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June 2010

June 2010

Judge says parish money in investment fund part of abuse settlement

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Diocese of Wilmington, Del., plans to appeal a federal bankruptcy judge's ruling that the funds deposited by parishes, schools and other Catholic entities into its investment fund are property of the diocese and subject to distribution to victims of clergy sexual abuse. Judge Christopher Sontchi said in his June 28 decision that the entire $120 million pooled investment account held in the name of the diocese should be considered diocesan assets, even though the diocese said it has only $45 million of its own money in the account.
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Senators urged not to repeal policy on abortions in military hospitals

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Requiring personnel in military hospitals to perform or participate in abortions would place "a very heavy burden" on those in the armed forces who value human life, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services told U.S. senators. "The United States is one of the few nations in the world based on self-evident principles: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," the archbishop said in a June 17 letter.
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Pope taps Swiss bishop for Christian unity; Cardinal Kasper to retire

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has chosen Swiss Bishop Kurt Koch of Basel to be the new president of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. Bishop Koch, 60, will succeed German Cardinal Walter Kasper, 77, who has been at the council for 11 years -- first as secretary, then as president since 2001. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the appointment would be published July 1.
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Murder of gubernatorial candidate draws church condemnation

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Catholic leaders condemned the June 28 assassination of a gubernatorial candidate in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, where elections are scheduled for July 4 in an atmosphere of violence linked to warring narcotics-trafficking cartels. Gubernatorial front-runner Rodolfo Torre Cantu was gunned down along with four others as their campaign convoy traveled to the airport in Ciudad Victoria, 200 miles south of the Texas border at McAllen.
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Pope announces formation of pontifical council for new evangelization

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI announced he is establishing a pontifical council for new evangelization to find ways "to re-propose the perennial truth of the Gospel" in regions where secularism is smothering church practice. Leading an evening prayer service June 28 at Rome's Basilica of St.
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Obama administration releases new plan to end homelessness

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic and nonprofit organizations working to combat homelessness say no two homeless cases are the same and that no single proposal can address the problem. But advocates for the homeless told Catholic News Service they see hopeful signs in a federal plan unveiled June 22 by the Obama administration. The plan, titled "Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness," was released at the White House by the U.S.
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High court won't review case claiming Vatican liable for priest abuser

Monday, June 28, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has left standing a lower court ruling that will allow an Oregon man to try to hold the Vatican financially responsible for his sexual abuse by a priest, if he can persuade the court that the priest was an employee of the Vatican. By declining to take Holy See v. John Doe, the court June 28 left intact the 9th U.S.
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1,000 mourn death of respected Catholic human rights defender in Congo

Monday, June 28, 2010
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KINSHASA, Congo (CNS) -- Slain human rights defender Floribert Chebeya was memorialized as a "model for all Christians" by the Congolese archbishop celebrating his funeral Mass June 26 at the Notre Dame de Lingwala Cathedral.
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Vatican clarifies Cardinal Schonborn remarks, defends Cardinal Sodano

Monday, June 28, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an unusual public chastisement, the Vatican said a series of statements by Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn have contributed to widespread misunderstandings on issues related to clerical sexual abuse.
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Cardinal urges Chicago parishes to promote anti-violence initiatives

Friday, June 25, 2010
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CHICAGO (CNS) -- As temperatures climbed and most schools closed for the summer, church leaders called on their congregations to step forward and protect young people from the violence that often seems pervasive in Chicago.In a letter sent to parishes for their June 26-27 bulletins, Cardinal Francis E. George wrote: "Gunshots and gang violence, rooted often in verbal and physical abuse at home, can scar children and youth. The sad reality of daily life is that our youth and their families often live under a veil of fear.
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