphy molested as many as 200 deaf boys
Protestant Orange Order to protest Pope's UK visit
Provocateurs say they must object 'on Biblical grounds'
Christians being 'treated like animals' in Pakistan
Church spokesman: international intervention urgently needed
Abuse victims demand pope open files on pedophiles
Group asks Pope to defrock all 'predator priests'
Vatican defends decision not to defrock US priest
Says Church laws do not require automatic punishment
Germans abandon Catholic Church following scandals
Barely one in six now say they have confidence in Church
Salvadoran leader apologizes for bishop's killing
Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated 30 years ago
Muslim attacks injure 50 in Bangladesh
Tensions raised and panic created in the area
March 25
Bishop John Magee resigns over sex abuse scandal
Irish prelate once served as secretary to three popes
Stupak: Pope doesn't control Catholic lawmakers
Michigan Democrat calls prolife groups 'hypocritical'
Obama to sign executive order on abortion limits
Event Wednesday will be closed to the news media
Annual audit shows decline in sexual abuse reports
Costs to dioceses and religious orders also decreased
'Last Supper' is growing by Biblical proportions
Depictions between 1000 and 2000 AD depict larger helpings
Bishop wants Pakistan gov't to punish persecutors
'We demand that the rights of Christians are respected'
Dutch cardinal denies knowledge of sex abuse
'I know that is a very dangerous remark...'
New abuse charges against priests in Germany
Pope's native diocese confirms new allegations
US bishops greet health care reform with regret
...while some Catholic groups reacted with enthusiasm
March 24
Billionaire fulfills 'pact with God'
British supermarket chain founder gives fortune to charity
Archbishop Chaput: A bad bill and how we got it
Says Catholic Health Association damaged prolife cause
Muslims mob Indonesia church under construction
Yelling abuses at Christians, demanded project be halted
RI gov candidate confronted sex-abuse priest
John Robitaille says he was raped by Fr. James Porter
German archbishop: abuse covered up for years
'Every single case darkens face of the entire Church'
Vatican investigating 14 sex abuse cases in Spain
Incidents took place between 2001 and March 2010
Possibility of new diocese for Medjugorje floated
Following last week's announcement of Vatican commission
Texas lawmaker admits yelling 'baby killer'
Rep. Neugebauer says he was referring to health care bill
Italian PM praises Pope's 'humility and sincerity'
Pastoral letter to Irish prompts unexpected approval
March 23
Canadian Anglicans ask to join Catholic Church
Group with three Ottawa-area parishes approaches Vatican
Christian burned, wife raped, for refusing Islam
Victimized by Muslim leaders, backed by Pakistani police
Man tries to attack bishop at Irish cathedral
Former orphanage resident had to be 'dragged away'
Founder of Human Life International dies at 89
Fr. Paul Marx instrumental in founding prolife movement
Priest caught in videotaped sex romp with altar boy
Alleged former victim set up hidden camera in church
Cardinal sees campaign against Church over abuse
Head of Italy's bishops: problem not just Catholic issue
More Catholic child abuse allegations surface
Lawyers: there are more than 300 cases across Germany
Irish bishop 'sorry' for failing to report priest
Pressure for more hierarchy resignations continues
Australian exorcists: Youth endangered by occult
Says fascination fuelled by 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter'
March 22
Pope blasts Irish bishops, orders Vatican probe
'You must answer for it before God' and Church tribunals
Ottawa archbishop lays down law on kneeling
Orders all Catholics to conform during Mass
Sheikh incites Muslims to attack Christians in Egypt
Enraged mob attacks Coptic community, hurls rocks
Egyptian police arrest 13 victims of Muslim attack
Being charged with 'illegal religious assembly'
Dr. Death tells Irish patients how to end it all
Australian suicide promoter gives tips to terminally ill
Storm stirred up over Pope's alleged failure on abuse
Ratzinger was never part of 'magic circle' of bishops
Antoni Gaudi's vision left mark on Barcelona
Pope scheduled to consecrate Sagrada Familia this year
Remains of Italian teen believed found in church
Vanished from her home town of Potenza in 1993
Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder
Guatemalan human rights groups expresses outrage
