April 30
Gorbachev signed 'death sentence' on JPII
'If necessary - reach to means beyond disinformation'
Vatican: Rumors about Pope's health 'baseless'
French newspaper calls into question pontiff's vitality
Communion politics issue boils after Pope visit
Pro-abortion politicians taken to task for receiving
Catholic Italy lacks knowledge of faith
Majority do not know 'most basic facts' about the Bible
U.S. among most Bible-literate nations
Americans also most willing to donate money to churches
Catholic students in molotov cocktail attack
Attack pupils from rival school in Samoa's capital
South Dakota to hold abortion referendum
Voters narrowly rejected total ban in 2006
Wright: Criticism is attack on black church
Claims his tradition not bombastic, just different
Gay bishop: 'It is a sin to treat me this way'
Episcopal believes God is on his side in controversy
April 29
Cardinal Egan slams Giuliani over Communion
Demands meeting with former New York City mayor
Ex-papal liturgist: liturgical renewal irreversible
Archbishop Marini pooh-poohs Pope's Trad Mass indult
Sheik: Bible says women should wear veil
Muslim cleric demands compliance from Christians too
British Muslim 'bullied' for converting
Locals threatened to burn down new Christian's house
Brazil navy ends search for balloon priest
Vanished a week ago while floating on helium balloons
Cardinal Arinze: What is a Catholic university?
Vatican advisor speaks at Christendom College anniversary
Malaysia's Catholics fight to use 'Allah' in paper
Newspaper pushes ahead with lawsuit to quash gov't ban
Swiss grant rights to animals, plants
In an effort to respect the needs of 'social species'
Orlando diocese ignored abuse, lawsuit says
Knowingly assigned pedophile priest to two parishes
April 28
Pope sparks 'tsunami' of interest in seminary
Vocations Director: 'I've been meeting people all week'
Girls as young as 12 having abortions in UK
Abortionists: Society should 'stop being shocked'
Egypt cracks down on the 'live in sin license'
Informal marriage contracts get around religious bans
Pope calls for end to African conflicts
Impassioned plea for peace in Somalia, Sudan, Burundi
US Catholic leadership invites Hindu leader
To discuss improving Hindu-Catholic relations
Catholic radio axing Protestant programs
Archdiocese of Hartford cancels flagship Sunday program
What old-guard feminists get wrong about Catholics
'Pope Benedict, How long must women wait for equality?'
Catholic priest murdered by Sri Lankan army
More than 3000 have died since collapse of ceasefire
Victims of abuse recall meeting with Pope
'I saw it in his face, heard his voice. He understands'
April 25
One million to view exhumed body of Padre Pio
'Virtually intact' nearly 40 years after his death
Why is Padre Pio cause of such controversy?
Exhumation has intensified the passions of his followers
Priest president taps sister for First Lady
Will focus on humanitarian projects in Indian communities
Polish Church cracks down on copied sermons
New book tells priests how to find inspiration
China moves to limit access to Catholic shrine
Sign of anxiety over large religious gatherings
Women Tell Of coerced abortions at Kansas clinic
Botchings took place at nation's largest late-term mill
Antiabortion initiatives divide movement
Philosophical split: for and against outright ban
Why are Muslims converting to Christianity
'The power of God in answered prayers and healing'
Florida debates Christian license plates
Would be first in nation to promote specific religion
April 24
John Henry Cardinal Newman to be beatified
Vatican approves process for famed English convert
Italian doctors refusing to perform abortions
Seventy percent of gynecologists say no on moral grounds
Faithful await display of Catholic mystic's body
Padre Pio was exhumed from Italian crypt in March
Priest rescuers find balloons, but no priest
Brazilian cleric carried away by wind during fundraiser
Court to hear case over use of word 'Allah'
Catholic newspaper taken to task in Islamic Malaysia
Polish nuns, priests takes to the catwalk
Fashion show designed to attract vocations
Singing priests sing multi-million contract
Irish trio says they'll give the money to charity
Vatican ponders case after bishop elected
Should the new Paraguay president be defrocked?
