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NEW SAINTS
Tapestries depicting Mexican Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia, Italian Father Filippo Smaldone and Mother Theodore Guerin, a French-nun who served pioneers in Indiana, hang from St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates their canonization Oct. 15. The three, plus Italian Sister Rosa Venerini, became the church's latest saints. (CNS/Giancarlo Giuliani, CPP)

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Vatican asks for financial details of all English, Welsh parishes

By Simon Caldwell
Catholic News Service

LONDON (CNS) -- The Vatican has asked for the financial details of every Catholic diocese in England and Wales, months after church bureaucrats left a bishop 10.2 million pounds (US$17.8 million) in debt.

Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz, papal nuncio to Great Britain, has asked heads of dioceses in England and Wales for evidence to show that their accounts conform with canon law as well as British civil law.
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ADMIRING A SAINT
A student looks at a button portraying Mother Theodore Guerin during a special Mass at St. John the Baptist School in Whiting, Ind., Oct. 13. Mother Guerin, a French-born nun who established several schools in Indiana in the 1800s, becomes a saint Sunday. (CNS/Karen Callaway)

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VATICAN
Pope Benedict tells Poles he still trusts Pope John Paul's guidance
Marking the 28th anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI told Polish Catholics that he, like many of them, continues to trust in the guidance of the late pope.

Full Story | Vatican page

Love is stronger than injustice and violence, says Vatican official
Hindus and Christians should work to demonstrate to the world that love is stronger than injustice, violence and terrorism, a top Vatican official said in the Vatican's annual message to Hindus celebrating Diwali.

Full Story | Vatican page

USCCB leaders meet privately with pope at Vatican
The officers of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops usually visit the Vatican twice each year for meetings with the heads of Vatican congregations and councils to discuss issues of common concern.

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AFRICA
Former teen soldier asks U.S. to help work for peace in Uganda
Grace Akallo's voice was barely audible above the soft outdoor breeze as she described being forced to kill after being kidnapped as a teenager into a Ugandan guerrilla army.

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THIS WEEK IN ORIGINS

Contents of Origins, CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 36, No. 19 (Oct. 19, 2006):

-- The Missouri bishops ask Catholic voters to reject a proposed state constitutional amendment protecting embryonic stem-cell research.

-- Bishop Gerald Barnes explains why U.S. bishops think building a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border is a bad idea.

-- Pope Benedict XVI says no one is exempt from the path of racial reconciliation. Commitment to truth, he says, opens the way to lasting reconciliation through the healing process of asking for and granting forgiveness.

-- What is the status of Australia's indigenous people? The Australian Catholic bishops assess the racial reconciliation achieved by church and nation during the last 20 years.

-- Will the historic and "astounding" affluence of U.S. Catholics translate into debt-free dioceses, tuitionless schools or huge advances for the church's ministry? asks Francis Butler.

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