March 19
Irish Cardinal ducking blame in abuse case
Using 'Nuremberg defense' in face of public outrage
Irish bishop paid sex abuse victim to keep quiet
Adds to scandals surrounding Catholic Church in Europe
Bavarian bishops pray for abuse victims
Archbishop calls for justice for sexual abuse victims
First black Catholic priest in US up for sainthood
Cardinal to appoint commission to evaluate Fr. Tolton
Vietnam temporarily frees 'dissident' priest
Human rights activists to receive medical treatment
Catholic schools in N Ireland facing mergers
Church continues its plans for reorganization
Top Vatican exorcist: Pedophiles tempted by Satan
Says 'devil tempts those in the Vatican'
Former Tiller abortionists make Albuquerque home
City becomes new late-term abortion capital
Pope verbally abused in St Peter's Square
Vatican police forcibly removed screaming man
March 18
Vatican confirms commission to study Medjugorje
Will investigate long-reported Marian apparitions
Priests with love lives speak out against celibacy
Vatican rejects any link between vows and sex abuse
Irish cardinal 'ashamed' over clergy abuse failure
Brady says he will reflect on testimony he's heard
Pope Benedict to sign sex-abuse letter
Tells Irish faithful missive will be sent 'soon'
Mosul, another targeted execution of Iraqi Christian
Shooting is just the latest in a long trail of blood
Sex scandal embroils Catholic Church in Brazil
Three priests accused of abusing altar boys
Bishop: Confessors can't turn in sex abuse priests
'The only possible outcome of confession is absolution'
Court: Overtime payments don't apply to seminarians
Mexican seminarian sued Archdiocese of Seattle
Catholic nuns urge passage of health care bill
...in an unusual public break with bishops
March 17
Bishop: scandals will cause generations of damage
Says Catholic Church is 'holed beneath the waterline'
Pope's ex-diocese suspends sex-abuse priest
Violated terms set out for him after his conviction
Legion of Christ awaits appointment of new leader
Vatican concludes 8-month investigation of Maciel order
Catholic Church losing Latinos in US
Some move to other denominations or claim no religion
Bishops reiterate objection to health care bill
Abortion wording still unacceptable despite revisions
Could Catholic Church kill healthcare reform?
Pelosi, a Catholic, deems the bill toward passage
Child abuse claims sweep Church in Europe
Victims confronting the clergy to face its demons
Church to fund adult stem cell research
Australian archdiocese announces $100,000 grant
Benedict to visit Scotland, England for 4 days
Unprecedented papal visit with status of a state visit
March 16
Priest's victims forced into vow of silence
Top-ranking Irish cardinal admits to involvement
Catholic hospitals support health care bill
Group rallies behind President Barack Obama
Nazis planned to send 'monk' spies to Vatican
Britain's MI5 reveals Hitler's infiltration plan
Celibacy debate re-emerges amid abuse scandals
Pope reiterates that voluntary chastity is gift from God
Prominent gay activist Jesuit priest dead at 82
Helped found the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Vietnam releases Catholic priest from prison
'Dissident' suffered 2 strokes during 3-year confinement
Colombia bishops call for clean elections
Urge Catholics not to take bribes in exchange for votes
Priest challenges bishop on church closings
Says diocese is violating rights of parishioners
Rio de Janeiro's Christ statue set for renovation
Heavy rains have eroded portions of face and hands
March 15
Abuse scandal in Germany edges closer to Pope
Ratzinger's Munich archdiocese made 'serious mistakes'
Marriages in Scotland hit a 150-year low
Mainly due to acceptance of co-habiting couples
Atheists meet to celebrate lack of faith
Will issue statement on 'negative effects of religion'
Vatican: number of sex abuse cases is small
Far more widespread in secular world than in Church
Swiss Catholic Church investigates 60 abuse claims
Abbot says victims should the ones to press charges
Pope 'distraught' by German sex abuse scandal
German archbishop says priest celibacy not to blame
Pope stresses Christian unity at Lutheran church
Says don't complain about the slow pace of dialogue
Vienna Boys Choir admits possible sexual abuses
Austrian cultural icon not affiliated with the Church
Cardinal Brady will not resign over 'cover-up'
Abused teenagers were made to sign vows of silence
March 12
Vatican paper laments 'veil of masculine secrecy'