April 23
Churches fear Zimbabwe 'genocide'
Call for action to prevent post-election violence
Rebels: Sri Lankan jets bombed Catholic church
Air force carried out attack against rebel boats
Girl gang scandal in Australian Catholic schools
Doc: grown women still damaged by what happened to them
Pope may defrock Paraguay's President Lugo
Vatican already suspended former bishop from his duties
Pope caught in row over Australia visit
Politicians, Church wrangle over cost to the taxpayer
Muslims call to adopt Mecca time
Clerics believe Islamic holy city is center of the Earth
U.S. hoping Pope's visit leads to more priests
Benedict: Open hearts to the Lord's call to follow him
Cardinal Rigali: teach seminarians 'Latin Mass'
Says they must understand Holy Father's pastoral concern
Intelligent design movie hits top ten
Earned respectable $3.2 million while on 1,052 screens
April 22
Former Catholic bishop wins Paraguay's presidency
Ending 61-year reign of the world's longest ruling party
Catholic group calling for Bill Maher's ouster
HBO host called Pope Benedict a 'Nazi,' pedophile leader
Brazil priest vanishes on balloon flight
Smiling cleric soared to an altitude of 20,000 feet
Victims' families find comfort at WTC ceremony
'It moved this place up to a real place of reverence'
Vatican's pro-life crusader Cardinal Trujillo dies
Campaigned against condoms and embryo experiments
Jogging Pole in epic pilgrimage to Portugal
Man is pulling three-wheel cart down the highway
Man on trial for using blood on Mary statue
Italian used his own blood to make 'heavenly tears' appear
Is Satan gaining foothold in Rome?
'There is a greater openness towards the devil'
Cloned animals have been declared safe to eat
Public relations timebomb is about to blow
April 21
SSPX Trad Catholics disappointed by Benedict
Schismatics decide not to seek closer ties to Rome now
Ecumenical fight erupts in Jerusalem church
Denominations often vie over access to Holy Sepulchre
Pope Benedict prays for peace at Ground Zero
Discourse asked, 'Why, Lord, did you remain silent?'
Pope tells UN: Intervene to protect rights
Benedict warns against a 'secularist ideology'
Pope recalls youth under Nazi rule
Ratzinger's years as teen marred by sinister regime
Text of Benedict's homily at Yankee Stadium
'Authority' and 'obedience' not easy words to speak
Pope prays for healing from Church sex scandal
Celebrates Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC
Catholic vote proves to be difficult target
Once solidly Democrat, flock now more diverse
Roadside bomb kills prominent Catholic priest
Head of Sri Lanka rights group dies returning from Mass
April 18
Abortion a medium for art, political discourse?
Yale student inseminates herself, induces miscarriages
Yale calls abortion art project a fiction
Student 'artist' disputes university's claim
North Koreans with religious ties face torture
China urged to stop sending refugees back to their homeland
Pope: Catholic schools must follow Church teaching
Dogma must shape 'all aspects of an institution's life'
Pope asks Americans to be 'genuinely Catholic'
Mass celebrated with 45,000 worshippers in Washington DC
Pope resolution passes after 'life' removed
Democrats objected to possible reference to abortion
Bardot on trial for inciting anti-Muslim hatred
French actress complained about feast of Eid al-Adha
Sex abuse victims describe meeting with Pope
Holy Father listened, offered words of encouragement
Maher to apologize for calling Pope a 'Nazi'
For talk show host just another anti-Catholic diatribe
April 17
Abortion-rights lawmakers to receive Communion
Leading these lawmakers will be Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Pope tells bishops to fight secular ideology
Urges them to build up Catholic values, heal the Church
Pope of the Internet Age draws eyeballs online
His every word, gesture, and blessing is being uploaded
Rift over Iraq between President Bush and Pope
Vatican and White House still disagree over the war
Pope urges open arms for immigrants to U.S.
Benedict: 'Support them in their sorrows and trials'
President ignores opposition to Pope's visit
White House picketed by an estimated 300 demonstrators
Watch for political fallout from Pope's visit
Catholic vote crucial in coming presidential election
Wary reception of Pope among U.S. Muslims
Some still feel 'lingering sting' of Muhammad comment
Older seminarians help revitalize priesthood
'Everything is personal interest and God's grace'
April 16
Same-sex couples could create children
Research focusing on creating eggs, sperm from other cells
Activists fight to allow 'gay blood' donors
Group argues: no restrictions on heterosexual people
Vatican views United States, Europe differently
'America and the Pope will get on famously'
George W. Bush embraces Benedict XVI in DC
President and Pope disagree on Iraq, death penalty and Cuba
Pope tells of Church's abuse shame on US trip
Says sex abuse of children has caused 'great suffering'
Pope avoids talk of homosexuality during interview
'We would absolutely exclude pedophiles from...ministry'
US Muslim group declines to meet Benedict XVI
Islamic leaders feel 'uneasy' about Pope's approach
NY Catholic teachers strike ahead of Pope visit
Union fails to reach settlement with Archdiocese
McCain keeps his faith out of politics
Don't expect any public testimonies from nominee
April 15
Hamas cleric: 'Rome will be conquered by Islam'
Capital to be 'an advanced post for the Islamic conquests'
12,000 to greet Pope on White House lawn
Benedict to be greeted on arrival in US by George Bush
Judge: Teen may attend Catholic high school
Atheist father objected to mother's educational decision
Activists to demonstrate during papal visit
Aggrieved Catholics hope to draw attention to their causes
Catholic university bans pro-life speaker
School's inability to control the event at issue
Pope confident he'll be safe during US visit
'This time around there have been threats too, no doubt'
Paraguay vote led by ex-Catholic bishop
Front-runner in April 20 presidential election
Churches crumble in France: how to save them?
