Catholic News Headlines / Links [7-21-09]

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Irish authorities receive Dublin abuse report that Archbishop warned would "shock us all"; Archdiocese has identified 400-450 alleged victims, "a very conservative estimate and is likely to rise"; Government official "anxious" to make the findings public "as quickly as possible", wants perpetrators brought to justice; Report is second "shocker" since May [7/21]

Donors keep dissenting 'Catholic' organization afloat [7/21]

Catholic clinic in Wisconsin finds moral solution to health care crisis [7/21]

Large pro-abort group supports Sotomayor for Supreme Court; Group's president says "We are pleased that Judge Sotomayor expressed stronger support for the established constitutional right to privacy [that is, abortion] than either Chief Justice Roberts or Justice Alito" [7/21]

Vatican Press Office Director discounts doubts concerning the Pope's recent medical care, affirms that Pope Benedict trusts the doctors who operated on him; Says Pope is doing well, but has not yet used the computer that was given to him as "he's not so technological" [7/21]

More censorship at YouTube: "Extremely troubling" undercover video exposing PP which triggered a state investigation is removed from website; Removal of video said to cast "further doubt on the video-sharing site's professed regard for free speech and political neutrality" [7/21]

Hundreds of Catholics brutally beaten by Vietnamese police as they tried to restore historic parish; Injured include priests and lay persons [7/21]

There's still time to call: Sotomayor vote delayed until 7/28 [7/21]

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