December 31
Congo groups: 400 massacred on Christmas day
Rebels blamed for attack at Church-sponsored concert
British PM against assisted suicide law
Doesn't want to pressure people to end their lives
Why Christmas was peaceful in Orissa, India
Christian minority targeted in the last 10 years
Catholic school teacher fired for marriage
Woman weds divorced man, files discrimination complaint
Former Cleveland priest sentenced to life in prison
Charged with raping an 8-year-old boy in 1992
Aussie attorney general refused Communion
...over state government's bill to legalize abortion
Conflict could affect papal visit to Holy Land
Contacts have been made to establish an itinerary
Church of England paves way for women bishops
'Flying bishops' to assist traditional parishes
December 30
Vendée French call for recognition of 'genocide'
1794 massacre slaughtered thousands in cold blood
Turkish youth convicted of stabbing priest
Anti-Christian crime nets attacker four years in prison
Maine bishop threatens to punish vocal activist
'It's a not-so-subtle attempt to silence me'
Irish bishop admits 'errors' handling abuse claims
Apologizes to victims, but signals he will not resign
Priest leads protest march across Ireland
...to protest the Church's handling of sex abuse cases
Christmas celebration banned in parts of Vietnam
Curfew imposed to prevent even meetings in private homes
Refugees hacked to death at church in Congo
120 homes set ablaze in same area, thousands flee homes
India, exporter of priests, may keep them home
At least 800 Indian priests working in U.S. alone
Pope Benedict XVI's 'gay-bashing tirade'?
What the Holy Father really said on December 22
December 29
Bethlehem douses Christmas lights over Gaza attack
'Israel has sabotaged the holidays with these massacres'
Pope Benedict calls for truce in Gaza Strip
Holy Father decries 'endless' bloodshed in Holy Land
Bethlehem enjoys a festive and safe Christmas
...but 45 miles away violence erupts in Gaza Strip
Spain: Huge pro-family rally in Madrid
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics attend public Mass
Catholic Church in U.S. imports more priests
One in six diocesan priests now from another country
Pope makes Christmas appeal for peace
Hopes Christmas will bring hope to those suffering
China's Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun to resign
Prelate was harp critic of Beijing's record on rights
Suicide bombing outside Sri Lanka church kills five
Army takes control of the area after the blast
Coptic leader bans phone-in confessions
Pope Shenuda fears telephone lines may be monitored
December 24
German priest aims to decommercialize Santa
International campaign aims to dump Father Christmas
Latin rite patriarch: End Gaza sanctions
Fouad Twal delivers first Christmas address
Christmas in Bethlehem to be streamed live online
Webcast set for Church of the Nativity and Manger Square
Woman claims 'Merry Christmas' got her fired
Refused to say 'Happy Holidays' to customers on phone
Dickens's enduring gift to Christmases future
'A Christmas Carol' written at 'low point' in career
Dozens of Christmas displays vandalized
Attacks 'shows an animus against Christianity'
Vatican embraces iTunes prayer book
New technology brings daily Breviary prayers to iPhones
New sex-abuse scandal divides Irish Catholics
Dublin archbishop questions actions of fellow bishops
Pope's message angers gay rights activists
'It's the latest homophobic attack by this pope'
December 23
Pope Benedict XVI says he's no rock star
Says World Youth Days are more than just a party
Pope likens 'saving' gays to saving the rainforest
Church should 'protect man from the destruction of himself'
Progress among fears at Christmas in Iraq
Bishops see 'little signs of hope' amid suffering
Priest removes Obama books from school library
Pastor explains action is in response to abortion stance
Bishop pulls funding from adoption agency
... due to 'tragic rejection of the Church's moral teaching'
Holy Land's top Catholic visits Gaza's Christians
Border crossings sealed by Israel over rocket fire
Catholic schools wary about enrollment
Baltimore's private schools watching spring admission
Catholic group calls for bishop to resign
Follows publication of an internal Church report
Report: Churches more informal than a decade ago
Increase in 'diversity' seen among primarily 'white churches'
December 22
Cardinal Arinze retires from top Vatican post
Time magazine asks: Will there ever be a black Pope?
