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Spain's justice minister resigns amid controversy (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 05:47 PM CST

AP - Spain's justice minister resigned Monday amid an uproar over his contacts with a judge conducting a corruption investigation that has implicated some members of the conservative opposition.

Fla. priest guilty in church embezzlement case (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 03:52 PM CST

AP - A jury convicted a Florida priest on Monday of stealing from his church, but the panel found that he embezzled far less than the $488,000 prosecutors charged.

Pope names Dolan archbishop of New York (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:11 PM CST

Reuters - Pope Benedict Monday named the archbishop of Milwaukee as the next archbishop of New York, the highest profile post in the U.S. Catholic Church.

Pope names Timothy Dolan archbishop of New York (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 10:38 AM CST

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Monday named Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan to head the key New York archdiocese, replacing the retiring Edward Egan, the Vatican announced Monday.

NY archbishop preaches orthodoxy with light touch (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 05:37 PM CST

AP - The next Roman Catholic archbishop of New York is known as a gentle enforcer of Vatican teaching a faithful servant of Rome who can disarm his critics with his self-deprecating wit, human touch and love of a good cigar.