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• Mother Teresa's disciples await big day | The sisters and brothers of Calcutta's Missionaries of Charity are in high spirits (BBC)
  
  

Artifacts:

• Dispute over religious relic | Lutherans, Catholics both lay claim to 800 year-old relic of Finland's patron St. Henrik (YLE, Finland)
  
  
• Country house mystery of the book lost for 400 years | 1583 catechism found at Hardwick Hall raises intriguing questions over its origin and who hid it (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  

Abuse:

• Sex abuse victims said likely to okay deal | Lawyers for more than 500 people who claim they were molested by priests said Thursday they are confident the required 80 percent of the alleged victims will accept the Boston Archdiocese's $85 million settlement offer (Associated Press)
  
  
• Priest loses abuse suit | Two San Bernardino County brothers, former altar boys, win a total of $26 million. Their lawyer says it's unlikely they'll collect (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Challenge to abuse law questioned | Alleged victims of priest ask Stockton diocese to drop its legal bid to have the statute of limitations waiver declared unconstitutional (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Church sex files 'should stay closed' | A Roman Catholic Archbishop has said there is no reason to reopen the Church's files on sexual abuse for independent investigation (BBC)
  
  
• New clergy abuse settlement is announced in Bridgeport | Diocese will pay $21 million to 40 people who claim they were the victims of sexual abuse in cases involving 16 local priests (The New York Times)
  
  
• Boston archbishop turns to social issues | With settlement talks resolved in the clergy sex abuse scandal, Boston Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley has started speaking out on social issues — a sign to some that the archdiocese at the center of the Roman Catholic molestation crisis is finally starting to recover (Associated Press)
  
  

More stories of interest:

• Thou shalt not cross on red, Church tells pedestrians | The Russian Orthodox Church in the Urals has declared jaywalking a sin in an attempt to cut rising pedestrian deaths (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Religion news in brief | Griswold won't attend Fla. consecration, Globalchristianity.org, and other stories from online sources around the world (Associated Press)
  
  
• Seductive electronic gadgets are soon forgotten | People are buying many more electronic gadgets in a well-intentioned bout of self-improvement, but many of the gadgets are rarely used, if at all (The New York Times)
  
  
• The path of brighteousness | Godless Americans launch a semantic crusade (The Atlantic Monthly)
  
  
• Sunday hours at Christian store stir controversy | The last vestiges of the commandment that once ruled the nation's commerce on Sundays - Keep holy the Lord's Day - is crumbling in America's marketplace (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland)
  
  

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