Catholic News Headlines / Links [9-14-09]

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Pope to visit Malta in April 2010; Trip will commemorate 1,950th anniversary of St. Paul's shipwreck [9/14]

Faithful, practicing Catholic may run for president in 2012? [9/14]

Pope reminds audience that "If you say you have faith but do not love your brothers, then you are not a true believer" [9/14]

Monstrance & St. Anne relic which were stolen from NH parish recovered from river [9/14]

President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry laments that production of pharmaceuticals is driven by money rather than ethics; Says "Often, for economic reasons, common diseases in developing countries are neglected because, even though they afflict and kill millions of people, they do not constitute a lucrative enough market"; Also notes that 50% or more of medicines sold in certain areas may be "fake" [9/14]

AP counts 73 abuse allegations against Italian priests over past decade [9/14]

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