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• Bishops, activists express frustration on abuse issue | A victims advocacy group praises the response of just one prelate. Some clerics say they aren't getting credit for what they have done to prevent molestation (Los Angeles Times)

Catholicism:

• New Phoenix bishop takes over | Conciliatory approach to abuse victims vowed (The Washington Post)
• Bishop wants to put church 'in order' | Archbishop Sheehan, a former Dallas-area priest, steps into troubled Phoenix diocese (The Dallas Morning News)
• Religious relic prompts a journey of faith to La Crosse | Christians from throughout the state as well as from Minnesota and Iowa stopped to view the cloth, called the "Tilma of Tepeyac," which was part of a cloak worn by a man who said he saw the Virgin Mary more than four centuries ago in Mexico (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
• The Milton phenomenon | The image on the window at Milton Hospital is unlikely to sustain the devotion of the famous French shrine at Lourdes, but the spontaneous outpouring of interest - 40,000 by now - is astounding (Editorial, The Boston Globe)

Pope John Paul II:

• Pope urges reconciliation to heal Bosnia's scars | A contrite Pope John Paul II delivered a strong appeal for reconciliation at an open-air Mass on Sunday (The New York Times)
• Pontiff calls on all Bosnians to practice 'mutual forgiveness' (Los Angeles Times)
• Pope asks God's forgiveness in Bosnia (Associated Press)
• Pope in Bosnia urges reconciliation, forgiveness (Reuters)

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