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• Also: Ailing Pope, on mobile platform, reaches audience hall as he pushes ahead with schedule (Associated Press)
  
  
• Pope lets cardinal fill in during Palm Sunday mass | It was the first time since his ascension that John Paul allowed another to perform the liturgy on Palm Sunday (CBC)
  
  
• Arthritic knee forces Pope to curtail activities (The Irish Times)
  
  
• Pope sits out Palm Sunday Mass for the first time (The Telegraph, London)
  
  

History:

• Christians, Jews and Wotan | What we still need to learn from Nazism. (Robert L. Bartley, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Plumbing the myths surrounding the True Cross | A review of The Quest for the True Cross, by Carsten Peter Thiede & Matthew d'Ancona (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Wrestling with the origins of the Torah | Days before Passover, Southland Jewish leaders from Orthodox to Reconstructionist gather to debate the roots of their faith. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Actor burned at the stake while playing Cranmer | English reformer died in 1556, actor was rushed to hospital (The Daily Telegraph)
  
  
• Priceless Bible goes digital | Using digital scanning and profiling systems, digitizing specialist firm Octavo is hoping to create the most accurate possible images of The Gutenberg Bible housed in the US Library of Congress (BBC)
  
  
• Whitby Abbey's past is the shape of things to come | New visitor center opens at site of 664 synod (The Times, London)
  
  
• Those peripatetic Presbyterians | About Phoenix's first Protestants (Bonnie Henry, The Arizona Star)
  
  

Abuse opinion:

• A modest proposal to temper temptation | Bring back the one tried-and-true guarantee of celibacy: castration. (James P. Pinkerton, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Values fall prey to hypocrisy | What we have learned from recent headlines is that "traditional values" are not necessarily best upheld by traditional institutions (Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• It's not just Catholics who have to worry | The days of conducting their own internal, and possibly biased, investigations before calling cops may be over soon. (Douglas Montero, New York Post)
  
  
• Church ending cover-up | In this life, we mortals must rely on the law to protect our children. In the next life, let God pass sentence on these monsters. (Editorial, The Denver Post)
  
  
• Choosing celibacy | Throughout the history of Christianity, celibacy has been part of a religious life dedicated to serving others. (James Martin, The New York Times)
  
  
• The Catholic Church's culture clash | This is not a celibacy problem with frustrated priests being driven to perversion and molestation. It is, in the end, a fundamental cultural conflict, the outcome of which will script the future shape of American Catholicism. (Philip Jenkins, The Wall Street Journal, subscription required)
  
  
• Faith in self can help keep children safe | Why I didn't become a victim (Brian Dickerson, Detroit Free Press)
  
  

Abuse news:

• Past sex crime catches up to pastor | Paul Ilger is ousted from Hope Chapel of the Valley after his arrest for failing to register as an offender. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Supreme Court won't hear Va. sex abuse case | Case would outline when school boards can be held responsible for employees who are found to be child molesters. (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Church's actions disappoint Catholics | Most Catholics say their church has done a poor job handling the problem of sexual abuse by priests, and almost a third say they are less likely now to give money to the church (USA Today)
  
  
• Colorado Senate weighs clergy-abuse bill | Would require reporting to law enforcement (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Law sees abuse accusation as smear against late cardinal | Allegation made by Hanover man draws questions (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Cardinal Mahony won't name abusers | He says to do so would traumatize victims further, but they can break confidentiality agreements if they wish. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

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