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• Earlier: Vatican excommunicates seven women | The women — from Austria, Germany and the United States — claimed to be priests (Associated Press)
  
  
• Catholic hierarchy in Germany rejects criticism on abuse | Cardinal resists comparison to U.S. (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Catholic protest group leader stirs up controversy | From contraception to gay rights to the death penalty, Catholics for Free Choice takes a position contrary to the church (Fox News)
  
  
• Mexican leader's devotions fuel a church-state debate | Vicente Fox's openly Roman Catholic displays last week might seem unremarkable in a country where nearly 90 percent of the population is Catholic. But it was unprecedented in Mexico, where the Constitution bans elected officials from displaying religious preferences (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Pope to visit family tomb in sentimental pilgrimage this month to Polish homeland (Associated Press)
  
  
• A real journey of faith | Pope's visit seen as a step on the road to a spiritual resurgence for young Catholics (Montreal Gazette)

Clergy abuse scandals:

• Law & disorder in Boston | Catholics in Boston, angry over scandal, say cardinal should go (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Religious orders may keep abusive priests | Group to discuss plan for restricted roles; bishops back proposal (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• I'll say it again, abortion is a worse evil: Pell | An animated George Pell defied his critics yesterday, standing by his earlier controversial comparisons on abortion and sex abuse (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• A fall from grace | When Ray Mouton took on a pedophile priest as a client, he had no idea how much was at stake (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Number of priests on the rise despite scandal (Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Phony cases a danger in abuse battle | Investigators use care, but can't always be sure (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Pointing to 'greater' guilt is a diversionary tactic in church's defensive war | Instead of staring at accusatory fingers, Pell and others like him could take a much harder look at the root cause of the problems in their own church (Chris McGillion, The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• The bishops forgive themselves | Bishops who can't easily be ousted certainly can be called upon to resign immediately (Editorial, Chicago Tribune)

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