Monday, April 18, 2005 Next pope will face bioethical challenges unforeseen 27 years ago Cardinal Mahony hospitalized for leg injury incurred on vacation Bishops urge protections for the poor in trade agreements Connecticut House approves same-sex civil unions Seminarians told good preaching must be their top priority as priests Colorado church officials hail veto on emergency contraception bill Omaha police investigate fraud allegations made against priest Black smoke indicates no pope on first ballot of conclave Last memorial Mass for pope focuses on devotion to Eucharist, penance Sri Lankan, Australian say new pope should decentralize church Vatican posthumously publishes pope's World Mission Sunday message U.S. Catholics working in Rome share expectations, hopes for conclave Russian Orthodox patriarch hopes next pope will improve ties Portuguese cardinal has two passions: saints and soccer Brazil's Cardinal Agnelo has curial, pastoral experience Indonesian cardinal has been proponent of dialogue, tolerance Chilean cardinal was force for national reconciliation Canadian cardinal creeps quietly onto lists of 'papabili' |