Morning Briefing
Los Angeles parishioners view documents' release, Mahony suspension with anger, sadness
Santa Barbara DA reported to be looking into priest abuse cases
Opinion: LA Archbishop Gomez -- Finally, a bishop brave enough to break ranks and act against child abuse by Barney Zwartz, religion editor for The Age in Melbourne, Australia
Chaldean Catholic bishops elect Kirkuk archbishop as new patriarch
Canon City, Colo. -- Catholic hospital admits to error. Group says it was 'morally wrong' for arguing fetus is not a human
HHS Contraceptive Mandate: Archbishop Chaput of Philadelpia cautions against too quickly embracing compromise language (pdf file)
Leaving Afghanistan: U.S. Is in the Most Difficult of Maneuvers
Mangalore, India -- Religious discuss consecrated life Speaker: Religious life is not a form of self-realization through isolation, but is a call to live in communion with others, building communities of freedom, brotherhood and justice.
National Pancake Day -- Free pancakes at IHOP stack up nicely for local charities
Fr. Richard Rohr's Living School -- Taking the loneliness out of the spiritual journey
Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada -- Catholic church is banking on Elvis Presley to help raise funds
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