Catholic News Headlines / Links [3-12-10]

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Pope to spend entire summer at Castel Gandolfo, "a summer of rest and study" [3/12]

NC parish's former music minister pleads guilty to producing child p*rn, faces 3 decades in prison; Two "major publishers of contemporary Catholic hymnals" offer his musical work [3/12]

Pope notes that "it is important to avoid a dangerous reductionism which, over recent decades...has presented the priest almost as a 'social worker', with the risk of betraying the very Priesthood of Christ"; Holy Father affirms value of celibacy and notes that priestly ministry requires "ever more strongly, a radical continuity between formation in seminaries and permanent formation" [3/12]

Archbishop Ranjith founds first Catholic monastery in Sri Lanka [3/12]

Pope's schedule for Shroud visit [3/12]

Some good news: Federal appeals court rules that the term "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate the Constitution [3/12]

Alleged miracle cure attributed to Pope John Paul II still under study; French nun reportedly "continues to be at this time in a perfect state of health" [3/12]

Michigan man who killed pro-life activist & another man found guilty of first degree murder; Shooter who admitted to targeting abortion protester over his pro-life actions reportedly smiled as verdicts were read [3/12]

Catholic hospital in Haiti - "one of the primary treatment centers for patients with trauma and chronic illnesses" - to relocate to safer location in April; Hospital has been operating under primitive conditions, "in tents and under tarps and plastic sheeting hung from trees" [3/12]

Study says mothers' emotions affect children in the womb [3/12]


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