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• Earlier: Polish priests press Vatican on case against bishop | In western Poland, it was the priests who got the Vatican to take some action against the local archbishop who was accused of sexual molestation (The New York Times)
  
  
• For priests, days of hope in time of trouble | Roman Catholic priests are filled with a mingling of emotions as the scandal over the sexual abuse of children roils the church during its most sacred season. (The New York Times)
  
  
• For the faithful, trying to reconcile morality and scandal | The fashion in which the Roman Catholic Church dealt with pedophilia was one in which it was looked at as a treatable psychological illness. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Abuse scandal angers conservative Catholics | Self-described orthodox Catholics are denouncing the church's bishops. (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Scandal puts new focus on celibacy | Cardinal Mahony's remarks add to growing debate on marriage and priesthood. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Far from the turbulence of scandal, but tied into it | In one small Iowa parish, few dwell on the stories of pedophile priests. But like many Catholics in the U.S., they're appalled. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Accused priest held key post | Former chancellor handled sex abuse cases for church (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Clergy in crisis: Priest twice called abuser | The cleric, who denied the allegations, again works in the diocese. (The Sacramento [Calif.] Bee)
  
  
• Chaput again discusses scandal | Catholics are facing 'contempt,' he says (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Church leader offers apology | Hartford archbishop also appeals to priests' pride (The Hartford [Conn.] Courant)
  
  

Abuse opinion and analysis:

• Catholic scandals: a crisis for celibacy? | The real story behind clerical "pedophilia" & what it really means (Leon J. Podles, Touchstone)
  
  
• Rome fiddles, we burn | Will Catholics continue to pick and choose privately among the Vatican's antiquated dictums on divorce, birth control and homosexuality, and suppress doubts about a celibate, all-male priesthood? (Maureen Dowd, The New York Times)
  
  
• Church's scandal starts with celibacy | The church does not discuss sexuality in any way other than to regurgitate its own outdated policies (Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Priests feel tainted by rotten eggs | There are 47,000 priests nationwide. The vast majority of them are innocent and are struggling with the same questions. (Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times)
  
  

Publishing:

• The Door at 30 | Religious humor magazine is still seriously irreverent (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Studying children's books about Passover | Why do children's Passover books explain the religious meaning of the feast — how it commemorates God's liberation of the Jewish people from slavery—while children's Easter books dwell on flowers, stealthy bunnies and the search for colored eggs? (Peter Steinfels, The New York Times)
  
  
• LaHaye's fiction leaves competition behind | For the first time since 1994, John Grisham does not hold the year's lead fiction spot (The Washington Times)
  
  
• The good books | When a congregation wants to raise money, where better to turn than to recipes from the heart? Sample community cookbooks from Honolulu to Harlem. (The New York Times)
  
  

Christian cheese gets major play:

• Hero's visit fulfills wish | Christian video star Bibleman comes to spend day with boy with spinal muscular atrophy (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
  
  
• U.S. troops around the world will be treated to Carman in concert on Easter Sunday (Press release)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• Golgotha, yesterday and today | To the many divisions of the Holy Land, add the one among Christian Churches. (Joseph P. Duggan, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Great performances in cynicism | Don't trust Charles Colson, Billy Graham, or the Catholic hierarchy (Paul Vitello, Newsday)
  
  
• U.S.-Philippine effort begins to net results | Americans hear growing comparisons to military campaign in Afghanistan (The Washington Post)
  
  

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