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I’m Bryan Douglas in Philadelphia, and at this hour….

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Paving the way for the ordination of women bishops with full governing powers, the House of Clergy of the Church of England has rejected a compromise proposal put forward by Archbishop Rowan Williams, the church’s primate, that would have permitted traditional parishes to be governed by a male bishop.

The vote happened Saturday at the General Synod, the three-times-a-year meeting that sets policies for the Church of England. Williams, who is also nominal head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, proposed the measure along with the Archbishop of York.

The rejection of the compromise was greeted with a "slightly stunned silence," according to reports from the Synod.

The Church of England is probably still a couple of years away from having women bishops. If this week’s General Synod approves them, as expected, parishes across the church then have at least a year to consider the matter before a future General Synod casts a final vote on the issue.

Seventy Anglican clergy met with Catholic Bishop Malcolm McMahon of Nottingham on July 10 to discuss the possibility of converting to Catholicism under the provisions of Pope Benedict’s 2009 apostolic constitution. One Anglican cleric estimated that 200 Anglican clergy are considering conversion.

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The Holy See’s 2009 budget showed a deficit of $5,000,000, four times 2008’s figure of $1.27 million, according to a statement released by the Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See. The separate budget for the Vatican City State also showed a deficit of $10,000,000, a figure approximately half that of the previous year. The 2009 Peter’s Pence collection totaled $83,000,000, with the United States, Italy, and France being the leading sources of donations.

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Following a student complaint, the University of Illinois refused to renew the contract of Dr. Kenneth Howell, an adjunct religion professor, who wrote in an e-mail that “Natural Moral Law says that Morality must be a response to REALITY” and that “sexual acts are only appropriate for people who are complementary, not the same.” Dr. Howell, who taught courses on Catholicism at the university and was recognized for excellence in teaching in 2008 and 2009, wrote the e-mail to his students to help them prepare for their final exam

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Six months after a devastating earthquake killed over 220,000, some 2 million Haitians are still living on the streets, according to the Fides news agency. Archbishop Bernard Auza, the apostolic nuncio noted there is no one to carry away the debris, and certain streets in the capital were still unusable. He also noted that many people who are living in tents still have nothing and then there are still many poor people who do not even have tents 6 months after the disaster.

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Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Miguel Angel Moratinos,  who was in Cuba in recent days, said Monday that the first 11 political prisoners to be freed will arrive in Spain on July 13 on two separate flights.
 
The first flight operated by Air Europa will land at 1 p.m., and the second operated by Iberia, will touch down an hour later. Both flights will depart from Havana on Monday evening. Moratinos said the 11 prisoners will arrive in Spain accompanied by their families, all together totaling some 65 people.

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Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S., as the of the Pontifical Delegate to the Legion of Christ. Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi told journalists he will personally meet with the Legion's superiors to discuss the scope of his role. The archbishop's appointment confirms Vatican journalist Andrea Tornielli's prediction that the delegate would be the president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See. Archbishop De Paolis is also an expert in canon law.



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