Pope Benedict XVI praises Galileo's astronomy
Does the Holy Father condone the heresy verdict?
Doing the Hokey Cokey 'could be hate crime'
Soccer fans banned from singing anti-Catholic songs
Pope Benedict's 'real message' for Obama
Dignitas Personae not a rapid response to U.S. elections
Rick Warren defends invite to inauguration
Evangelical pastor says he 'loves gays and straights'
Pope says Luxembourg Euthanasia law is 'evil'
Benedict urges national parliament not to approve bill
Doctors' conscience rule to take effect
Health providers will have right to refuse to participate
For a modest cardinal, a funeral full of majesty
St. Patrick's Cathedral farewell for Avery Dulles
December 19
Community sued over Nativity scene
Downtown display draws attention for second year in a row
Malaysia denies any plan to close Catholic paper
Herald's publishers warned it had 'committed offenses'
14 file abuse suits against Sioux Falls diocese
Former students accuse Catholic priests, monks, nuns
Archdiocese settles abuse suit for nearly $1.4M
Priest has filed slander suit against his accuser
English bishop: Church teaching could be wrong
'You can't talk to young people about salvation'
Vatican has not confirmed dates for Holy Land trip
Newspaper reports Pope Benedict to visit Israel in 2009
Playboy's apology fails to convince
Magazine portrayed racy image of the Virgin Mary
Pope, Wal-Mart hail new culture of thrift
Wear out your shoes, and hail the humble meal
The Pill: What you might not know
Many women unaware of the variety of side-effects
December 18
Obama picks pro-gay Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan approved plans for homosexual high school
Detroit cardinal urges action on auto bail-out
$14 billion proposal failed to win Senate approval
Preservationists want to save historic church
St. Boniface slated to be razed by Chicago archdiocese
Catholic newspaper faces ban for writing 'Allah'
Weekly has only two weeks before its license expires
Pope schedules visit to Israel in May 2009
Itinerary to include Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth
Vatican rebukes Italy speaker for fascism comments
'Petty political opportunism' and 'historical revisionism'
Priest released after "grave error" by police
Alleged crimes occurred while he was overseas
Charity in shock after vandals terrorize nuns
Burglars turned on taps, flooded whole building
Vatican, Muslims aim to prevent extremism
Youth must be prevented from religious radicalism
December 17
Indian archbishop fears unsafe Christmas
Hindu fanatics still on rampage, security low
Cherie Blair: More women leaders needed at Vatican
Wife of former British PM spoke at the Angelicum
ATF: Accelerant poured around Palin's church
...before it was heavily damaged by a fire
Catholic Health Association applauds Obama pick
Pro-abortion Tom Daschle appointed Secretary of Health
Priest recalls his six years with St. Padre Pio
Says stigmatist suffered as Jesus Christ did
Vatican hits out at controversial abortion pill
Plans afoot to make RU486 available in Italian hospitals
Galveston may close churches due to Ike damage
Considering consolidating the island's parishes into one
Catholic hospital flying gay pride flag
Institution turned its back on Catholic moral teaching
Bishops concerned over probe into nun's murder
Went ahead with 'prejudices and pre-conceived ideas'
December 16
Bishop Olmsted excommunicates 2 Arizona priests
...for defying his order to not engage in public ministry
Nude Virgin Mary cover prompts Playboy apology
Publisher: 'We recognize that it has created offense'
Pope says end of the world not nigh
Says alarmist readings foretelling end of world are false
A life thrown into turmoil by donation for Prop. 8
Angry homosexual mob visits Mormon woman's restaurant
Cardinal Avery Dulles dies at age 90
Prominent theologian was 'calm statesman of Catholicism'
Stunning turnaround for Boston's St. John's Seminary
Enrollment doubles over two years after years of decline
Vatican to be sued over sex abuse claims
Hoping to force Pope Benedict XVI to give evidence
Tony Blair was a 'secret Catholic,' former aide says
Former PM said: 'I don't discuss my Catholicism with anybody'
10,000 Polish women get abortions in Britain
UK a popular destination due to liberal laws
December 15
Vatican issues major instruction on bioethics
Bans morning-after pill, IUD, and the pill RU-486
Vatican hardens opposition to embryo research
Also opposes in vitro fertilization and cloning
Lost chapel built in wartime Italy re-discovered
Church built by British troops to honor war dead
Illness paralyses girl given cervical cancer jab
Controversial vaccine caused collapse in thirty minutes
Blair feared 'palaver' over Catholic conversion
Former British PM feared he would be viewed as a 'nutter'
Duke Francis given hope of claiming British throne
Already claims to be rightful king of Scotland, England
Forty churches razed in Nigerian violence
Muslim attacks leave 25,000 people displaced, many dead
Pope Benedict decries population control
Holy Father says increased population has proved an asset
Anglican leader confirms Catholic tradition
Canterbury archbishop lauds 'genuine Catholic vision'
December 12
Catholic hospital allowed abortions for 20 years
'Early induction' procedure used for eugenic purposes
Luxembourg trims duke's powers over euthanasia
Laws no longer will need to be approved by Grand Duke
Graves at school 'hold secret of decades of abuse'
Orphans flogged and tortured to death by guards there?
