Monday, March 8, 2004 Bishop Brandt installed in Diocese of Greensburg Cost to quake-proof San Francisco churches passes $40 million mark Geneaology group to help Vermont diocese preserve sacramental records Increased role for women would benefit society, Vatican says at U.N. Historian urges even-handed evaluation of Pius XII's wartime actions U.S. lawmakers call for release of imprisoned Vietnamese priest By embracing diversity, church will return to its roots, bishop says Pope offers prayers for peace after week of violence Pope says weeklong Lenten retreat touched his heart, mind Vatican official: Nothing wrong with profit from hard work, honesty Pope upholds Germany's federal system as important European model Rome opens inquiry into life, holiness of former Opus Dei leader Pope names first women to International Theological Commission Oxford theology professor to head bishops' doctrinal secretariat |