Catholic News Headlines / Links [5-12-10]

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New bishop appointed for Diocese of Lafayette [5/12]

Botanical evidence supports authenticity of Shroud of Turin [5/12]

Pro-lifers say mainstream media misrepresents Kagan memo; Claim Kagan's actions actually helped keep partial birth abortion 'legal' for an additional six years [5/12]

Amazing: Well-known Catholic book publisher defends Cardinal Schönborn's earlier remarks which condone grave sin [5/12]

Controversy over alleged miracle attributed to Cardinal Newman: Writer disputes miraculous nature of alleged healing of a deacon's back pain which occurred six days after surgery, while Newman's Birmingham Oratory defends the alleged miracle [5/12]

CL thinks Mojave Desert memorial cross which recently survived a court challenge was stolen by "those with an interest in the case", not by scrap metal scavengers [5/12]

Bishop involved in Apostolic Visitation says Legionaries must be freed from "many elements" of their disgraced founder's personality that have "taken root"; Says Pope Benedict is 'very concerned' about the Legion [5/12]

Pope Benedict says the Church "has quarrelsome and even rebellious sons and daughters, but it is in the saints that the Church recognizes her most characteristic features" [5/12]

Portugal gives Holy Father a 'warm welcome' [5/12]

Ireland's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin gives 'milestone' address; Archbishop notes that "The moral teaching of the Church cannot simply be a blessing for, a toleration of, or an adaptation to the cultural climate of the day. The manner in which the moral teaching of the Church is presented to believers is far too often not adequately situated within the overall context of the teaching of Jesus, which is both compassionate and demanding" [5/12]

Papal visit to Portugal to 'make history'; Pope Benedict to personally deliver a golden rose to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima [5/12]

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