Catholic News Headlines / Links [6-1-10]

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Holy See releases statistics on the Catholic Church in Cyprus [6/1]

Journalist says there is a risk of extinction of Christianity in Iran [6/1]

Not a joke: Abortion-supporting Pelosi speaks of the necessity of public policy "in keeping with the values of the Word"; 'Catholic' Pelosi - who supports homosexual 'marriage' and who voted against the partial birth abortion ban - claims the Word (Jesus, the Word made flesh) is her "favorite" word [6/1]

Here we go again: President Obama designates June as 'LGBT Pride Month' [6/1]

Study finds priests make frequent use of digital technology [6/1]

Boston archdiocese facing "heavy" tax burden over closed parishes as government argues that properties not used for religious purposes lose their tax exemption [6/1]

President of Italian bishops' conference says abuse cover-ups "must be corrected and surmounted"; Says "the Church is wounded in itself by these deeds [of abuse] and is with the victims" but says that "without underestimating the absolute gravity of the phenomenon, it would be a profound distortion of the way that one should see the life of the Church as a whole, to see it only in this perspective" [6/1]

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