Some communities have dynamited those deemed expensive
Clinton, Obama target faith voters at forum
But defend their support for abortion rights
April 14
Catholic cathedral bombed in Philippines
Home to U.S. troops providing counterterrorism training
Threats close down Chicago Catholic college
Bathroom scrawl: 'Be prepared to die on 4/14'
Photographers fined for refusing 'gay wedding'
State hits couple with $6,600 discrimination penalty
Germany lifts embryo research restrictions
Parliament caves to pressure from researchers, EU
NY Catholic teachers could strike this week
Walkout scheduled ahead of Pope's arrival in city
Pope's visit stirs strong emotions in faithful
Media wants to focus on Catholicism's 'crisis of faith'
Crisis: Catholic school enrollment dwindling
'...a slow-moving disaster for going on 40 years'
Pope Benedict urges crackdown on handguns
Also calls for nations to reduce their military spending
Russian priests advised to arm themselves
Icons worth thousands of dollars stolen from churches
April 11
New cover-up allegation against Yakima diocese
Mexican priest deported after attempted sex abuse
Women enter 'priesthood' in defiance of Church
Twenty-four gals in U.S. conducting illicit 'Masses'
Jews still 'emotional' over Good Friday prayer
Cardinal Walter Kasper dubs reaction irrational
Pope to visit to Ground Zero in Manhattan visit
'God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world'
Cardinal O'Brien takes embryo fight to YouTube
Concern over possibility of animal-human hybrids
D.C. Catholic schools follow national trend
Report tracks conversion to charters
Faithful Canadian Catholic college thriving
President: 'Suffering puts us in union with the Vine'
New Orleans to close 25 church parishes
19 of them have been shuttered since Hurricane Katrina
Catholic group blasts Brazil on Indian deaths
Ninety-two indigenous people murdered in 2007
April 10
Finland pressures Nicaragua to legalize abortion
Nation threatens to nix its $16 million aid package
No partisan politics for Pope in US
Benedict's emphasis on Church doctrine will have effects
Catholic school enrollment dwindling, debt soars
300,000 students have had to find other schools
Vienna cardinal regrets erotic Last Supper art
Schoenborn backed exhibition without knowing contents
Pope takes lead in effort to save environment
Good stewardship has theological underpinnings
Yakima bishop apologizes for hiring suspect
Man was target of child porn investigation in Oregon
Gay graveyard opened in Copenhagen
Danish homosexuals to be buried in a 'special place'
Papal dress to send message to U.S. Catholics?
Benedict has affinity for elaborate 'Roman' vestments
Pope Benedict XVI records TV message for America
Expresses 'hope for peace, for justice, and for freedom'
April 9
Catholic Church in Germany admits aiding Hitler
Some 5,000 civilians were forced to work for the Nazis
Vaccination link to autism: a 'big secret'
'The numbers are too large to not see it'
SNAP calls for action against predator priests
Victims group wants Pope to hold wrongdoers accountable
NYC Catholic school teachers call off strike
Union makes progress in negotiations with archdiocese
Will Obama use Iraq to win the Catholic vote?
...the moment the Holy Father denounces the war
Catholic schools ditching the plaid skirt?
