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

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Catholics in Nashville have been hit "pretty hard" by flooding [5/5]

More than two million have visited the Shroud of Turin since April 10 [5/5]

CBS/NY Times poll: Mixed results [5/5]

CL "pleased" with CBS/NY Times survey results [5/5]

Cardinal Pell expected to be named prefect of the Congregation for Bishops [5/5]

Pope Benedict "encourage[s] the initiatives aimed at progressive disarmament and the creation of zones free from nuclear arms in the prospect of their complete elimination from the planet"; Pope exhorts priests to frequent the sacrament of confession and strive for "moral perfection"; Holy Father calls marriage "an instrument of salvation, not only for married people but for the whole of society" [5/5]

Watch out for those pro-lifers? ND's Fr. Jenkins "has suggested that the [ND88] protesters deserve to continue facing up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine because they were unruly and led by individuals who 'threatened peace and order'" [5/5]

They love you now, but what about at their judgment? Cardinal Kasper "deeply moved" by award from Jewish Committee which praised that the Cardinal has "firmly opposed attempts to proselytize Jews" [Reality check: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Our Lord Jesus Christ, Jn. 14:6); "There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved." (Acts 4:12)] [5/5]

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