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Bishop apologizes for girl's abortion
Posted on Jul 7, 2008 08:21am CST.By Tim Murphy, Religion News Service
The Catholic bishop of Richmond, Va., has publicly apologized after a church-sponsored charity admitted that employees helped a teenage girl in its care receive an abortion.
In a statement published Monday (June 30) in the Catholic Virginian newspaper, Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo called the incident a "monumental tragedy."
New Orleans archdiocese plans to close 15 Catholic churches
Posted on Jul 7, 2008 10:40am CST.By BRUCE NOLAN, Religion News Service
NEW ORLEANS -- The Archdiocese of New Orleans has revealed plans to close 15 Catholic parishes -- none of them the embattled communities publicly resisting closure.
All of the affected parishes, which haven't been named, have discussed leadership issues with neighboring parishes receiving them in mergers or other arrangements, said archdiocesan spokeswoman Sarah Comiskey.
