Catholic News Headlines / Links [8-21-10]

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Pope Benedict's physician reflects on decades of being a 'doctor to the popes' [8/21]

Federal appeals court rules in favor of atheist group against large roadside crosses [8/21]

Church officials in Cuba respond to dissidents' complaints saying they had a 'humanitarian obligation' to broker the deal to free political prisoners [8/21]

Spokesman from Archdiocese of Mexico City refuses to retract claim that the city's mayor 'has done more harm to the Mexican capital than the drug cartels' since the law he supported which permits abortion has killed "double the number that have died in the war against the drug cartels", noting also that "these crimes are even worse, because the children killed are unable to defend themselves"; Priest further claims that the ruler "has made public his fascist style of governing and his undeniable desire to persecute the Catholic Church" [8/21]

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