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• In our own image | The 8-foot statue of the Virgin Mary atop the new cathedral's doors was crafted with today's Angelenos in mind (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Form follows values | José Rafael Moneo's cathedral design echoes great churches of the past (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Creating a timeless place in an ever-changing city | Jose Rafael Moneo sought to define what makes a space sacred (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• The hand of God and theirs | In building the cathedral, workers put their skills to the test. For some, it was faith that pulled them through (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Cathedral embodies spiritual journey | Our Lady of the Angels reflects the city's effort to find a communal identity (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Opening their hearts to a new spiritual home | St. Vibiana's was the Los Angeles Archdiocese's cathedral center for 117 years before being severely damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• To the lighthouse | What should a church look like today? One bold answer: Rafael Moneo's L.A. cathedral (Time)
  
  
• L.A. Cathedral tries to trump another | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City, Kansas, feels overlooked (Associated Press)

Sex abuse scandal:

• Man drops claim against two priests | Monsignor Michael Smith Foster, the archdiocese's top canon lawyer, says he won't countersue (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• A false accusation | The clergy sexual abuse scandal, because it was kept hidden from view for so long, was bound to produce false accusations (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Rights of priests at issue in probes | Church is accused of overreacting (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Priests as plaintiffs | Some alleged abusers are fighting back (Editorial, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Judge reinstates two Geoghan charges | Question on statute of limitations to be decided by a jury (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Also: Charges reinstated against priest | Judge reverses decision in Geoghan proceeding (Associated Press)
  
  
• Scandals hurt panhandle parishes | Eight priests in the Amarillo diocese have resigned after being accused of abuse (Associated Press)
  
  
• Smearing a shrink | Paul McHugh's selection is drawing fire from the activist wing of the recovered-memory lobby, who are accusing him — outrageously — of defending sexual abuse (Editorial, New York Post)
  
  
• Zero tolerance, or forgiveness of sins | David Jaeger, a popular cleric who has risen through the ranks of the Seattle Archdiocese, may lose his ministry (The Seattle Times)
  
  
• Q&A on zero-tolerance policy (The Seattle Times)
  
  
• Anglicans unite on zero tolerance for child molesters | The move, which won unanimous support in the NSW Provincial Synod at the weekend, coincided with the publication of a scathing report from the chair of the church's own national child protection committee on its handling of child sex abuse (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Lawyer: Church abuse deal reached | $10 million settlement to victims of John Geoghan (Associated Press)
  
  
• Dismissed clergyman appeals | The Reverend Harry Brown's license was taken away last September after he faced allegations of sexual harassment, intimidating behavior, mental abuse, and financial irregularities (BBC)
  
  
• Pastors do penance for silence | Bishop punishes two who helped abusive priest stay hidden (The Hartford [Conn.] Courant)
  
  
• School abuse suits may cost $1 billion | Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is outraged government is adding more lawyers to handle influx of lawsuits (The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon)

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