Hoodies replacing sweaters in many schools
Catholic pharmacist loses contraception appeal
Debate on issue of conscience rights continues
Cardinal warns MPs against voting for embryo bill
Head of Scotland's church is heading a campaign
Between Church and Jews, an intermittent dialogue
Head rabbi in Rome decides to 'pause for reflection'
April 8
Pope to condemn child abuse by priests, bishops
Cardinal George: Benedict will speak 'forcefully'
Hilary commends Oregon on assisted-suicide law
Says state is 'providing valuable information'
Erotic Jesus sparks art debate in Austria
Homoerotic version of Last Supper at cathedral museum
School's cross-dressing day angers Christians
Angry broadcast prompted outraged calls to district
401 children taken from polygamist ranch
Scores of women removed from Mormon compound
US evangelicals march through Jerusalem
John Hagee leads several hundred flag-waving followers
Mexico's drug lords are financing churches
Bishop's comment draws swift rebuke from cardinal
Schools' new prom fever: Giving condoms to kids
Arizona school board approves gifts for students at dance
Paris protests force cancellation of torch relay
Huge anti-China demonstrations dampen Olympic progress
April 7
US Catholics prepare for Benedict's visit
Unlike his predecessor, this Pope not a 'rock star'
Benedict to address United Nations on U.S. trip
Pope will offer primer on peace founded upon natural law
Nobel laureate attacks Catholic view on embryos
Says Church misrepresents dangers posed by hybrids
Evangelical Hagee gives $6 million to Israel
Christian Zionist: Jews should control all of Jerusalem
NYC Catholic school teachers will strike
Archdiocese and union at odds over health care deal
Filipino bishops take stand against gambling
The rich should 'channel money directly to the poor'
South Jersey Catholics mourn church closures
Fifty-eight of the 124 parishes are to be shut down
Pope calls abortion and divorce 'grave sins'
'Culture of death' might put lives of elderly at risk
Catholics, Anglicans sign ecumenical covenant
Two Australian dioceses pledge mutual cooperation
April 4
Convicted ex-Jesuit priest faces new charges
Accused of molesting another boy on overseas trips
The 'Ron Paul moment' has only begun
Book by Texas congressman dubbed 'revolutionary manifesto'
Erie Catholics protest Hilary campus appearance
Presidential hopeful visit Catholic Mercyhurst College
Suit claims priest impregnated parishioner
Woman and husband say he coerced her to have abortion
Jewish leader: Vatican will repudiate 'proselytizing'
Statement clarifying amended Good Friday due out soon
Vietnam man runs 'abortion orphanage'
Opened his door to unwed expectant mothers
Explosion destroys Wisconsin church, injures 7
'I just had to see the devastation for myself'
Benedict XVI praises 'supernatural' John Paul II
'He had an exceptional spiritual and mystical sensibility'
Gibson defending 'Passion of the Christ' lawsuit
Screenwriter suing director for 'unjust enrichment'
April 3
Obama's 'punished with a baby' comment draws fire
Campaign spokesman tries to clarify senator's gaffe
Pittsburgh Catholic schools moving to charters
Take away the religious foundation and what remains?
Catholic Church in India facing shortage of nuns
'Consumer culture seems to have overtaken the young girls'
Catholic League takes Jay Leno to task -- again
'We have a fat file on Leno's anti-Catholic comments'
Diocese regrets hiring suspect in child porn case
Bishop of Yakima, Washington: It 'wasn't a good hire'
Vatican remembers JPII as sainthood pleas grow
Catholics mark the third anniversary of Pope's death
Vaccine-autism question divides parents, docs
Court case pits families against medical establishment
Papal visit puts spotlight on Catholic sites
Benedict XVI to visit Washington and New York April 15-20
Top Catholic police officer makes shock exit
Was tipped for Chief Constable's position in N Ireland
April 2
Nun pleads guilty to stealing from archdiocese
Gambled a good chunk of $250,000 away at casinos
Parish bookkeeper sues Diocese of Bridgeport
Claims they threatened her after she exposed thefts
Barack Obama would back daughters' abortion
'I don't want them punished with a baby'
UK's first hybrid embryos created
Catholic Church describes it as 'monstrous'
Catholic school teachers vote to strike
Walk out scheduled week Pope Benedict visits New York
Cardinal attacks 'aggressive' secularism
Defended Church's intervention over hybrid embryos
Vatican completes sainthood report on John Paul II
Benedict has already put his predecessor on fast track
Dutch lawmaker to edit anti-Quran film
cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad will be expurgated
Obama's church founded on radical creed
Founded on book espousing 'destruction of the white enemy'
April 1
Erie bishop cancels due to Hilary rally
Catholic college president promoted invitation
Could the Pope's visit affect the election?
Will tone and focus of speeches help influence voters?
McCain's quiet campaign: the Catholic vote
Courtship part of broader effort to win religious voters
Catholic journalists call for abortion ban
Polish group: 'moratorium should be a norm of morality'
Scottish cardinal to meet embryo experts
Described animal-human embryo bill as 'monstrous'
Pope trip gives rise to media cliches
Why the surprise that the pontiff is still Catholic?
Houston prepares to dedicate new Co-Cathedral
'It is as though...we are baptizing the building'
Papal visit to Yankee Stadium will pack 'em in
'A perfect sanctuary for pontiffs as well as pinstripes'
Devil's in the detail of 'haunted' house sale
Italian family endured three years of howling and creaking
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