Catholic News Headlines / Links [11-19-09]

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Priceless golden cross containing a fragment of the True Cross is restored; Crux Vaticana is considered the "oldest" and "most important" reliquary of the True Cross [11/19]

Bishop calls criticism of CCHD "outrageous" on one hand but reports that three organizations which recently received CCHD grants acted "in conflict with Catholic teaching" on the other; Bishop also reveals that CCHD is now (belatedly!) undertaking a "key task" of anchoring the work in Catholic social teaching [11/19]

Woman leaves her life savings outdoors near U.S. Catholic shrine for Virgin Mary to "watch over" while she was out of town; Rare coins worth $40K were discovered by a groundskeeper [11/19]

European Court of Human Rights - which recently ruled against crucifixes in public buildings - has now ruled against contentious objection [11/19]

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