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Cross Wires: Friday update
The latest news and analysis: Vatican says Holy Father is not going to Ireland; secrecy blamed in Vatican banking dispute; The Catholic Church in Germany is preparing to provide payments to victims of sexual abuse; Catholic bishop wins Norwegian human rights prize
VATICAN
Vatican sources last night discounted speculation that a papal visit to Ireland in 2012 has already been written into Pope Benedict’s schedule.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0923/1224279509123.html
Vatican secrecy blamed for banking dispute
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7ee118e-c73a-11df-aeb1-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss
INTERNATIONAL
Holy Land: UN says Israel violated human rights in raid on aid convoy
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16782
Catholic bishop wins Norwegian human rights prize
http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/catholic-bishop-wins-norwegian-human-rights-prize/
The Catholic Church in Germany is preparing to provide payments to victims of sexual abuse by its priests but has not decided how much to offer, its most senior bishop said yesterday.
Archbishop Wuerl named US contact for Anglican groups seeking to become Catholic
US Bishops criticise new book on sexuality
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10092203.html
PAPAL VISIT
Three million watched papal visit online
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2010/09/23/three-million-watched-papal-visit-online/
Fr Raymond J. de Souza: Measuring Benedict’s success in Britain
Pope Benedict XVI’s state visit to Britain was an overwhelming success and a positive contribution to his Church’s relations with the Church of England, several senior Anglican clerics said this week.
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=101096
NATIONAL
Cardinal John Henry Newman and the Abbotsford connection
http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/Cardinal-John-Henry-Newman-and.6545818.jp
AND FINALLY
Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe has claimed that the Pope’s visit damaged her chances of going all the way on the show.
http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/841853-ann-widdecombe-blames-pope-for-bad-strictly-performance
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