Tuesday, December 19, 2006 Both sides agree to $75 million plan to pay Portland sex abuse claims Davenport Diocese to sell three properties soon Study: Efforts halting violent game sales to minors up, more needed Monterey bishop resigns; pope names Sacramento auxiliary as successor 'Rosary at the Rose Bowl' planned for May aims to draw 65,000 Tradition of midnight Mass gives way to vigil on Christmas Eve Africa's Great Lakes area has suffered too long, pope tells summit Sri Lankan bishop calls Tamil refugee crisis 'another tsunami' Argentine authorities to encase Virgin of Lujan in bulletproof glass South African cardinal says churches forced to focus on crime In second attack, crowd assaults Indian archbishop, priests Edmonton archbishop, known for engaging speeches, named to Toronto Bishop Thomas G. Doran of Rockford undergoes surgery for lung cancer Bishops Dooher, Hennessey ordained as auxiliary bishops in Boston Retired woodworker transforms old pews into creche for new parish |