Diocesan financial chief sentenced for fraud
Accountant illegally paid himself more than $784,000
Pope Benedict condemns quest for quick profit
Gap between rich and poor is threat to world peace
Libel case against Planned Parenthood upheld
Judge: counts should not be dismissed as matter of law
Maryknoll priest excommunicated by Vatican
for involvement in women's 'ordination' ritual
Gay band to march in Obama's inaugural parade
'I am honored to invite these talented...individuals'
December 11
Bishop to laity: Destroy book by suspended priest
Chapter describes 'secret' Church tribunal proceedings
Rudolph the Reindeer causes stir at school
Parent complains about religious reference in Christmas show
Georgetown announces largest gift in its history
Regent Bequeaths $75M to Jesuit university in D.C.
Chilean cardinal: Madonna rouses 'impure thoughts'
Criticized the flamboyant singer at Pinochet memorial
Puerto Rico bishops to shutter six Catholic schools
...in part because of the global financial crisis
Syracuse diocese receives $30 million bequest
Donation is largest single gift to Catholic church
Holy Smoke: Pope appoints 'Little Ratzinger'
...as head of Vatican's liturgy and worship office
Astronomers claim Jesus was born in June
By charting the appearance of the 'Christmas star'
Did Noah's Flood start in the Carmel?
Deluge swept the Land of Israel more than 7,000 years ago
December 10
Christmas hijacked with 'gay' Nativity
Manger scene to feature two Josephs, two Marys
Spanish cardinal to head liturgy office
Canizares Llovera succeeds Cardinal Francis Arinze
Calling In 'gay' to work: latest form of protest
Activists organize a 'Day Without a Gay' for Wednesday
Angelicum: Cherie Blair's not pro-abortion
Pontifical university claims ignorance of her reputation
Zimbabwe ex-archbishop silenced by Vatican
Pius Ncube is staunch opponent of Robert Mugabe
Catholic officials launch climate change campaign
Asking United Nations to meet its 'moral obligation'
Homosexual activists protest at Vatican
Say Catholic Church wants to 'exterminate' them
London cardinal criticizes secular intolerance
Says religious belief treated as 'personal eccentricity'
L.A. bishops issue letter reassuring gays
Explains Church's support for Proposition 8
December 9
Catholic survivor of Mumbai attack tells story
'...to get through this, it would be Our Lord's doing'
Religious order returns two prestigious awards
Priests protesting Order of Canada award to abortionist
Detroit cardinal: save auto industry
Calls on Washington to provide federal assistance
Two Catholic nuns labeled 'terrorists'
Maryland state trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups
Milwaukee's Weakland moved abusive priests
Failed to alert parishioners or to notify police
Abuse victims to parishioners: withhold donations
Group calls on dioceses to disclose income, balance sheets
Monks forced to worship in garage after split
Transalpine Redemptorists in row over religious direction
Catholic protesters face court in Vietnam
Charged with destroying property during land dispute
Amsterdam to close many brothels, marijuana cafes
Major effort to drive organized crime away from tourists
December 5
Archbishop asks for tolerance in same-sex debate
Niederauer: 'disagree without being disagreeable'
Loyalty to Catholic values costs Luxembourg monarch
Sovereign powers clipped in a furor over euthanasia
Latest Vermont priest misconduct trial begins
Catholic Church is hoping for a different outcome
Church TV enlists devil as 'anti-spokesperson'
Diocese whips up one hell of an advertising campaign
Oriental-rite bishop frustrated With Vatican
Says Church has patiently waited for justice for 42 years
Priest finds newborn baby left in nativity scene
Boy just hours old when discovered in mock-up manger
Bishops' movie reviewer praises homosexualist film
'Milk' contains scenes of 'male kissing' and 'male nudity'
