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(updated 7/2/2009 4:43:20 PM EST)

• Obama says he wants to talk with pope about aid to world's poor
  
  
• Obamas miss having a church, but worry about causing disruptions
  
  
• Obama: Impasse on abortion legality inevitable, but reduction possible
  
  
• Obama cites influence of Cardinal Bernardin, prepares to meet pope
  
  
• Bishop says scientists, church still can learn from Galileo case
  
  
• Priest goes into hiding after Honduran soldiers attack protesters
  
  
• More places for prayer, Gospel needed for new vocations, says pope
  
  
• Vatican unveils restored papal chapel featuring Michelangelo murals
  
  
• Papal envoys encourage Christians to follow St. Paul's example
  
  
• Paraguayan prelate says church has no reason to reconsider celibacy
  
  
• New archbishops find pallium shows their ties to pope, parishioners
  
  
• Bishops must be loving shepherds, pope tells archbishops
  
  
• High in the Andes, Peruvians mark Christ's appearance to shepherd boy
  
  
• At end of jubilee year, figure of St. Paul stands in clearer focus
  
  
• Iranian-born actress uses film to fight for justice