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  • The 300-plus supporters of the so-called Priests' Initiative have had enough of what they call the church's "delaying" tactics, and they are advocating pushing ahead with policies that openly defy current practices.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • The 300-plus supporters of the so-called Priests' Initiative have had enough of what they call the church's "delaying" tactics, and they are advocating pushing ahead with policies that openly defy current practices.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • AMSTERDAM Reuters - Tens of thousands of children have been victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands since 1945, an independent commission said on Friday, criticizing what it called the church's cover-up and culture of silence.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • AMSTERDAM - Tens of thousands of children have been victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands since 1945, an independent commission said on Friday, criticising what it called the church's cover-up and cultural silence.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • The 300-plus supporters of the so-called Priests' Initiative have had enough of what they call the church's "delaying" tactics, and they are advocating pushing ahead with policies that openly defy current practices.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • AMSTERDAM Reuters - Tens of thousands of children have been victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands since 1945, an independent commission said on Friday, criticizing what it called the church's cover-up and culture of silence.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • He called the church's new initiative with the financial sector admirable but said: "The pessimist in me says greedy people aren't going to change just because the church or some guy writes reports saying we should all be huggy, peace-and-love hippies."

    St. Paul's Halts Legal Bid to Evict Activists' Camp Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • Sadly, few Catholics know of the church's teaching on economic justice, which has been called the church's best-kept secret.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Perhaps, then, Mr. Perry was referring to the church's trial of Galileo on charges of heresy, in 1633, in which the astronomer was convicted and sentenced to house arrest.

    NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2011

  • An article Monday about the final Mass of a Bronx church should have identified Cardinal Edward Egan as Cardinal Egan on subsequent reference, and should have referred to the church's reverend, the Rev.

    Corrections & Amplifications 2012

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