Says women needed in important decision-making roles
Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
Rome's mayor also says it sends the wrong message
Irish bishop: media 'unfair' on abuse scandal
Says 'cover up' was not just confined to the Church
German Catholic Church pledges investigation
Ordered two separate inquiries into 170 allegations
Police spoil move to vandalize India cathedral
Sixty Hindu radicals burned effigy before dispersing
Abuse scandal could create crisis for Benedict
Ratzinger was Archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982
Polish Catholic paper punished for abortion view
Loses appeal in what's seen as freedom of speech battle
Magazine sorry for Communion-spitting offense
Muslim journalists posed as Catholics and spat out Host
Severe drought in Venezuela resurrects church
82-foot high building re-emerges from underwater
March 11
Chief exorcist says Devil active in the Vatican
'Cardinals who do not believe in Jesus' are Satanic
Austrian arch-abbot admits child abuse
Offers to resign over molestation of 12-year-old boy
Iran: Christian tortured for 'converting Muslims'
Regime steps up fight against proselytizing
Egypt acquits Muslims who beheaded Christian
Attack took place 'in full view of witnesses'
Flap in Tennessee over anti-Catholic tract
Baptist pastor regrets 'Death Cookie' leaflet
Jesuits selling properties worth millions
Seven single-family houses in Cambridge on market
Chaput defends Catholic school's decision
...not to re-enroll lesbian couple's children
Psychologist: Priestly celibacy not dangerous
Says 'anything goes' sexuality is the real problem
Argentina judge revokes same-sex 'marriage'
Orders two men to turn in any marriage licenses
March 10
Nigeria's anti-Christian massacre toll hits 500
Muslim herdsmen responsible for machete-hacking death
Archbishop: We've come 'face to face with Satan'
500 butchered by Muslims in Nigeria killing fields
Pope's brother: I slapped pupils in the face
Georg says he's not aware of sexual abuse allegations
Dutch bishops announce sex abuse investigation
Follows more than 200 accusations filed by victims
Legion responds to founder's alleged children
Says family spokesman requested $26 million hush money
Utah Gov. Herbert signs abortion bill into law
Only abortions performed by a doctor would be legal
World's wackiest St. Patrick's Day celebrations
Shortest parade, largest shamrock, coldest festival
Peter Hitchens: How I came back to God
...and found peace with my atheist brother
Hans Kung blames clergy sex abuse on celibacy
Theologian scolds Church for 'uptight' views on sex
March 9
Vatican accused over sex abuse allegations
German justice minister condemns 'wall of silence'
Machete-wielding rioters kill 200 Christians
Suspicion falls on Muslim group after villages attacked
Philippine health chief, Church fight over condoms
Long-running battle over contraception reignited
Vatican launches appeal for Christians in Holy Land
Seeks to stem mass exodus from the ancient community
Petition protests Pope Benedict's UK visit
Calls on the Prime Minister to exempt taxpayers
Maciel scandal puts focus on secretive Legionaries
Alleged sons claim sex abuse by order's founder
Two fired over alleged Vatican gay-prostitute ring
Papal aide already in jail over a corruption probe
Vatican backs German sex abuse probe
Results should 'render justice to possible victims'
Gendercide: the worldwide war on baby girls
Technology, infertility, prejudice unbalance societies
March 8
Maciel accused of sexually abusing alleged son
Woman claims 20 year relationship with Legion founder
Catholic school boots student with gay parents
Says parents 'living in open discord' with Church
2,000 deaths, 600,000 Christian refugees in Iraq
Nation's Christian population down to 3 percent
Vatican commission to probe Medjugorje apparitions
To be headed by Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith
Orthodox Dutch Catholics angered by gay decision
Bishop to allow openly gay men, women take communion
Germany wants Catholic clarity on abuse cases
Nation wants zero tolerance approach to child abuse
Pope's brother: I would testify in abuse case
But says he knows nothing about the alleged abuse
Church slams Mexico City's leftist mayor
...accusing his administration of botching issues
Traditional Anglicans to join Catholic Church
Group responded positively to Benedict XVI's overture
Thousands rally in Spain against abortion law