Bishop accuses Martini of 'casting doubts on truth'
Says retired cardinal off-bas on contraception, homosexuality
Jack Black is Jesus in Hollywood's 'Prop 8'
Musical is satire of California same-sex marriage ban
December 4
Bishop attacks use of 'ridiculous' names
Suggests parents should start re-using the name Maria
Former L.A. priest guilty of 1980s child abuse
'No amount of prison time is sufficient for the crimes'
Saint Louis University students support gay marriage
'I don't think hate should be encoded into law'
Nun's family sues nursing home over death
Alleges 'gross recklessness and gross negligence'
Great sacred music in the basilicas of Rome
But papal Masses continues to be of appalling mediocrity
Doctors' panel won't rule on 'miracles' at Lourdes
French bishop: 'It's no longer a black-and-white question'
Pope says banks should support weakest
Vatican speaking out frequently on global financial crisis
Vatican warns against 'inclusive' education
Cardinal says education should not impose an ideology
Swiss Guard open to possibility of female recruits
Commander: 'one has to be always open to new questions'
December 3
Vatican opposes gay decriminalization
France proposing resolution to UN on behalf of EU
Cuba softens stance toward Catholic Church
State-run Cuban press running stories on native saint
Bishops warn against abortion rights expansion
Catholic officials may meet soon with Team Obama
Wisconsin nun claims God may be pro-choice
God 'does not pressure people' into doing what is right
Radio campaign: Good Catholics use condoms
Taking care of oneself means wearing protection
Mass. diocese pays $4.5M to abuse victims
Agreements part of a voluntary arbitration process
Cardinal Kasper: ecumenical journey is a 'duty'
Urges unity between eastern and western churches
'Quality check' urged for Indian priests
Corruption and careerism affecting Church life
Cherie Blair to speak at Pontifical university
Former UK first lady is staunchly pro-abortion
December 2
HLI's Father Euteneuer: Legion has 'lost it'
Priests speak out against Register's pro-Obama stance
Legion of Christ paper: Obama is a civil, decent man
NC Register editor says 'historic election is exciting'
Priest urges confession for Obama supporters
Homily singles out president-elect's stance on abortion
Bishop: I will defy Freedom of Choice Act
If passed, Catholic hospitals will not comply
Push for 'multi-faith rooms' at Catholic schools
Toilet facilities to accommodate ritual cleansing?
A first: Muslim writes for Pope's paper
New columnist in surprising harmony with Benedict XVI
Christmas bashing begins in annual secularization
Florida university bans all holiday displays, decorations
Vocations blooming in Missouri diocese
Top priority for Bishop Robert Finn in Kansas City
Encouraging exodus of Christians damages Iraq
EU announces plans for welcoming 10,000 refugees
Dublin archbishop: scale of priest abuse 'staggering'
At least 400 men and women have suffered trauma
December 1
Priests told how to be welcoming to gays
'Homophobic jokes and asides can be cruel and hurtful'
Abortion number one cause of death in Spain
Represents most common type of violence against women
Indian Christians between rock and hard place
Hindus and Muslims resort to 'armed fundamentalism'
Vatican unveils ambitious solar energy plans
Nervi Hall covered with 2,400 photovoltaic panels
Catholics rebuffing controversial charity
Priests none too keen on Campaign for Human Development
Catholic schools studying charter status
New trend to save them from closing doors for good
Archdiocese refuses closed parish's donations
Protesting Catholics trying to save church from oblivion
Castro attends Cuba's first Catholic beatification
Another sign of warming relations with the Catholic Church
Pope may make first trip to Holy Land in '09
Diplomatic contacts under way to study the possibility
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