Catholic News Headlines / Links [9-8-10]

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Pope Benedict says he is "very much looking forward" to his visit to the U.K. [9/8]

Vatican Library to reopen on schedule [9/8]

Vatican issues "Communique Concerning 'Koran Burning Day'" [9/8]

St. John Bosco relics to arrive in U.S. on Saturday [9/8]

First new Catholic university in Sweden since the 1400's [9/8]

Cardinal Danneels admits mistakes in handling of abuse case, says he should have demanded bishop's resignation [9/8]

Vandals "targeted" Marian statues at Modesto parish, left other statues untouched [9/8]

Retired bishop of Hong Kong says China continues to persecute bishops faithful to the Pope even when they receive government recognition, although "the methods of persecution have improved" [9/8]

Author claims that "Watching the cringeworthy festival of pre-visit idiocy bursting out of Britain, both secular and ecclesiastical, has been a lesson for many in just how deeply the elite British institution hates and fears the traditional Christian mores and the world’s last unequivocal upholder of them - the Catholic Church" [9/8]

Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera says the Church "cannot be silent in the face of the sins of the world and of her children. A silent Church is of no service to God or man" [9/8]

Pope Benedict says that "a true renewal of the ecclesial community is not achieved so much with a change in the structures as much as with a sincere spirit of penitence" [9/8]

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