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Catholics support religion, not always church Pope Benedict XVI is preparing to visit New York, where on Long Island, a Newsday poll reveals that several Catholics remain deeply religious, but they disagree with the church on several major issues.

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Exclusivity IS Religiously Sinful From Creations Magazine: Exclusivity is religion’s besetting sin. In its purist form, exclusivity is the belief that only my religion can really teach the truth, lead you to God, offer enlightenment or bring you salvation - by Daniel O'Rourke.

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Nuns' Evictions Pose Perception Problem for Catholic Church In Southern California, where the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay victims of pedophile priests $660 million, the archdiocese is ordering nuns out of convents so the buildings can be sold to fund the out-of-court settlement.

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One Man's Vocation ￢ﾀﾜAfter fifty-nine years of a happy and exciting priesthood,￢ﾀﾝ Msgr. Harry J. Byrne finds that ￢ﾀﾜcelibacy has been more of a distraction￢ﾀﾝ ￢ﾀﾜthan an enhancement.￢ﾀﾝ ￢ﾀﾜCelibacy￢ﾀﾙs heroic demands￢ﾀﾝ are more suited to a ￢ﾀﾜmonk in a monastery￢ﾀﾝ than a ￢ﾀﾜpriest ministering in today￢ﾀﾙs highly charged sexual atmosphere,￢ﾀﾝ Byrne writes.

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Ordination Class of '04 Sociologist Tracks a Trend Among New Priests in U.S. Sociologist Dean Hoge, of the Catholic University of America Life Cycle Institute, identified the trend in his Report on Survey of 2004 Priestly Ordinations.

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Sometimes Contradiction Is The Most Catholic Thing ...while 256 Roman Catholic bishops from 118 countries prepared to assemble in Rome this week for a synod on the Eucharist, Corpus, an organization of married priests that has long supported the notion of a married priesthood (it was formally named the Corps of Reserve Priests United for Service), initiated a program that could certainly enliven the discussion. Maybe even start a revolution of its own.

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The Coming Catholic Church From the SocialEdge.com - in this interview with Gerry McCarthy, David Gibson talks about his book The Coming Catholic Church: How The Faithful Are Shaping a New American Catholicism.

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The Social Edge Interview: Theologian And Activist Mary Hunt Theologian Mary Hunt talks about how Catholic women are changing the focus of their ministry.  This past August, Hunt helped organize the 25th anniversary conference of Women-Church Convergence, a coalition of 36 Catholic-rooted women's organizations in the U.S. and Canada.

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