Gatherings held in at least four Spanish cities
March 5
Papal aide linked to Vatican gay prostitution ring
Vatican chorister was allegedly functioning as pimp
Mexican woman claims 2 kids with Maciel
Scandal-tainted Legion founder back in the limelight
Sinead O'Connor: Christ would burn down Vatican
Bald-headed singer says she'd be glad to help Him
Condoms now in 'extra small' for boys age 12
On sale in Switzerland to combat unprotective sex
ND student paper spikes Charles Rice column
Article upholds Church teaching on homosexuality
Pakistan: Christian couple gets 25 years in prison
...for allegedly touching Qur'an with 'dirty hands'
Baltimore archdiocese to close 13 schools
City to lose nine of its 30 Catholic schools
Keillor to headline Catholic teachers convention
...pro-abortion, pro-gay 'marriage' Episcopalian
Rare centuries-old Flemish masterpiece uncovered
Quentin Metsys's 'Christ blessing' estimated at £500,000
March 4
Exorcist: Satanic sects exist in the Vatican
Says participation reaches to the College of Cardinals
German monastery raided over child sex abuse
Head of the monastery, school headmaster step down
Gay weddings to be allowed in UK churches
House of Lords votes in favor of lifting the ban
Pope to consecrate Gaudi's Sagrada Familia
'Will underline the dialogue between faith and art'
Dutch gays, Catholic Church put aside dispute
Parish will no longer bar homosexuals from communion
Filipino bishops want condom ads banned
Say multimillion dollar industry sacrifices morality
French bishops slam pay-to-confess hotline
Phone service charges 0.34 euros a minute
Janitor pleads not guilty to killing NJ priest
Prosecutors say he stabbed victim more than 30 times
Cardinal O'Malley moved by Haitans' sacrifices
Wraps up whirlwind tour of post-quake damage
March 3
Archbishop Chaput: JFK caused serious damage
Says rigid separation of Church and state dubious
DC Catholic Charities drops spouse benefits
To avoid offering benefits to same-sex partners
Anti-theist Florida woman tweets her abortion
'It's not that bad, it's not that scary...'
Life sentence for Christians accused of blasphemy
'The accusations are unjust, manipulated and unproven'
Dutch probe claims of Catholic child sex abuse
Allegations lodged by 1960's students at monastery school
Catholic diocese seeks cash to pay Irish victims
Appealed to its parishioners to cover some costs
Bishops Conference contradicts Pelosi claim
That Senate health bill -- it does fund abortion
Islamic scholar issues fatwa against terrorists
Completely dismantles al-Qaeda's violent ideology
Prolife billboards: abortion targets black women
Is there a racial conspiracy to reduce black population
March 2
New study suggests Catholic girls have 'gone wild'
4 times more likely to 'hook up' than secular gals?
Iraqi Christians protest over killings
680 families have fled Mosul since recent attacks
Dutch activists stage Mass 'walk out' protest
After priest's refusal to give Eucharist to gay man
Discovery pieces together ancient Bible manuscript
Halves separated across centuries, continents reunited
Protesters vow to stop 'sacrilegious gay Masses'
Priest says homosexuals have right to communion too
Pope prays for victims of massive Chile quake
Pledged the assistance of Catholic relief organizations
German bishop rejects call for roundtable meeting
Sees no relation between clerical abuse and homosexuality
Harvard faculty cannot cope with religion
University cannot agree on how it should be taught
Russian pol wants to be cloned for nation's benefit
Vladimir Zhirinovsky: Cloning is 'remedy for humanity'
March 1
Christians arrested for Muslim rampage in Pakistan
Armed Islamic assault followed fruit stand scuffle
Muslim mob burns churches, homes in Liberia
At least three dead and forced hundreds to flee
Nuncio decries Christian deaths in Iraq
Long list of homicides seems endless, horrifying
French bishop frustrated over church desecrations
Laments 'ineptitude' of civil authorities
Searching for Paul's shipwreck on Malta
Finding anchors not just an archeological find
Cardinal asserts right to schools in N Ireland
Says Catholics should not apologize for their faith
King not to be sanctioned for Spanish abortion law
Bishop says 'general principles can't be applied'
Trial postponed for Canada's Bishop Lahey
Former Ontario prelate faces child porn charges
Green Bay diocese withholding funds from CCHD
Bishops says too many allegations need investigating
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