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	The Catholic Church's second greatest scandal Michael W. Ryan reveals a shocking connection between church embezzlement and the ability of predator-priests to fund their deviant activities.
	Detroit cardinal allows resurrection of the Latin Mass Singapore’s impending population implosion is cause for alarm, but proposed solutions studiously neglect the underlying causes.
	Cardinal says Spain moving back to Moorish times A Scotland Yard report reveals British military and police personnel helped Protestant guerillas kill Catholics in Northern Ireland.
	Christian charity: a different kind of aid to Colombia The U.S. is becoming increasingly involved with counter-terrorism efforts in South America’s most volatile country.
	Former seminarian files RICO suit against Catholic dioceses Castro's crackdown on independent journalists, librarians, turns human rights spotlight back onto Cuba.
	Focus on abuse suits now includes charges against nuns Not only does Islam fail to give way to Western laws and customs. Quite the contrary, as time goes by it tries to impose its own law on the West.
	Mystery in Albany: the untimely death of Fr. John Minkler A proposal for a “non-invasive” excavation at Scotland's 15th-century Rosslyn Chapel meets with opposition.
	Bishop: Islamic theocracy worse than Saddam Time is ripe for a hero with moral courage and a clear understanding of right and wrong. Spider-man 2 delivers.
	Whistleblower priest on trial A Flemish masterpiece is at the center of an elusive mystery, one that has busied amateur sleuths for seventy years.
	The scandal of Ireland's Magdalene laundries A dramatic exposé of the scandalous conditions inside Ireland’s church-run Magdalene Laundries has struck a chord on the Emerald Isle.
	Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia is 'virtually' completed Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is being 'virtually' completed for a new feature film.
	The Davinci Code: The greatest story ever sold The real draw for Dan Brown’s runaway bestseller is his highly polemical premise: that Christianity is a sham, little more than an age-old instrument of oppression.
	The pre-emptive war on The Passion The passion of Christ has always been controversial, and the latest dramatization is being criticized not for its infidelity to the Gospel, but rather for its faithful adherence to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.